Ornamentea Customer Kate Ward Featured In The N&O

We love this recent profile of Kate Ward in the News & Observer. Her textile necklaces are beautiful, colorful and innovating. They look great with boho and preppy fashions, and they are each unique due to the antique and vintage textiles she uses in the manufacturing process.

We've been lucky enough to watch her tackle construction and design issues as she's developed this line, which means we've also been able to fondle quite a few of these as she was working on them. That is a great job perk!

Her designs are carried at Fab'rik and Charlottes in Cameron Village, Raleigh, as well as many other shops.

See the full article, including a video interview, here. That image is by Julie Leonard and was taken from the N&O article.

Carnival Bracelet Kit & Tutorial

 Our new Carnival Bracelet Kit is now available.        Click Here to get yours today!
We also have the tutorial avaliable for only $0.99! Click Here to grab the tutorial!!

Do you have Bohemian Style?

We had a lot of fun putting together fiber and finding kits for our friend Erin Siegel and Interweave publishers. The kits are being included in a book (and ebook!) bundle they are offering this month. Each kit contains a wonderful, hand-selected assortment of findings and fibers that will get you off to a great start with the projects and ideas in the books. This grouping would make a really nice gift for a beader you know, or for yourself if you'd like some new ideas for gifts and holiday jewelry.

Batik Classes At Ornamentea in Raleigh

Visit our classes page to see the next Batik Class date!

Woven Bead Necklace Tutorial

This bright necklace features those neon Swarovski pearls that are newly obsessing us at the shop. We've tied it with hand-dyed twill, a soft and comfortable way to wear a necklace. You can also adjust the ties, which is nice if you want to wear the necklace longer or shorter. 

There is a new tutorial for the earrings, you can click here to download it for free.

Atwer Collar Necklace Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to make a fringed collar-style necklace. I pair things like this with easy summer dresses and with a denim shirt. Or, maybe with a denim shirt OVER an easy summer dress? Hmm...

The knotting is pretty easy, this whole project took me about 1 hour to make.

See the project instructions here. 

New Tutorial - Bodhi Day Wrapped Linen Necklace

We've just released another free project from contributing designer Erin Siegel and I love it. This wrapped-linen band is graphic and pretty. I can imagine making several really long ones to wear at once over a simple black tee.

Erin's necklace honors Bodhi day, celebrated on December 8th as the day Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting under a bodhi tree. This would make a great gift for the yogini in your life...or for yourself!

Namaste!