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Jewels from the ‘Le Jardin Majorelle’ Box

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Vibrant colours, the perfect harmony of geometry and organic lines. Exquisite elegance and oriental inspiration all at once…

When I first visited Le Jardin Majorelle, I didn’t know anything about it. We were on a 2-week trip of Morocco with my sister, and there were so many details to research! How do we get from Fez to Merzouga, so we can sleep under the stars in the Sahara Desert? Is it worth to travel all the way to Chafchehouan? How do we find our riad in Marrakesh, hiding in the medina, where Google Maps wouldn’t work even if we had internet connection? Le Jardin Majorelle was an optional point on our itinerary.

There were so many things happenings in Morocco… Visiting the royal cities, climbing the sand dunes, getting totally overwhelmed by the dancers, street musicians, storytellers, snake charmers Jemaa el Fna… While absolutely loving it, we also needed a day to rest! So Le Jardin became a primary destination. And imagine my surprise, when instead of your usual city park I saw all the colours, shapes, and art! No wonder, that it left such a deep impression, and I couldn’t bring that inspiration to my – and your 🙂 bead mat!

 

If you are a Beadingschool Academy Student, I highly recommend starting to put together ‘mini kits’ for the jewels that you’d like to make!

This way you can make sure that you can finish everything that you’d like to. There are many possibilities to use the precious content of the Box, as not only the Beadingschool Creative Team, but fellow designers are also designing jewels for you, and sometimes you’ll need to make decisions how you’d like to use a component, or add something from your stash if you’d like to bead them all.
Thank you for being respectful towards Beadingschool and our fellow designers by waiting for the tutorials to be published.

Jewels designed by Erika

LINDA EARRINGS BY ERIKA

The LINDA earrings we beaded during our ‘retro’ #NoOneHasToBeadAlone are named after a beading friend.
Linda was among the first beaders who started to follow my work and her encouragement meant a lot to me. She gave me motivation through trying times when I decided to go for a full-time career as a beadwork designer.
🥰 Most importantly, she made me believe that it is possible to follow this path. Now Linda is the one needing us: she needs medical treatment that is helping her but costs lots of money.
Please do it today, so Linda can get back to enjoying walks and hopefully also beading, one day.
This is about life, health, and every single day matters. 🙏

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This was the original colour combination that I put together a few years ago, and I thought it’s nice to see it to compare.

MATERIAL LIST

SAGUARO BRACELET BY ERIKA

With the exception of the Linda earrings, I will choose the names of my jewels for this collection after types of cacti. After all – thanks to them I can be proud of some success stories when it comes to plants in our household. The non-cacti specimens don’t tend to be so happy to live with me…

There are 6 pieces of 4×15 mm navette cabochons in your Jardin Majorelle Box (and many more in the Bead Shop, just saying :D). The tutorial for the Saguaro set is going to be the first signature jewel of the Jardin Majorelle Collection, included in the memberships of all our Yellow, Turquoise, and Fuchsia Beadingschool Academy Students. The motif has two versions: a smaller one with two navettes, ideal for earrings or a bracelet, and a bigger one where I used four of these stones.

It’s up to you how you’d like to use them: I ended up with a bracelet and pendant on my bead mat, and I am thinking about adding small earstuds to complete it – simply square stitch bezeling a pair of 7 mm Preciosa Chaton Roses (or maybe the bigger 11 mm version?), and gluing them on a flat-pad earstud. Of course, you can also decide to skip the pendant, and make a set of bracelet + earrings.

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MATERIAL LIST FOR THE SMALL SAGUARO MOTIF (one motif, double the amount for a pair of earrings)

Optional depending on your personalisation:

MATERIAL LIST FOR THE BIG SAGUARO MOTIF – PENDANT

I plan to make a matching necklace from the leftover seed beads in the Box.

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CEREUS EARRINGS BY ERIKA

With a spike at the bottom, this earring design is going to be one of our #NoOneHasToBeadAlone jewels during the upcoming two months! You can bead it small or big – depending on the number of motifs you add, and of course, the optional extras. What’s best, that you can even bead a matching bracelet easily, since I will show you (in the tutorial and during the workshop) how you can bead as many motifs as you want – without having to add a new thread. Unless you run out of the length 😀

Many of you asked, and I am doing my best to increase the amount of fire-polished beads in the Beadingschool Academy Boxes. This time, our Fuchsia Students have 240 pcs of 3 mm fire-polished beads , 200 pcs of 4 mm ones, and even 100 pieces of tiny True2. Plenty to bead a long earring with 3-4 motifs even 🙂

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MATERIAL LIST FOR ONE MOTIF IDENTICAL TO THE PICTURE (double the amount for a pair)

PERESKIA EARRINGS BY ERIKA

I think with all the spiky edges it’s really the cacti that inspired me the most for now from the Jardin Majorelle 😀 If you haven’t used up your 11 mm Chaton Rose to add more sparkle to your Saguaro bracelet or earrings, then this is another option that you have. What I love about this design the most is the back side: how only a few beads are holding the Preciosa crystal in the front so the biggest possible part of it stays visible, but then a net of seed beads on the back fixes everything, making sure that everything stays where it’s supposed to stay.

If later you decide to grab more of the 11 mm Preciosa Chaton Roses (new colours miiiiight be coming in the future :D), you can bead a series of motifs without the Miyuki Slender Bugles and join them into a matching bracelet.

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MATERIAL LIST FOR ONE MOTIF (double the amount for a pair)

Jewels designed by Veronka

BLOOMING SOUL PENDANT BY VERONKA

I was sitting in an apartment in Italy on a short trip. Enjoying the moment and looking from the balcony, I felt so happy and loved that my heart was singing. And so when I took out my beads, I already had the name for this jewel even before it was made.

After I returned home, I made it again in Le Jardin Majorelle colors and realized how much its name suits the colors of the beads – shiny 12mm rivolis looking out from the bezel just like little blooming flowers from the garden in my soul.  I wish you that this pendant will bring you a little bit of warmth and happiness in your soul as well.

 

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MATERIAL LIST

BLOOMING MIND BRACELET BY VERONKA

When designing this bracelet, I thought about all the great minds in history and the present time. Antique architects as well as modern designers like Yves Saint Lauren. And just like them, we all are part of this sparkly and blooming creative world and inspire each other.

Maybe this bracelet will inspire you as well, to create something new and different, or enjoy a moment with it on your wrist. (Or you know – both! :-))

 

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MATERIAL LIST (for one small motif – you will need approximately 8 – 10 for a whole bracelet)

Jewels designed by Zuzi

CHAOUEN BY ZUZI

Inspired by various kinds of cacti, Zuzi created this beaded bead with Majorelle blue Crescent beads. There is also a city in Morocco, called ‘Blue Pearl’. Chefchaouen, or Chaouen [SHAH-wehn], has a long tradition of handicrafts and arts.

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MATERIAL LIST for pair of earrings

AGADIR BY ZUZI

Refreshing colors of these beaded beads are a symbol of water, that brings life to every oasis. Close to the ocean is the city of Agadir, where you find all kinds of blue shades and also relax.

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MATERIAL LIST for pair of earrings

FEZ BY ZUZI

This design was inspired by orange terracotta flower pots from the Jardin Majorelle. The Miyuki Slender bugles along with Tilas create alleys and the maze so typical for medina – an old part of the city, Fez.

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MATERIAL LIST for pair of earrings

TANGIER BY ZUZI

Crossroad of cultures, languages where  different influences mix together reminded Zuzi of city of Tangier. This design combines Vexolo beads, with bezelled Chaton Rose and it grows from round to decorated star-shape.

THE TUTORIAL COMING IN MARCH/APRIL.

MATERIAL LIST for pair of earrings

Jewels designed by Ruxi

LIGHT ME UP BY RUXI

Light plays an important role in the Jardin Majorelle, as the bright Moroccan sun illuminates the garden and creates striking shadows and contrasts. The play of light and shadow adds depth and texture to the garden, highlighting the intricate details of the plants and architecture.

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MATERIAL LIST

FOUNTAIN IN MAJORELLE BY RUXI

 

The fountain in Jardin Majorelle is a beautiful and captivating feature that adds to the overall charm of the garden. It is a stunning example of traditional Moroccan design, with intricate tile work and vibrant colors that catch the eye and draw visitors in. It also caught attention of our friend-designer Ruxandra Puscas, who created the FOUNTAIN IN MAJORELLE design for our Academy theme.

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MATERIAL LIST

Do you have a favourite? Which one do you want to bead the most?

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. jvanlangen says

    I loved this theme-box a lot and above all the beautiful designs bij Erika, Zuzi, Veronka and Ruxandra. It is amazing seeing their designs and how they created them. Impossible for me! So I stick to making them and be very happy with with all those gorgeous jewels

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  2. Katalin Dudas says

    I am amazed by your creativity, soooo inspirational! Hope to be able to bead each design, I’m still keeping a big backlog with the past 3-4 boxes.

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  3. susiebubble says

    I can’t wait for my box to arrive. I love the designs. They’re just stunning. I would like to do them all xxx 💖

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  4. cross_stitching_mom says

    I mean it when I say you all are absolutely amazing! I love them all!!!! I especially love Erika’s signature pendant but I like them all! I am intrigued by Veronka’s beautiful Blooming Soul pendant and love the beaded beads from Zuzi! Ruxandra’s Light Me Up is stunning so my plan is to do them all. Amazing designs again!

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    • Beadingschool says

      Thank you for your kind words, Terry! We can’t wait to see them also in your own color variations and finished jewels 🙂

      Reply

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