Bead a Beaded Bottle

It isn't as easy as you might think to make a freeform design with mixed beads look good. The good part is that it's impossible to make a mistake! The key is to use groupings and lines of color, rather than just picking up random beads. Another consideration is which colors you put next to each other. If you are using mixed colors rather than a range of similar colors, make sure to place contrasting but complimentary colors next to each other. Use a good mixture of bright and dark colors and don't use too many pale colors next to each other or the piece will look washed out. You can mix sizes from 14/0 seed beads to 10/0 seed beads without too much trouble. Just use a majority of 11/0 beads and don't put a bunch of large or small beads next to each other.