This artist from Belgium has some great pieces. Check out her blog; in the upper left she has some instructions (Mes schémas), both for sale and free. Her strawberry and spiral beaded bead are just phenomenal.

Her recent post, of spiral flat square stitch earrings, prompted me to make my own. Hers are better — she’s better at this stitch, and I used more irregular beads. I still like mine quite a bit though. These beads remind me of Black Hills gold, which is gold jewelry marketed/sold from the Black Hills of western South Dakota, and contains rose gold, green gold, and yellow gold (and to be marketed as Black Hills gold, has to include the leaf motif, I believe).

7/09 – This artist’s blog appears to be no longer available.