Designing for the Wearer - Free Printable Design Guide

Not every piece works on every person. This free printable guide helps you figure out why — and what to do about it.

Designed for the Wearer is the companion guide to the Beadesign episode of the same name. It takes you through a warm/cool self-assessment, maps out the colours that tend to work for each colouring type, and gives you a practical strategy for crossing over into the colours you love that sit outside your natural palette.

It also covers designing for someone else — a gift, a sale, a commission — with three questions to ask and a quick-reference grid by result.

•  Warm/cool self-assessment — skin undertone, hair, eyes — works for you or someone else

•  The warm palette — swatch boxes, what works, what to watch for, bridge suggestion

•  The cool palette — same format, cool side

•  The crossover — map a colour you love from the other side and plan your bridge

•  Designing for someone else — three questions to ask + quick reference by colouring type

Download, print, and work through it alongside the YouTube episode — or use it as a standalone reference next time you're choosing colours for a piece. The self-assessment on page 1 works just as well for a gift recipient or customer as it does for yourself.

The video that supports this guide is on YouTube @on.a.string here: https://youtu.be/j9e2gVjUYtY

On A String is a small Australian beading business created by Paula — a beader, teacher, and maker who believes the craft is better when it's shared. Every tool is designed from the beading table. Every tutorial is written from experience.