I know most of you have either seen the new year come already or are like me, a few hours away, so you’re too busy to bead right now. But I hope you had or will have a safe new year. Here’s to another year at the Jewelry and Beading Blog!
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I recently updated my already popular and free Chandelier Earrings E-Course. Before it was a four lesson e-course, but it’s now expanded to six, including these Diva Earrings pictured.
You can sign up for the Crash Course or the slower six lessons in six weeks version.
If you are in the mood for some bling or just [...]
Here’s another free downloadable jewelry project for you from Kalmbach’s BeadStyle magazine, the Janurary 2007 issue, which is out on newstands right now.This one is called “Quick Knots Yield a Delicate Necklace,” and along with the necklace, there is also instructions for matching earrings. The necklace incorporates techniques of knotting to create stations of pearl [...]
Okay, so what did Santa bring you? I’ll go first….
I got a simulated diamond and 14kt gold pendant (pictured) and matching ear studs from my husband, who also happened to set the stones himself. He got the stones from Diamond Nexius Labs and the settings from Tripps. He uses the easy mount system to set [...]
I mentioned this a few weeks ago, but now it’s up and live - my first of many articles (I hope at least) with Beading Times, a monthly e-zine about beading and jewelry making.
I’m starting with the basics on wire, and will eventually have projects and other related articles on making wire jewelry posted over [...]
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Check out the gorgeous lampwork bead and wire necklace I’m wearing today! I look forward to wearing this every Christmas.
It’s made of loads of lampwork beads, strung on beading wire, and then finished off with a wire and lampwork clasp. The project is from my book Making Designer Bead and Wire Jewelry: Techniques [...]
These gingerbread men have zero calories and are 100% cute! The lampwork beads were made by D.D. Hess, and then I used some gold-filled wire to connect them to ear hooks.
It’s so funny because when I wear these people don’t get what they are right away, and then when they do, they just start laughing.
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We had the usual holiday parties at work the other day. I ate way too much, ugh! We also had a gift exchange, but not your normal gift exchange. Ours was a tacky jewelry exchange. The jewelry had to be “Christmas” related and as tacky as possible.
When I first heard about this, which was like [...]
I literally got a copy of this a few days ago in the mail. Needless to say with all the holiday stuff I’ve been doing, I haven’t had a chance to look at it yet, but I’m dying to! It’s even got a CD with it. Here’s more from Bead & Button’s site:
Learn all [...]
I dont know if it’s jut me, but lately, book reviews have been harder and harder for me to do. I think this one, in particular, was really tough because it was hard to fit this book, Get Your Sparkle On: Create and Wear the Gems that Make You Shine, into any one category. It’s [...]
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