I’m ending my June tribute to pearls with a big BANG and this fabulous crystal and pearl necklace designed by Design by Apple and written by Tammy Honaman, Media Content Manager for Fire Moutain Gem & Beads. It’s called Crystal and Pearl Mystique.
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We are back and getting a little larger with more links from my various bead blogging buddies.
Cyndi, from Bead Arts, joined the Bead Journal Project, started by Robin Atkins, and in this post, she shows the beaded journal page that she has created for the month of June. Ah, two of my favorite things - […]
I love, love, love, this pearl bracelet from Beadshop.com! It is one of their many freebie projects. As usual, this bead shop has perfect taste and the best of supplies when it comes to jewelry designs.
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These days there are tons and tons of pearl suppliers out there, but to get you started here are a few suppliers that I know carry a pretty good selection of pearl beads:
Jerry Smith Beads (pictured)
Fire Mountain Gems & Beads
Beadshop.com
Art Gems
Rio Grande
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Some jewelry makers love this little gadget, and others hate it. For me, I like it because while I do knot, I don’t do it that often. From what I’ve heard, if you are a regular bead knotter and have your system down, then the tri-cord knotter is not for you. However, if you are […]
Nothing beats the classic designs when it comes to pearls, and WigJig offers a free pearl project on its site to shows how to include some WigJig style clasps into different pearl designs, including the necklace pictures.
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This is a relatively newer project of mine: Swarovski Pearl Glam Earrings. I’ve used this faux pearls from Swarovski to make a number of other jewelry pieces (which I’ve set aside for a project I’m working on), and I have to say that I’m still pretty impressed with them, and I plan to buy some […]
If you want to learn a little more about pearls, not just how to make pearl jewelry, but also info on things like history, pearl care, and more, then consider reading my article, The Power of Pearls. It goes into more detail about this wonderful gift from the sea, or actually, now I guess it’s […]
For those who want a more intensive lesson on knotting and some practice to boot, you may want to consider taking one of my two free knotting e-courses. Pearls aren’t the only beads you can knot between, and if you’ve been stringing for awhile (in fact, I recommend you know how to do bead stringing […]
Here’s another installment from my beady blog gal-pals. Enjoy!
Sparkletastic is HERE! Read about the auspicous debut of Margot Potter’s brand spanking new book that is chock full of fabulous and sparkletastic projects for your bead and bedazzling enjoyment!
In this Friday’s blog entry, Jean shows a couple of duplicate sets of earrings she made for teachers […]
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