Jewelry & Beading

April 30th, 2008

Call for entries: Channeling Cinderella

Stringing Magazine has issued a Spring challenge:
Challenge yourself by creating a piece using stringing or simple wirework techniques based on a title provided by the editors of Stringing. All entries will be posted on the website, and readers will have a chance to vote on their favorites.
The deadline for “Channeling Cinderella” is May 16, […]

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April 29th, 2008

The Basics: the best of the basics online

In the ocean of information that is the world wide web, there are a few websites that rise to the top when it comes to covering the basics of beadwork. Not surprisingly, one of them is the Beadwork Site at About.com. Paula Morgan has compiled the very best tutorials on just about every aspect of […]

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April 15th, 2008

Treasure Chest: a basic bead-embroidered project

Technique Tuesday!
After finished Andromeda’s Pearls, I thought that it might be a good idea to share a really basic tutorial on bead embroidery, a project that can be finished in a few days (or even possibly one long day). Treasure Chest is the name of this piece. :-)

More and more often, modern jewelry is […]

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April 8th, 2008

Making a Cherry Donut…necklace

Technique Tuesday!

Cherry Donut is constructed with beading wire, so it works up really quickly and easily!
Materials
Large cherrry quartz donut (mine is about 2-1/2″ across)
Size 8/0 seed bead mix
16 triangle beads
4 mm bicone scrystals (Swarovski)
4 mm rounds
10 mm facetted rounds
9×6 mm crow beads
crimp tubes, 2 size #2 and 2 size #3
Bronze s-hook and 2 rings
Medium weight […]

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April 7th, 2008

A scrumptious cherry donut

Make Art Monday!

Be careful when you buy so-called “Cherry Quartz”…it’s glass, and not a stone at all! It’s a pretty color, and as long as it’s inexpensive, go for it, but be careful how you label it if you’re planning on selling your piece.
Tomorrow, I’ll outline the quick and easy steps to make this necklace.
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March 24th, 2008

A beaded bead necklace

Make Art Monday!
I’ve been pretty productive since my daughter went overseas to study in Italy for a semester! I don’t necessarily recommend sending your playmate away just to get work done, but that seems to at least one good thing about the spring…I miss her, but I can concentrate uninterrupted ;-)
Tomorrow, I’ll be showing you […]

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March 10th, 2008

Run-around turquoise necklace on the cover of Jewelry Crafts!

No, it’s not the same as being on the cover of Rolling Stone, but I’m still pretty happy :-)I’ve got two articles in the March/April issue of Jewelry Crafts magazine, and one of them is sitting right on the COVER!!

Run-Around Wrapping
The second article is for a very easy lariat necklace in an ocean theme for […]

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March 4th, 2008

How to make Autumn Woods

Technique Tuesday!

Materials:
V Pendant (available from New Terra Artifacts)
90 small glass beads, approximately 4mm, in 6-7 colors
20 larger glass beads, from 8-12mm, in similar colors
#8 gold-lined seed beads
3 gold beads, 6-8mm
2 soldered gold loops
2 pieces of .015 inch beading wire, each 2 feet long
2 gold crimps
Gold hook
2 inches of gold chain
3 headpins
Tools:
Wire cutters
Flat nosed pliers
Round […]

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March 3rd, 2008

Autumn Woods - another style of V pendant

Make Art Monday!
Autumn in the middle of winter? At least it’s still winter if you’re here in New England…everywhere else it might be the beginning of spring, but not here. Oh no… :-)
Anyway, I wanted to show you another style of necklace that uses Jeanne Kent’s gorgeous V pendants, and tomorrow I’ll give you the […]

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March 3rd, 2008

Aerie Faerie necklace

Make Art Monday!
I was inspired by some wooden rings to make this light and gentle necklace. It combines a lot of very easy techniques, and I’ll be sending it off to Jewelry Crafts magazine very shortly, so look for the instructions in a future issue!

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