“Discovered Objects and Jewelry d’Art” is the tagline of this delightful Etsy shop, featuring steampunk style jewelry that is beautifully made. Sometimes “steampunk” ends up equated with “sloppy”, but that just shouldn’t be. And it is certainly not the case at edm.designs!
I am especially taken by his rings, but that’s only the beginning. […]
What’s Up Wednesday
Vintaj featured project, July 2008
Just what is “natural brass?” The folks at Vintaj want you to know, so they’ve addressed this question on their blog. The piece I showed you this week, Gypsy Magic, used quite a few brass beads and filligree components from Vintaj.
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As I said yesterday, I neglected to take process photos of this piece as I worked on it, so I can’t really give you an exact bead count and a step-by-step. However, I can still give you plenty of pointers!
Chose a mixture of metals and bead colors that all look good together. I […]
Make Art Monday
Gypsy Magic
I didn’t take any process photos as I made this piece, but I’ll still try to give you some general guidelines for putting together a multi-strand necklace like this tomorrow, for Technique Tuesday.
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Technique Tuesday
Materials and Tools
Silk ribbon, 36 inches or more (Jamn Glass)
Bracelet blank
Ultrasuede
Thin cotton batting
Size 8/0 beads
Beading thread
Fabric glue
Alligator clips
Beading needle
Cut a piece of thin batting to fit the top of the bracelet blank. Glue it in place with a few drops.
Cut ultrasuede just a tiny bit bigger than the bracelet cuff, both top and […]
There’s really no mystery! If you’d like to share a piece you’ve made, all you have to do is shoot me an email to cyndi @ b5Media.com (remove the spaces). Please put jewelry & beading image to share in the subject line. We love to read about things like what inspired you to […]
Make Art Monday
I got some gorgeous handpainted silk ribbons from Heidi Bond of Jamn Glass. They weren’t long enough to do what I originally planned on, so I improvised:
Tomorrow for Technique Tuesday, I’ll share the hows and whys :-)
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The Beader’s Color Palette
by Margie Deeb
Two hundred and twenty gorgeous palettes, with lovely photos and jewelry to illustrate them! I want to travel to all the places that Margie uses for her inspiration…the Middle East, Tuscany, Latin American…and the list goes on. Not only countries are used for inspiration though. The planet […]
Art Attack Thursday
I really don’t like spiders. Well, theoretically I do, since they eat a lot of other bugs that I really really don’t like. But in reality they give me the heebie jeebies.
But this spider by Japaya is just about the prettiest I’ve ever seen. What do you think?
Here is Japaya’s blog (in […]
Hobo Mama recently shared a picture of the nursing necklace that she made, thanks to ideas and instructions provided by Angela of Breastfeeding123 and our own Tammy Powley, formerly the editor of this blog! Hopefully, this will help keep those little hands busy :-)
Hobo Mama’s nursing necklace
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