I have been given copies of Beads & Beyond’s DVDs to giveaway to readers here! B&B is a British beading magazine that would like to introduce itself beyond the UK and Australia, so I will have to limit this giveaway to my Canadian and United States readers (sorry!). I will be doing another […]
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Simple Soldered Jewelry & Accessories
by Lisa Bluhm
With a very few simple tools (many of which you probably already have in the workshop), you can make these delightful necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and pendants that Lisa Bluhm demonstrates. The same techniques are used over and over, so once you’ve mastered them, you’re all set to […]
Technique Tuesday!
Materials & Tools:
White towel, small bead dishes, etc
Tape measure
Alligator clips
Wire cutters
Chain nose pliers
Crimping pliers, if desired
Small metal fileElastic expansion bracelet with large two-holed beads (or any odd number of such beads)
Variety of 4-6mm beads in chosen palette, enough to make double strand necklace of desired length
2mm and 3mm round metal beads, silver or gold-filled
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Make Art Monday!
I love love love this necklace! I wear it a lot, usually under a jacket, so that it’s sort of subtly twinkling under there…
And to think it started out life as one of the ugliest expansion bracelets you ever saw! I’ll be sharing a tutorial on how to make the transformation tomorrow for […]
Tamara Allison contacted me recently and revealed that she and I were co-Bronze Prize winners in the Freeform/Home Decor category of Fire Mountain Gems last beading contest! Tamara has a beautiful Etsy shop called Vanishing Pearl…don’t you just love that name? She sells beautiful bead-woven jewelry and other pieces there. Here’s a […]
Picture Yourself Creating Metal Clay Jewelry
by Tammy Powley
When the author, Tammy Powley, approached me about creating a project for this book, I was very excited, but also a bit scared! I’ve been involved with a couple other projects with Tammy, and I already knew how much detail and effort she puts into everything that […]
Art Attack Thursday!
June Page
Summer Solstice
Morwyn Dow, Another Country, was one of the participants in the 2007 Bead Journal Project. You can see her BJP pages at the link above: they are beautiful and haunting expressions of Morwyn’s journey through life. I enjoyed visiting her Another Country blog to see the process that she […]
As another example of finger-woven jewelry, the June 2008 issue of Simply Beads has my bracelet design in it. I mixed weaving, macrame knotting, and tied ribbons to make this piece:
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Technique Tuesday!
There are several different methods that are popular for creating woven bead necklaces: a figure-8 style of finger weaving, spiralling half-hitch macrame, and flat square-knot macrame. My preferred technique for this necklace uses all three stitches!
Each half of the necklace is woven separately, starting at the ends and working towards the middle. For the […]
Make Art Monday!
So what do you call it when the colors remind you of Florida and the shape is reminiscent of a cascading waterfall? Flamingo Waterfall, of course!
Flamingo Waterfall now lives at a friend’s house. I can’t think of a better home…
I used a combination of finger-weaving and macrame stitches to make this […]
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