beading
May 11th, 2010 at 05:00am
Under Book Reviews
With over 70 jewelry projects selected from Simply Beads magazine you can easily keep this book handy whenever you want to sit down and use your beads. The jewelry designs range from simple stringing to more intricate techniques. Learn more and enter to win a copy here.
Contest ends May 25th, 2010. You can enter [...]
Continue Reading Book Review and Giveaway: Beads for All Seasons
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By Caley
March 23rd, 2010 at 09:29am
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In the Beading Allure book by Kelly Wiese, find 25 projects using beadweaving techniques and patterns. The stitches and patterns are clearly illustrated with close up photography making it very easy to follow any of the patterns given. Learn more and enter to win a copy here.
Contest ends April 6, 2010. You can enter [...]
Continue Reading Book Review and Giveaway: Beaded Allure
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By Caley
February 25th, 2010 at 05:00am
Under Jewelry Making+ Sites We Love
Yesterday, I published a post on how to get started with free beading patterns. I outlined the tools and materials you will need for beading and defined essential terms such as “crimping.” You can browse a huge collection of free beading patterns at FaveCrafts, including 101 Free Beading Patterns. Here are some additional sources on [...]
Continue Reading Link Love: Beading Websites
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By Caley
February 24th, 2010 at 10:30am
Under Jewelry Making
My wedding is coming up in just a few months, so my latest planning projects are for all those little details that I didn’t think about in the beginning. The wedding favors, the ceremony “rice toss” (in our case, eco confetti), thoughtful gifts for our wedding day helpers, and of course jewelry for all my [...]
Continue Reading How To: Beading Basics + Video
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By Kristen
February 24th, 2010 at 05:00am
Under Jewelry Making
If you scroll down looking at the right sidebar of our blog, you will see a poll with the question, “Which new craft would you most like to learn?” The most popular response with 32% of respondents thus far has been Beading. Many of you indicate that you would like to learn beading as your [...]
Continue Reading How to: Get Started with Free Beading Patterns
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By Caley
January 22nd, 2010 at 05:00am
Under Product Reviews
Battery powered adds a new ease of use to this bead spinner. Beads thread automatically when you turn on and place the needle/wire as instructed. Works great with beading and memory wire. Learn more and enter to win a bead spinner here.
Contest ends February 5, 2010. You can enter once daily, so return often [...]
Continue Reading Product Review and Giveaway: Bead Spinner
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By Caley
October 23rd, 2009 at 03:27pm
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Love making your own jewelry? These unfinished, plain wood beads are a great start. They can be stained, inked or painted and then embellished however you like. Wide holes allow for stringing on leather or ribbon. Read the full review and enter to win a collection of 4 wood bead sizes.
Contest ends November 6, 2009. [...]
Continue Reading Product Review and Giveaway: Build ur Beads Wood Beads
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By Caley
October 16th, 2009 at 05:00am
Under Christmas
Last Friday, with 77 days left until Christmas, I shared the the first four of my 7 secrets to Christmas crafting. As a craft editor, I know how to decorate for Christmas and create great homemade gifts at a fraction of the price as store-bought. Better yet, I know just how fun Christmas crafting can [...]
Continue Reading 70 Days Till Christmas: 7 Secrets to Christmas Crafting, Part 2
Tags: beading, Christmas, decorating, Gifts, ornaments
By Caley
August 10th, 2009 at 10:44am
Under Jewelry Making
Do you remember making macrame bracelets at summer camp? Perhaps your counselors called them friendship bracelets instead? Macrame is the technique of knotting hemp or other cord, often with colorful beads to create a bracelet, necklace or anklet. At my summer camp, we made macrame bracelets with letter beads for our names. Macrame can be [...]
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By Caley
June 9th, 2009 at 10:25am
Under Jewelry Making
When you are wearing less, as you do in the summer, a really fantastic piece of jewelry stands out all the more. We have a bunch of great jewelry craft projects perfect for summer, with motifs such as butterflies, flowers and colorful beads. Here are my current favorite:
Arizona Summer Necklace
Late Summer Flower Earrings
Summer Sky Earrings
Golden [...]
Continue Reading Top Five Jewelry Projects for Summer
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By Caley
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