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Book Review and Giveaway: Leather Jewelry

August 17th, 2010 at 05:00am Under Book Reviews

Leather Jewelry by Nathalie Mornu includes 30 contemporary jewelry projects, including necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets, cuffs, and hair accessories. The book also includes non-leather techniques in the form of explaining the basics of jewelry making, the tools, and the materials. Learn more and enter to win a copy here.

Contest ends August 31, 2010. You [...]

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Buying The Artist’s Vision and Stories

July 9th, 2010 at 11:01am Under Craft Festivals+ Jewelry Making+ Wearable Craft+ When Creativity Knocks

Nearly 20 years ago I was an Artisan’s sections of the Canadian National Exibition where there was a couple of guys selling some ”Self Made Jewelry”. The jewelry was unlike anything I had ever seen. One of the guys had a dentist friend… He was making some jewelry with false teeth. Before your cringe and think that’s pretty gross… there was something about [...]

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How to Make a Bib Necklace

May 26th, 2010 at 05:00am Under Wearable Craft

Fashion crafts are a popular topic at FaveCrafts.com. If you love fashion, you have probably noticed the recent popularity of the bib necklace. These chunky necklaces, which have a bib-like shape, are an eye-catching way to display an array of jewel, flowers and other embellishments. Bib necklaces are all the rage with designers right now, [...]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Twenty To Make Bracelets

April 13th, 2010 at 05:00am Under Book Reviews

In Twenty To Make Bracelets by Amanda Walker is series from Search Press, in which each book includes 20 projects. The 20 bracelet craft projects in this book include Sea Bride, Love-me-knot, Attraction, Egypt, Byzantine Pride, and Silver Zephyr. Learn more and enter to win a copy here.

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Book Review and Giveaway: Beaded Neck Candy

April 6th, 2010 at 05:00am Under Book Reviews

This book includes 10 necklaces combining all kinds of beads and crochet. This book also allows you to take any of the designs and see all the variations that are possible with the basic shapes of some of the crocheted beads. You also learn how to felt the crocheted pieces to give a new look [...]

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Product Review and Giveaway: Unfinished Wood Bangles

February 26th, 2010 at 05:00am Under Product Reviews

These unfinished wood bracelets come in different sizes and shapes. You can use the wood bracelets to create stamped jewelry, painted jewelry, stained jewelry, and more. The company also has wood shapes and wood beads to coordinate. Learn more and enter to win a set of 7 unfinished bracelets here.

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Link Love: Beading Websites

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 [...]

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How to: Get Started with Free Beading Patterns

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 [...]

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Home Decor Tuesday: Storage and Organization

January 5th, 2010 at 12:19pm Under Home Decor and Design

Starting off the new year after the holidays can be pretty rough. Your house might still be a mess from all your company, your presents are still all over the house and you’re just ready for it to all go away and be clean. This is the best time for you to get some storage [...]

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Product Review and Giveaway: Glitter Flower Pendant Kit Giveaway

December 11th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Product Reviews

Clay artist Marie Segal put together this great kit to create her favorite Glitter Flowers. The kit includes Cernit clay, glitter, adhesive, clay cutters and more. Use the kit to create a jewelry pedant or embellishment for a picture frame.  Read the full review here and enter to win the kit here.

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