3 Ideas For Handmade Holiday Gifts Using Gemstone Beads To Make Jewelry - Perfect For The Essential Worker In Your Life

3 Ideas For Handmade Holiday Gifts Using Gemstone Beads To Make Jewelry - Perfect For The Essential Worker In Your Life

3 Ideas For Handmade Holiday Gifts Using Gemstone Beads To Make Jewelry - Perfect For The Essential Worker In Your Life I love to make gifts. I was the kid that sewed a small stocking for every member in my extended family (which you realize is a lot when your Mother has 9 brothers and sisters and you have 18 first cousins). I was the teenager that would macramé bracelets in colorful thre…
Weekly Video Recap: 'Tis The Season For Christmas Crafts And Holiday Jewelry

Weekly Video Recap: 'Tis The Season For Christmas Crafts And Holiday Jewelry

Ho! Ho! Ho! The holidays are here! We have some great jewelry making videos for you this week. We had a holiday party with friends and traded beading kits. We have instructive videos on how to make necklaces and earrings with beading wire. We made a Christmas angel that can be used as a suncatcher or ornament. Adorn your holiday house with beads! Kristen started the week off with…
Create a Beaded Guardian Angel Ornament with Soft Flex Craft Wire

Create a Beaded Guardian Angel Ornament with Soft Flex Craft Wire

Create a Beaded Guardian Angel Ornament with Craft WireThis week on Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, we created a heartfelt keepsake ornament. Keep your guardian angel with you this holiday season with this handmade DIY Guardian Angel Christmas Tree Ornament or Suncatcher. We made this with just a few beads from the White Christmas Bead Mix (sold out) and Soft Flex Craft Wire in 2…
Learn How To Make A DIY Lariat Necklace

Learn How To Make A DIY Lariat Necklace

Would you like to learn how to make a beaded lariat necklace? If you are a beginner, this fun jewelry style is a great way to master  new techniques and learn how to break the rules. Lariats are, basically, long necklaces that do not require a clasp to finish. Fundamentally, lariats are a single length of beaded cord, beading wire, or chain. They are not closed into a loop…
Weekly Video Recap: Give The Gift Of Handmade Jewelry - Here Are 4 Unique Design Ideas

Weekly Video Recap: Give The Gift Of Handmade Jewelry - Here Are 4 Unique Design Ideas

Why settle with store bought jewelry when you can make your own? Give the give of handcrafted necklaces this year.  Handmade crafts and jewelry are created with love and make for instantly memorable moments. Money cannot buy the care and compassion DIY jewelry exudes. We have three timeless designs in this recap (and a teaser for a fourth). These instructive videos are great for beg…