It's Easy Being Green

It's Easy Being Green

Are you ready for winter to finally be over? At  Soft Flex Company, we are all excited for the leafy palette of spring. The cold blues and whites of winter are elegant and wonderful, but the grassy splendor of green is a welcome change. Today, we are revisiting one of our archive articles. Melissa J. Lee had some lush ideas for summer jewelry that we think are fantastic for St. Patr…
Paint a Cat in the Hat Pendant & Make a Beaded Necklace

Paint a Cat in the Hat Pendant & Make a Beaded Necklace

This week on Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, we paint a Cat in the Hat bead pendant and make a necklace with our Whimsical Beadtastical Bead Mix and Trios! Using your own hand painted beads is a great way to express your own personal style. Since Whimsical Beadtastical was inspired by Dr. Seuss it was only fitting to pay homage to The Cat in the Hat wi…
Free Beading Project Idea: Whimsical Beadtastical Necklace

Free Beading Project Idea: Whimsical Beadtastical Necklace

Whimsical Beadtastical Necklace Thanks for joining me on Soft Flex Company Facebook Live today. I made a fringe necklace using the new Whimsical Beadtastical Trio and beads from the matching bead mix. Designer Sara Oehler Supplies: Whimsical Beadtastical Trios Beading Wire Pack Whimsical Beadtastical Bead Mix Hammered Metal Texture…
5 Techniques Every Beader Should Know

5 Techniques Every Beader Should Know

Would you like to become a better beader?  Making jewelry is an easy craft to pick up, but if you want to master your skills, you need to expand your technical knowledge. Today, we have collected five techniques we think are essential for becoming a better bead stringer. We will teach you how to crimp. How to open a jump ring. How to make handcrafted ear wires and more. If you…
How to Make Bugle Bead Fringe Tassel Earrings with Soft Flex Beading Wire

How to Make Bugle Bead Fringe Tassel Earrings with Soft Flex Beading Wire

This week on Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, we celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss, an American author and cartoonist best known for books such as "The Cat in the Hat" and "Oh, the Places You'll Go" and the inspiration for our Whimsical Beadtastical jewelry making design kit and bead mix! Of course, we also made a new jewelry project, this time it's a pair of bugle bead fr…