Weekly Video Recap: A ZigZag Bracelet, Jewelry Making Kits, And Design Challenges

Weekly Video Recap: A ZigZag Bracelet, Jewelry Making Kits, And Design Challenges

What a phenomenal week of jewelry making videos! We have some delightful jewelry project ideas for you. We designed bracelets that use jump rings in a clever way. We crafted gorgeous pendants and lariats. We made some stunning earrings. And we had fun opening mystery jewelry Design Kits. These videos are educational and fun. You are going to love them! They are almost…
Jewelry Design: Escape The Dark Metallic Iris Trap with Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: Escape The Dark Metallic Iris Trap with Margie Deeb

Margie Deeb revisits a jewelry making trap. Dark metallic iris beads are pretty amazing. They are full of highlights and colors. They are little rainbow planets with hot spots, oil slicked surfaces, and a base color. But if they are overused, they can be drab and lifeless. They can even seem reptilian and alien. Margie sees them used as a crutch quite often. Beaders will sometimes settle for these…
Finished Jewelry Designs From Our Unicorn Sparkles Design Kit

Finished Jewelry Designs From Our Unicorn Sparkles Design Kit

It is design kit day at  Soft Flex Company. We are so excited! Our design kits are themed jewelry making kits. Each kit is a mystery until we reveal the contents (a month after initially offering it). Last month we offered our Unicorn Sparkles Design Kit. Today we are going to take a look at some finished jewelry designs from that kit. Let's see what Soft Flex Company staf…
360 Degrees Vanishing - The Beaded Art Of Selven O’Keef Jarmon

360 Degrees Vanishing - The Beaded Art Of Selven O’Keef Jarmon

What a fantastic day to celebrate beaded art. We think jewelry and beadwork enriches the world with culture and folklore. Beads have been intertwined with the human experience for ages. Beads are a symbol of behavioral modernity - they note a transition when early humans left a life of pure survival and embraced culture and modern thought. They are truly transcendent. Beads have elevated us. B…
Weekly Video Recap: Halloween Jewelry, Jewelry Making Kits, Closeout Sale, And Wire Wrapped Rings

Weekly Video Recap: Halloween Jewelry, Jewelry Making Kits, Closeout Sale, And Wire Wrapped Rings

My goodness. Halloween is only a month away. It is time to scare up some DIY Halloween costume and Halloween  jewelry ideas. We have some frightful suggestions. We have a bunch of great jewelry making videos this week. One Halloween video and a mixed bag of other treats. We look at jewelry making kits, our big Closeout Sale, and a fun wire wrapping episode of Conversa…
Jewelry Design: Mixed Metals Make Holidays Opulent with Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: Mixed Metals Make Holidays Opulent with Margie Deeb

Let's make things interesting this holiday season. It is time to unlearn the unwritten rule that you cannot mix metals when wearing jewelry. Margie Deeb is going to tell us how to make the holidays glamorous with warm and cool metal tones. Forget the Ho-Ho-Holiday colors you always wear and show off your chic side. Mixed metals are sumptuous, stately, and perfect for this time of year.…