Joyous Jewelry Making! Craftcation, Kumihimo, Kits, TGBE & More!

Joyous Jewelry Making! Craftcation, Kumihimo, Kits, TGBE & More!

We saw a little bit of everything this week. Kristen discussed her recent trip to Craftcation and showed us how to make an embroidered butterfly. Joyce showed us how to weather a metal blank and give it character. Rebecca Combs, of Design & Adorn, joined us for a beading party and showed us how to make a beaded kumhimo necklace. We checked out videos from our friends and watched them make jewe…
Craftcation 2024 Recap And How To Do Bead Embroidery

Craftcation 2024 Recap And How To Do Bead Embroidery

Craftcation 2024 Recap And How To Do Bead Embroidery This week on Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, I shared my experience at the Craftcation Conference in California. Craftcation is a 5-day life-changing annual craft event that is equal parts beach-side getaway, business conference, makers fest and wellness retreat. While at the Craftcation Conference I taught a "Make & Ta…
Learn How To Wire Wrap A Beaded Flower Pendant

Learn How To Wire Wrap A Beaded Flower Pendant

Learn How To Wire Wrap A Beaded Flower Pendant On Spill the Beads with Joyce Trowbridge, Joyce showed how to wire wrap a beaded flower pendant using Czech Glass and crystal beads from our Rainy Day Blues Beading Design Kit (sold out), and 24ga Soft Flex Craft Wire in Non-Tarnish Silver. She strung the flower pendant on .019 Soft Flex Beading Wire in Tanzanite color along with a bee ce…
Special Tea Design Kit Beading Party With Sarah James Of Jesse James Beads

Special Tea Design Kit Beading Party With Sarah James Of Jesse James Beads

Special Tea Design Kit Beading Party With Sarah James Of Jesse James Beads Sara & Kristen had a beading party with Sarah James of Jesse James Beads. They talked about our Special Tea Beading Design Challenge Kit and the beads in the kit that came from Jesse James Beads. Each month we have a new design kit and they always feature an exclusive bead mix from Jesse James Beads. We also…
Unleash Your Creative Energy With The Eclipse and Our Themed Jewelry Making Kits

Unleash Your Creative Energy With The Eclipse and Our Themed Jewelry Making Kits

Star gazers celebrated this week as our sun and satellite put on a galactic display. The moon took centerstage and showed jewelry lovers what a real ring of fire looks like. We celebrated with heavenly jewelry of our own. Check out our recap and learn how to make gallery quality jewelry that is affordable and as gorgeous as the eclipse. We created magic with our Rainy Day Blues themed je…
Live Beading Party With Kay Goss Of Star's Beads & Beadorea

Live Beading Party With Kay Goss Of Star's Beads & Beadorea

Live Beading Party With Kay Goss Of Star's Beads & Beadorea Sara & Kristen had a beading party with Kay Goss of Star's Beads and Beadorea. They talked about our Rainy Day Blues Beading Design Challenge Kit (sold out) and Rainy Day Blues Crystal Bead Mix curated by Kay. Then Kay created this beautiful wire wrapped cloud using 18ga & 26ga Soft Flex Craft Wire in Non-Tarnish Copper.…