Halloween is haunting our halls! We have some deliciously venomous new products on our shelves to celebrate the spookiest day of the year. We are also throwing a Trick or Treat beading party that will summon the most creative spirits. If creepy crawlies don't excite you, don't worry, we have tons of other free jewelry project ideas, too. Join us for jam packed jewelry making celebration!
Don't miss our beading party with Danielle Wickes! Danielle is a content creator for John Bead. She is featured in John Bead blogs and is also a teacher for Michael's, you can find her weekly classes on Michael's website. Danielle always seems to have an innovative and amazing idea when she spends time with us. You are going to love the jewelry demonstration she showed us this week!
If you want to get into the spirit of the spooky season, make sure you check out our social media. We have some ghoulish designs! And check out our revisit of James Browning's Halloween Spiders. They cute little critters are perfect for Christmas or Halloween!
Join us tonight for Trick or Treat fun! We are collaborating with Jesse James Beads and throwing a two day jewelry making celebration. All of the details you need are in this blog. The event is free to watch or you can make a long with a kit purchase.
Wait - there is even more fun! Jenifer Miller unboxed our Spider Queen Design Kit and gave her thoughts on the beading supplies inside. Nealay Patel showed us how to make earrings that are inspired by fall. Sam Siegel created a necklace that was inspired by Sara. And we checked in with Kay Goss and checked out the jewelry she made with our Love is Love Design Kit (Sold Out). Let's make jewelry!
Halloween Holiday Ceramic Beads For Playful Jewelry Making
Halloween is here! The most haunted holiday is a howl to celebrate. Add some ghosts and goblins to your jewelry collection!
These beads are sold individually. Mix and match!
These adorable ceramic beads are perfect for the spooky season! These delightfully ghoulish beads are the perfect option for holiday crafts. Involve the little ones and create a chilling collection of ghostly jewelry. Give the Halloween lovers in your life the gift of jewelry!
These ceramic beads have been produced for over 20 years near the ancient city of Cusco, Peru by the Romero family business. The Romeros have dedicated themselves to artisan quality artistic and ornamental ceramics. They have also explored a fun side with their collection of Teeny Tiny beads. They have created thousands of stunning designs and playful bead mixes. Add some exciting ceramics to your beading supplies.
Warning: This product may contain lead and is not intended for sale or use by children 12 years of age or younger.
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Live Beading Party With Danielle Wickes Of John Bead - Herringbone Stitch With Soft Touch
Sara has worked for Soft Flex Company for more than twenty years. In that time, she has constantly sought to elevate her talent with new techniques and has explored different ways to use our beading wire. So it always comes as a shock when she sees something she has not seen before or beyond what she expected of our wire.
Danielle Wickes is constantly surprising Sara with her innovative ideas and creative new ways to use Soft Flex wire. The last time Danielle sat in with us, she taught Sara how to Peyote Stitch with Soft Flex - something Sara did not think was possible. Before, that, she surprised Sara with an amazing knotted design. This week, she showed Sara how to herringbone stitch with Soft Touch Beading Wire. We never know what to expect when Danielle visits and we are always blown away!
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Trick Or Treat Jewelry Making Party With Jesse James Beads
The party begins tonight! There are still kits available. The event is free to watch and enjoy. If you do not own your kits yet, you can still bead with us during a replay. If you own the kits, you are invited to a special wine party. Come join the celebration!
4 projects, 4 designers, 2 nights, 1 fun filled online event! Grab the supply kit here and get the bead kit from Jesse James Beads.
Fearless maker, have you returned? Did the delights of last Halloween not slake your thirst for all things creeping and crawling? We welcome you! The ghouls are all here! Soft Flex Company and Jesse James Beads are haunting your hallways with another spirited set of shows. Jesse James Beads is offering the sweetest selection of spooky beads you have ever laid your bony fingers on. Soft Flex Company has an uncanny collection of spectral beading supplies (findings and wire). Our eerie 2-night event runs October 7th and 8th with 4 designers offering their best tips, tricks and projects. Decompose and decompress as we show you how to design an enchanted piece of jewelry that will make the whole graveyard jealous. If you have purchased a kit from each company, you will be granted exclusive access to an after event full of lively apparitions and more bead talk. We welcome all mortals and eager souls. Join us for a fiendish time!
Order early so you have your kit on hand for the show! If you grab a kit from each company, you will be welcome to join our wine party on Zoom, following the first show.
Important Dates:
10/7 Friday 4-6pm PT - Trick-or-Treat Party Classes, Sara Oehler and Brittany Chavers
10/7 Friday 6-7 PT - Trick-or-Treat Wine Tasting on Zoom
10/8 Saturday 11am-1pm PT - Trick-or-Treat Party Classes, Danielle Wickes and Jem Hawkes
Note: This is a supply kit for a special event. This kit does not contain beads. Please be sure to purchase the matching bead kit from Jesse James Beads to play along!
Trick or Treat Design By Brittany Chavers
Trick or Treat Design by Sara Oehler
Halloween Spider (Or Christmas Spider) Using Craft Wire And Beads
Spiders! These eight legged creatures are so fun to make. They may make you think of Halloween, but these kooky little guys play an important role in another holiday, Christmas! Want to learn how to make some beaded Christmas spiders? You are going to love this simple beading project!
While Americans don't typically include spiders in their canon of Christmas creatures, the arachnids are yuletide mainstays in some parts of the world, namely from Ukraine to Germany. This is largely due to the legend of the Christmas spider, a European folktale that offers a mythical backstory for tinsel on Christmas trees.
In one version of the story, it is said a widowed mother and her children were too poor to decorate their Christmas tree, so friendly spiders spun elaborate webs on the evergreen. When the family awoke on Christmas morning, they opened the curtains and the sunshine hit the webs, turning them silver and gold (sometimes said to be the origin of tinsel). The family had good fortune from then on. It's likely the legend is linked to the idea that spiders are lucky. Whatever the reason, Ukrainians decorate their Christmas trees with spider-shaped ornaments (often made of beautiful beads) to this day. Make your own good fortune beaded Christmas spiders and start the tradition in your home this year.
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Blog contributor Thomas Soles loves Jazz Age writers and crunchy french fries. His favorite gemstones are Lapis and Pietersite. His favorite hobby is day dreaming. And his favorite mustache is Freddie Mercury's. As you can see, he has a healthy (or possibly unhealthy) sense of humor. You can write to him at Thomas@SoftFlexCompany.com