Celebrate Spring Fashion With Beaded Bracelets And Flower Necklaces

Celebrate Spring Fashion With Beaded Bracelets And Flower Necklaces

Need some jewelry making ideas? We have a bunch of amazing videos for you! Enhance your spring wardrobe with fashionable floral jewelry. Learn how to make adjustments on a necklace. Learn how to make a wire wrapped beaded bracelet. Celebrate Star Wars with earrings that would make a Jedi dance. Join a beading party with us and get inspired. You definitely don't want to miss the fun! Have y…
Take A Trip Down Turquoise Street - Meet Designer Brittany Chavers

Take A Trip Down Turquoise Street - Meet Designer Brittany Chavers

A thoughtful present from grandma transformed young Brittany Chavers' life. One of her first memories is getting a deluxe kit full of beads. She embraced the craft and spent hours stringing and restringing jewelry. This little gift turned into a lifelong obsession with crafting, being creative, and collecting beads. Every bead whispers a story to Brittany. Every shape and every color is a song…
History of Beads III: Iron Age To Modern Beaded Jewelry

History of Beads III: Iron Age To Modern Beaded Jewelry

Beading is an ancient craft. Beaded necklaces and bracelets had crude beginnings. The humble egg and stone beads that graced early man developed into a thriving craft and beading become an artisan occupation. Trade and travel carried beaded treasures across the globe.The desire to adorn and be different was a primal impulse. Beads were a mighty symbol of privilege and…
History of Beads II: Bronze Age Beaded Jewelry

History of Beads II: Bronze Age Beaded Jewelry

A single spark ignites a bonfire. The crude beginning of beading and jewelry making evolved into a wildfire of creativity and jewelry design. Bead stringing began with egg and stone. It escalated into an art with shaped glass beads and standardized beads that allowed for uniform designs. The Stone Age ended with a simple foundation. The Bronze Age erupted wi…