Finished Jewelry Designs From Our Chocolate Kiss Design Kit

Finished Jewelry Designs From Our Chocolate Kiss Design Kit

Kit Day is tomorrow and we are celebrating the mad world of Alice in Wonderland. Sara will reveal the contents of the kit and our friends will be sharing their finished jewelry designs with our VIB Facebook group. It is sure to be a day full of creative magic! Today, we are sharing the designs our community made with our last jewelry making kit - our Chocolate Kiss Design Kit (So…
How to Knit a Necklace Chain on a Spool with Soft Flex Wire

How to Knit a Necklace Chain on a Spool with Soft Flex Wire

On this week's episode of Free Spirit Beading, knit happens! Learn how to create a black knitted wire necklace chain with Soft Flex Beading Wire on a knitting spool and then attach it to a fabulous artisan ceramic pendant for a sculptural and a designer look! How to Knit a Necklace Chain on a Spool with Soft Flex Beading Wire Learn how to create a knitted necklace chain on a k…
Free Beading Project Idea: Garnet And Glitz Necklace

Free Beading Project Idea: Garnet And Glitz Necklace

Happy New Year everybody! Wow. Is it really 2019 already? We hope everybody had a wonderful holiday season. We hope everybody was visited by a very generous Santa. We hope you got everything you wished for and more. If you got some goodies added to your jewelry making kit, this is a great time to start making some beading projects. Let’s learn how to make a new necklace! For awhile no…
Holiday Projects And Design Tips Featuring Soft Touch Beading Wire

Holiday Projects And Design Tips Featuring Soft Touch Beading Wire

Soft Touch Beading Wire is our premium beading wire. If you have never felt the difference between Soft Touch and other beading wire brands, you should take a trip to your local bead store and see how different wires drape and move in your fingers. Let the wire do the talking. We don’t always consider drape as a factor when designing a necklace, but it is every bit as important as the color…
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…