Jewelry Design: Ask The Color Queens with Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: Ask The Color Queens with Margie Deeb

Color queens Margie Deeb and Beverly Ash Gilbert answer a single question about bead color. Asked how they work with a bead that does not match the color palette of the jewelry they intend to make, both ladies offer different and insightful answers. Working outside your comfort zone can put you into a unique creative phase. What seems like an artistic limitation can end up streng…
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 th…
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…
Jewelry Design: Black Holiday Glam Jewelry with Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: Black Holiday Glam Jewelry with Margie Deeb

Shake things up this holiday season. Forget what you know about the traditional colors of the holidays, go glam! Black is timeless. Black is extraordinary. It is a magical color for any special day. Add some glittering complementary colors and your jewelry will be elegant and memorable. Just avoid the traps, too much black and your jolly jewelry will be gothic and eerie. Read on…
Jewelry Design: How To Work With Metallic Iris Beads with Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: How To Work With Metallic Iris Beads with Margie Deeb

Do you work with brilliantly colored beads? Today, we are looking at metallic iris beads. Up close, they are dazzling little gems. Awash in fantastic colors and slick highlights. Each has a hot spot that catches the eye. These beads are very active and visually stimulating. But come away from the close look and the colors start to fade and blend into each other. The grand spectrum o…
Jewelry Design: Autumn Browns And Chocolate Truffle with Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: Autumn Browns And Chocolate Truffle with Margie Deeb

Autumn will be here before you know it. Time to switch up your breezy summer fashion for lovely brown earth tones. If you enjoy making jewelry, now is a great time to plan your color selections. An overabundance of autumn browns can look muddy and unremarkable. You need to offset the heavy weight of the brown with some warmth and light. If you want to master your fall jewelry,…