Celebrate National Craft Month with
beaded bracelets. If you need to kickstart a month of creativity, check out this mix of beautiful bracelets. There is something here for everybody - beginner bracelets, bracelets for kids, macrame, kumihimo, and so much more. If you need more inspiration, visit our VIB group on Facebook and check out our Joyful Beading Challenges.
31 Beaded Bracelets For…
Oh my, did you miss our live Facebook sale? We love to sell our secret stash of gemstones, beads, tools, and wire to our Facebook friends and fellow beaders. If you miss one show, you can be sure the next is right around the corner. Our live bead sale shows feature tools and beads you cannot find on our site.
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Let's look at men's jewelry. Men's bracelets and necklaces never get a lot of love. Men's beaded jewelry tends to be less flashy and less fun than an elaborate multi-stranded necklace that would find a home on a woman's neck. The color options for His jewelry can be more muted and earthy than Her jewelry. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun designing a necklace for the fellow in y…
Have you purchased your first jewelry making book yet?
I bet the answer is "Yes." You may already have several! As you know, books can play a huge part in what you learn about making jewelry. The challenge lies in finding the right book. A brief look into the number of books that are on the market today is astounding. Just tap into any major book website and type in the words "Jewelry Making". If…
Have you ever wondered how you could reduce your environmental impact? Recycling is a great way to lessen the weight of our footsteps. We think it should be fun. We think stringing beads can be part of the way we reduce, reuse, and recycle. We look at ways to think outside of the box and create jewelry with the very things we normally consider trash. Bottle caps can be beautiful focal beads.…
A beading wire that fills a bead hole will give the bead stability and aesthetic value. An unstable bead will wobble on its wire whenever the wearer of the bead moves. When the bead is quiet, it will sit at an odd and unattractive angle.
How To String Beaded Jewelry When Your Beads Have Big Holes
It would seem like a simple task to fill a bead hole with wire, but this is not always so.…