Mocha Mousse Is The Pantone Color Of The Year 2025

Mocha Mousse Is The Pantone Color Of The Year 2025

What do you think of Mocha Mousse? This earthy brown color can be many things to many people. During the holiday season it is warm logs in a glowing hearth. It is the fragrant whisper of a cup of hot chocolate. This color is modest and indulgent all at once. Pair it with metals for a glamorous look. Intertwine it with cold blue or fiery red for a visual pop! It is comfort and high fa…
Explore Our Jewelry Kits! Cherry Blossom Jewelry Making Design Kit Reveal

Explore Our Jewelry Kits! Cherry Blossom Jewelry Making Design Kit Reveal

We celebrated Kit Day this week. If you have never purchased a kit from us, you are missing out on a sweet treat! All of our kits are themed. The colorway inside is built around a holiday, an inconic artist, a fantastical element, or something totally unexpected. Kit Day lands on the last Wednesday of every month. On that day, we release our latest kit, we reveal the contents of our previo…
Jewelry Design: The Promise Of Pink with Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: The Promise Of Pink with Margie Deeb

Let's think pink! Pink is truly a sublime color. It is fiery passion. It is warmth and sensuality. It is luminous and elegant. So lovely! Pink is a wonderful choice for bead stringing wire if you want a luscious complementary accent to your beads and gemstones. Today, Margie discusses pink. She discusses the strengths and weaknesses of her favorite tone - mage…
Jewelry Design: Elegant Holiday Texture with Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: Elegant Holiday Texture with Margie Deeb

Want to add a little magic to your handmade jewelry this holiday season? Today, we are going to look at textures and color. We all have an idea of how traditional holiday jewelry should look - when we think of color. But a lot of us may overlook the textures when we are stringing beads. Color is great. But when we add interesting textures, we create a feast…
Jewelry Design: The Process Of Color Forecasting with Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: The Process Of Color Forecasting with Margie Deeb

How does the Pantone Color Institute forecast seasonal and trending colors? You might think they just gauge fashion. But that is only a part of it. Color forecasters explore everything. They follow graphic design. They track popular culture. They even monitor the health of society. To intimately know how colors may trend, forecasters watch elections, protests, and topical events that range fr…
Jewelry Design: Beauty, Innovation, And Permanence with Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: Beauty, Innovation, And Permanence with Margie Deeb

Lark Books has a delicious collection called the 500 series. These splendid gallery books are loaded with professional photos of jewelry and other art mediums. Margie Deeb had the opportunity to interview senior editor and juror of Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry, Ray Hemachandra. Ray discussed his thoughts on being a juror, the evolution of the beading community, and the importanc…