Get A Galentine's Day Party Preview With Deb Floros & Rachel Mallis

Get A Galentine's Day Party Preview With Deb Floros & Rachel Mallis

We love creating exciting jewelry with our friends. Recently, we enjoyed beading parties with two fabulous designers that will join us for our Galentine's Day celebration. Want to see what you can look forward to? These videos will give you an idea of the fun and talent that is in store for the DIY jewelry making party. The designs they created are probably not going to be related to what they mak…
Valentine's Jewelry Making & Glamorous All That Glitters Designs

Valentine's Jewelry Making & Glamorous All That Glitters Designs

Galentine's Day and Valentine's Day are almost here! We have handmade jewelry ideas that you are going to fall in love with! These elegant and easy DIY jewelry projects will have you creating gallery quality designs that cost less than lunch! Check out our design kits if you want to make themed jewelry for the holiday of love. Our current kit is an ode to star crossed lovers. If you love romance…
TGBE Midwinter Market 2025: Arctic Circle Embroidery & New Year's Necklace

TGBE Midwinter Market 2025: Arctic Circle Embroidery & New Year's Necklace

The Great Bead Extravaganza Midwinter Market 2025 was last weekend. TGBE is an online bead show. There are tons of sales. There are demonstrations and new product launches. There are exciting giveaways and so much more! We had an amazing time opening the Arctic Circle jewelry making kit that we created for the event. Kristen showed us how to make an embroidered snowflake that can be turned int…
How To Make Cute Halloween Jewelry & Colorful Day Of The Dead Designs

How To Make Cute Halloween Jewelry & Colorful Day Of The Dead Designs

We love holiday jewelry! We indulged in a week of colorful Dia de los Muertos themed designs and Gone Batty Halloween creations. Check out the fun videos we have gathered. If you love these projects, you can find wonderful Halloween beads and mixes in our Holidays Category. Our themed beads are great for jewelry designs or crafts for the home. Stringing a necklace is a fun a…
Joyous Jewelry Making! Craftcation, Kumihimo, Kits, TGBE & More!

Joyous Jewelry Making! Craftcation, Kumihimo, Kits, TGBE & More!

We saw a little bit of everything this week. Kristen discussed her recent trip to Craftcation and showed us how to make an embroidered butterfly. Joyce showed us how to weather a metal blank and give it character. Rebecca Combs, of Design & Adorn, joined us for a beading party and showed us how to make a beaded kumhimo necklace. We checked out videos from our friends and watched them make j…
Craftcation 2024 Recap And How To Do Bead Embroidery

Craftcation 2024 Recap And How To Do Bead Embroidery

Craftcation 2024 Recap And How To Do Bead Embroidery This week on Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, I shared my experience at the Craftcation Conference in California. Craftcation is a 5-day life-changing annual craft event that is equal parts beach-side getaway, business conference, makers fest and wellness retreat. While at the Craftcation Conference I taught a "Make & Ta…