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 into…
Summer Necklace With Braided Beading Wire & Handmade Bail

Summer Necklace With Braided Beading Wire & Handmade Bail

Summer Necklace With Braided Beading Wire & Handmade Bail Part One - Braiding Beading Wire and Illusion Jewelry On Spill the Beads with Joyce Trowbridge, we got a special two part series. She showed us how to make a necklace using multiple techniques and then finish a design with a handmade bail. Did you know you could braid Soft Flex wire? Have you ever made illusion jewe…
Sunset Splendor Design Kit Reveal & Creative Fun With Themed Jewelry Supplies

Sunset Splendor Design Kit Reveal & Creative Fun With Themed Jewelry Supplies

We celebrated Kit Day with our Sunset Splendor Design Kit. This collection of jewelry making supplies evoked the electric skies with rich reds, pinks, and warm brown tones. Live viewers of our kit reveal were eligible to win a kit giveaway, just by commenting with a hashtag. We had a blast. Along with the unboxing, we released our latest kit - Grateful Heart. If you have not picked up one of…
10 Jewelry Making Tutorial Videos To Make Your Summer Fashion Sizzle!

10 Jewelry Making Tutorial Videos To Make Your Summer Fashion Sizzle!

Summer is rushing right at us. We are making colorful jewelry that celebrates this warm and sunny season. We have a wonderful mix of beading videos that will show you a spectrum of techniques and crafts. Follow along and you are sure to have the hottest accessories for your summer outfits! Learn how to wire wrap. Learn how to make earrings with Delica beads. Learn how to mak…
Unleash Your Creative Energy With The Eclipse and Our Themed Jewelry Making Kits

Unleash Your Creative Energy With The Eclipse and Our Themed Jewelry Making Kits

Star gazers celebrated this week as our sun and satellite put on a galactic display. The moon took centerstage and showed jewelry lovers what a real ring of fire looks like. We celebrated with heavenly jewelry of our own. Check out our recap and learn how to make gallery quality jewelry that is affordable and as gorgeous as the eclipse. We created magic with our Rainy Day Blues themed…
Inspired By Sundance! Artisan Jewelry Making Projects & Craft Ideas

Inspired By Sundance! Artisan Jewelry Making Projects & Craft Ideas

We are celebrating the Sundance Catalog this week. If you are not familiar with the catalog, it is part of the Sundance Group. This group is a conglomeration of business entities that seek to inspire and elevate artists. Robert Redford created these businesses to support film, fashion, and artisans in jewelry and more. The group is named after his iconic character from Butch Cassidy and the Sun…