Daily Joyful Beading Challenges For Coronavirus Quarantine

Daily Joyful Beading Challenges For Coronavirus Quarantine

Stay joyful and blissfully bead along with us! We are living in very unusual times. Shelter-in-place and isolation rules means that many of us are facing the coronavirus alone and without our peers to talk to and keep our minds at work. Quarantine does not have to be boring! This is a great time to beautify your world and light your passion to create. We are posting daily 'Joyful Beading'…
Finished Jewelry Designs From Our Dark Heart Design Kit

Finished Jewelry Designs From Our Dark Heart Design Kit

Welcome to Kit Day. Today is our favorite  company holiday. We unveil our most recent mystery themed jewelry making kit and explore its contents. Last month we offered a Dr. Seuss inspired kit. The Whimsical Beadtastical Design Kit (Sold Out) was a cheerful ode to one of our favorite writers. We will unbox this fun kit and make some jewelry, live on Facebook.You are going to love ou…
Weekly Video Recap: Metal Stamping Basics - DIY Custom Jewelry

Weekly Video Recap: Metal Stamping Basics - DIY Custom Jewelry

Good afternoon, friends! We focused on metal stamped jewelry, this week. Making a personalized name necklace or unique earrings for your dearest is a fantastic way of saying, "I love you". Do you want to learn metal stamping basics? Check out this fun video recap! Stick around - there is a storm of creative jewelry designing on the horizon. We are unveiling our most recent kit next Wednesday. We a…
Learn Everything You Need To Know About Pearls

Learn Everything You Need To Know About Pearls

The elegance and lasting beauty of a strand of pearls is timeless. There has never been a period in history where pearls were not en vogue. In the modern world, natural pearls are both rare and expensive. If it was not for the technology of cultured pearls, most of us would not be able to own pearls today. It is miraculous how a pearl is created but how many of us know the process or man's r…
Inside The Beautiful Art And History Of Beaded Jewelry

Inside The Beautiful Art And History Of Beaded Jewelry

Do you love beaded jewelry as much as we do? We love stringing beads. So many colors. So many shapes and textures. Beaded jewelry enriches us in ways beyond the aesthetic beauty. Beaded jewelry has been part of the human experience for thousands of years. Beads have denoted social status. Beads have been used as currency. Beads are transcendent and show us beauty. Let's ta…
Everything You Need To Know About Kumihimo

Everything You Need To Know About Kumihimo

Let's have a look at  kumihimo braiding! If you are reading this, it is likely you belong in one of two camps: you have a kumihimo disk and love it - or - you have a kumihimo disk and it is sitting in your jewelry making kit (it looks so complicated!). The good news is that kumihimo patterns are simple to follow and easy to master. We will look at everything kumihimo today. We have&…