Weekly Video Recap: Gemstone Bracelets, Earth Day Projects, DIY Earrings, And Mirrix Looms

Weekly Video Recap: Gemstone Bracelets, Earth Day Projects, DIY Earrings, And Mirrix Looms

What a delightful week! We have some wonderful  jewelry making project ideas for you. Want to learn how to work with a loom? Bead weaving on a loom is a fun way to elevate your designs and expand your creative talents. We also showed you how to make bracelets that look like that came from a gallery, on a budget! We have videos on how to make DIY earrings that you will love. And we h…
Jewelry Design: The Play Of Pattern With Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: The Play Of Pattern With Margie Deeb

Margie Deeb is a master of color. We have previously looked at how colors can highlight or contrast each other in jewelry and loom work. Margie teaches that concordance is the harmony of like colors. Contrast is the clash of dissimilar colors. Both can be used to create stunning designs. This week, we are looking at patterns. Patterns can be simple or complex. A great pattern is one w…
Jewelry Design: Emphasize Differences With Margie Deeb

Jewelry Design: Emphasize Differences With Margie Deeb

Color is so important if you love jewelry. Designing a  necklace is more than stringing beads and gemstones. That is the basic part of our craft. To excel, you need to understand how a  color beading wire is going to harmonize with the stones. You need to grasp how a spectrum of beads is going to look as the jewelry takes shape. You need to see beyond the technical p…
A Passion For Color And Creativity In Beading And Jewelry Making With Margie Deeb

A Passion For Color And Creativity In Beading And Jewelry Making With Margie Deeb

Do you love  color? Do you feel you have a grasp for color? The beading and jewelry industry thrives on rich, vibrant  color. The Pantone Color of the Year is something many of us look forward to. But, some of us have a blind spot when it comes to color. After Margie Deeb published her first book, she found out that not everybody had a natural understanding on how color…
Beading Pajama Party And Jewelry Making Ideas

Beading Pajama Party And Jewelry Making Ideas

Sara and Kristen visited the Jewelry Television studio and filmed an episode of JTV’s jewelry making show ‘Jewel School’. Afterward,they decided it would be fun to have a pajama party at the hotel and discuss their book, Seed Bead Revolution. They ended up playing with a Knotty Do-It-All and made some beaded goodies. It was a great night of beading for the two ladies…