Weekly Video Recap: Macrame Bracelets, Halloween Jewelry, And Triple Loop Earrings

Weekly Video Recap: Macrame Bracelets, Halloween Jewelry, And Triple Loop Earrings

What a fantastic week for jewelry making videos! We learned how to make earrings with Sara Oehler. We made macramé bracelets with Kristen Fagan. We watched our friend Nealay Patel make a lovely necklace with Soft Flex Wire. And Sarah James from Jesse James Beads paid us a visit and designed jewelry with us. On Wednesday, Sara hosted a live bead sale on Facebook featuring gemstones and…
3 Thanksgiving Beading Project Ideas

3 Thanksgiving Beading Project Ideas

Thanksgiving is still a couple weeks away. Now is the perfect time to gather your  jewelry making supplies and have some fun. Let’s learn how to make some lovely  beading project ideas for the holiday. We have some clever designs for the beginner beaders and the seasoned stringers. This holiday is ripe with delicious colors. Rich black, orange and cream.…
The Importance of Local Bead Shopping

The Importance of Local Bead Shopping

When I was about 16 years old. I fell in love with beads and beading. Do you know where and why? At my local bead store in Billings, MT, called the Bead Depot. The last I looked it was closing down. Definitely a sad sign of the times. I have worked in the  beading industry for about 20 years now. When I first entered, bead stores were being opened left and right, beading sections were…
Weekly Video Recap: Make a Multi Strand Necklace and a Wrap Bracelet

Weekly Video Recap: Make a Multi Strand Necklace and a Wrap Bracelet

What a busy week it has been for beading! Kristen released a new episode of  Free Spirit Beading and Sara filmed a live video teaching a fun way to weave a bracelet. If you follow us on  Facebook or have joined our Facebook group –  VIB, you would have also caught links to videos from friends of ours. It is a wonderful time to be a beader. You can le…
4 Fantastic Jewelry Designs For Fall

4 Fantastic Jewelry Designs For Fall

We have a cornucopia of playful fall jewelry for you. From beginner  bead stringing project ideas to an intermediate  Craft Wire bracelet, there is something for everybody here. You can, of course, recreate the designs or modify them to make your own wonderful autumn jewelry. We would love to see your work! Join our  Facebook group – VIB – an…