5 Beaded Halloween JEWELRY Projects

5 Beaded Halloween JEWELRY Projects

The most ghoulish time of the year is approaching. Learn how to make beaded jewelry for Halloween. Spooky scary skeletons and grinning goblins will be jealous of your macabre fashion sense. Grab your jewelry making supplies and lets design some wonderful holiday jewelry.  Celebrate your darker side. Halloween jewelry is fun and steeped in shadow. It is a great time to design gifts for friend…
Live Design Challenge Replay With Mystery Bead Box From Jesse James Beads

Live Design Challenge Replay With Mystery Bead Box From Jesse James Beads

Hey, hey - It is a bonus video day! Check out Sara’s latest Live Facebook Design Challenge. Sara opens a Magical Mystery Bead Box from Jesse James Beads. The Mystery Box is full of focals, beads, and jewelry making supplies. Sara will show you how to make a piece of jewelry on the fly. She does not know what is in the box prior to opening it and has to plot out a design, live,…
Modern Necklace | Soft Flex Wire And Two Hole Wood Bead

Modern Necklace | Soft Flex Wire And Two Hole Wood Bead

Kristen is back with another episode of Free Spirit Beading. Grab your jewelry making supplies and learn how to make a wonderful necklace. This time she strings a necklace with beads below her focal bead and exposes the beading wire for the rest of the piece. Kristen thinks out of the box. Kristen loves to make free spirited jewelry. She finds beauty in abstract designs and does not over…
Free Beading Project Idea: KUMIHIMO Projects

Free Beading Project Idea: KUMIHIMO Projects

You need to buy a Kumihimo board. If you enjoy knitting and weaving, you are going to love learning how to make Kumihimo braids. Kumihimo is a Japanese art. It means ‘gathered threads’. Kumihimo braids were notably used to link small plates in Samurai armor and adorn Samurai horse armor. The history of Kumihimo is as colorful and fun as the art itself. Kumihimo braids transcend gender…
Live Beading Show Replay With Mermaid's Lagoon Kit

Live Beading Show Replay With Mermaid's Lagoon Kit

Have you purchased one of our themed kits? We sell beads and jewelry making supplies in fun kits. We create the kits in our gallery with gemstones and beads that inspire us. Previous beading kits have had themes like Neon Nights (our 80’s color set) and Santorini Dreams (based on a beautiful Greek island). This time we are looking at Mermaid’s Lagoon. Sara opened th…
Timeless Men's Bracelets And Necklaces | Men's Jewelry

Timeless Men's Bracelets And Necklaces | Men's Jewelry

Beaded jewelry designs for men are so easy to design. Men's bracelets and necklaces tend to be narrow in their color palette. They favor earth toned beads, black, and muted colors. Focal beads and flair are fine in moderate amounts, but simplicity and function are what men look for in jewelry. Let's look at three free beading project ideas. These are great springboards to creating unique pieces of…