FABULOUS Flamingo Jewelry Making Kit & VIBRANT Summer Projects

FABULOUS Flamingo Jewelry Making Kit & VIBRANT Summer Projects

Summer is off to a blazing start! We are strutting off our stuff with colorful flamingo inspired designs and hitting the beach with our Surf's Up jewelry making kits. Do you need a little splash of ocean inspiration? Check out our recap and find the most radiant jewelry styles out there! We have pastel party necklaces and bamboo beach bracelet ideas. We have wire wrapping tutorials and macrame jew…
Beading Party With Christi Friesen: Exotic Blooms Kit & Polymer Clay

Beading Party With Christi Friesen: Exotic Blooms Kit & Polymer Clay

Beading Party With Christi Friesen: Exotic Blooms Kit & Polymer Clay Sara Oehler had a beading party with Christi Friesen. Christi is an award-winning artist, who works in mixed media. Her work has been showcased in numerous books, magazines, and exhibits. She is the author of over a dozen how-to books on creating with polymer clay. She teaches throughout the world, using humor and po…
7 Jewelry Making Videos - Learn How To Make These Gallery Quality Designs

7 Jewelry Making Videos - Learn How To Make These Gallery Quality Designs

Learn how to upgrade your jewelry making techniques. These seven videos will show you how to make gallery quality designs that do not cost gallery level budgets. Learn how to make mixed media jewelry. Learn how to make wire wrapped suncatchers. Learn how to use a palette of complementary colors. Check out our themed Design Kits and make a gorgeous necklace with the curated beads inside! This is a…
5 Great Bead Extravaganza Videos Featuring Soft Flex Products - Midwinter Market 2023

5 Great Bead Extravaganza Videos Featuring Soft Flex Products - Midwinter Market 2023

The Great Bead Extravaganza is the world's biggest virtual bead show. The Midwinter Market 2023 was the most recent version of the big event. We hope you were able to enjoy the exciting presentations and jewelry making demonstrations! If not, you can still catch up with the exhibitors on the official Facebook group. TGBE is not just a bead show, though, if you are a part of the…
The Wonderful World Of Jewelry Designer And Artist Christi Friesen

The Wonderful World Of Jewelry Designer And Artist Christi Friesen

Christi Friesen lives in an exotic place we all want to visit - fanciful imagination. Her world is full of the magical whimsy we remember from the Dr. Seuss books we relished as children. Her art is a dash of Maurice Sendak's Wild Things, a sprinkle of Sesame Street, and a stir of Tim Burton's supernatural. Her creations are vividly colorful and impossibly cute. Come visit a world full of nosta…
How To String Beaded Jewelry When Your Beads Have Big Holes

How To String Beaded Jewelry When Your Beads Have Big Holes

A  beading wire that fills a bead hole will give the bead stability and aesthetic value. An unstable bead will wobble on its wire whenever the wearer of the bead moves. When the bead is quiet, it will sit at an odd and unattractive angle. How To String Beaded Jewelry When Your Beads Have Big Holes It would seem like a simple task to fill a bead hole with wire, but this is not always so.…