Free Spirit Beading: How To Make A Kumihimo Bracelet With Soft Flex Wire

Free Spirit Beading: How To Make A Kumihimo Bracelet With Soft Flex Wire

Kristen discusses how to make beaded jewelry with  kumihimo boards on the latest episode of Free Spirit Beading. She shows you how to make a beaded bracelet with beading wire. She designs a bracelet similar to the necklace she made for her book Seed Bead Revolution. If you like braided jewelry, this is a great introduction to kumhimo. Kristen is a talented  mul…
How To Make Beaded Halloween Jewelry

How To Make Beaded Halloween Jewelry

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…
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…
Free Spirit Beading: Modern Necklace With Soft Flex Wire And Two Hole Wood Bead

Free Spirit Beading: Modern Necklace With 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…
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 gen…
DIY Men's BRACELETS & NECKLACES | Men's Jewelry

DIY Men's BRACELETS & NECKLACES | Men's Jewelry

Let's look at men's jewelry. Men's bracelets and necklaces never get a lot of love. Men's beaded jewelry tends to be less flashy and less fun than an elaborate multi-stranded necklace that would find a home on a woman's neck. The color options for His jewelry can be more muted and earthy than Her jewelry. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun designing a necklace for the fellow in y…