The Ultimate Guide To The Tucson Gem Show

The Ultimate Guide To The Tucson Gem Show

Are you planning on taking a trip to Tucson this year? We have a little bit of the colorful history of the  gemstone, mineral, and fossil show scene. We have information on how to find Soft Flex Company products during the show. We have resources for Tucson travel and hotels and what shows you need to visit during the Tucson bead show season. You are going to want to check this blog…
Meet Soft Flex Company And SilverSilk Staff At The Whole Bead Show In Oakland

Meet Soft Flex Company And SilverSilk Staff At The Whole Bead Show In Oakland

Soft Flex Company is returning to Oakland next week. If you live in the area or are planning a vacation, you should visit us at this fun bead show, we will be with SilverSilk at booth 213! Oakland is a great place to visit in November. Historically, the Bay Area Bead Extravaganza ran during November. It was a strongly attended and incredibly diverse bead show full of in…
How To Make Hoop Earrings And New Saki Silver Inspiration Kit

How To Make Hoop Earrings And New Saki Silver Inspiration Kit

We had a fantastic week. We went to The Whole Bead Show in Oakland, California. We created some lovely double hoop earrings with Soft Flex Beading Wire. We filmed a Live Beading Show on Facebook with a Saki Silver Inspiration Kit. We made a bunch of fun jewelry and we met so many friends at the bead show. If you missed the videos this week, all of the links and recap…
Macrame BRACELETS, Halloween JEWELRY, And Triple Loop EARRINGS

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…
The Importance of Local Bead Shopping | SUPPORT Small Business

The Importance of Local Bead Shopping | SUPPORT Small Business

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 being added…
Macrame Bracelets, Whole Bead Show, And Black Magic Design Challenge

Macrame Bracelets, Whole Bead Show, And Black Magic Design Challenge

Jeepers Creepers! Halloween has kept us very busy. This week we made lots of jewelry. Kristen showed us how to make macramé bracelets using Soft Flex Beading Wire. Sara opened a mystery box from vendors that will be at the Whole Bead Show. Sara did a quick video demonstrating how to make earrings with Trios Beading Wire. Finally, Sara filmed a video design challenge where she…