Happy Friday! What a crazy week. Torrential rain flooded the roads near our office and kept us at home for a day. The rain continued and Sara had to postpone her Purple Rain Design Challenge video on Facebook. Even those of us in Arizona faced odd weather conditions. It was surreal to wake up and see the mountains surrounding Phoenix blanketed in snow. How was the weather in your neck o…
We love Pinterest! It is such a great resource for jewelry designing. Have you signed up for an account? If not, make sure you check it out. It is a great muse.
10 Of Our Most Pinned Projects On Pinterest
Pinterest is utopia for anybody that likes hobby, craft, and fashion. Users create themed boards and then pin their work to each board. Boards can be any theme and the pins represent the…
Beads Baubles and Jewels is a jewelry making show on public television. Host Katie Hacker interviews jewelry designers and industry talent. She features segments teaching the viewers how to make their own jewelry at home. The step by step instructions are fun to watch and easy to follow along.
Soft Flex beading guru, Sara Oehler, was featured on the first and fourth episodes of the cur…
Good day, friends! What a great week. At Soft Flex Company, we got a nice little break on Monday in observance of President's Day. It was a shorter week for us, but boy did we stay busy! This week Sara broadcast a Live Sale from Facebook. James returned with another episode of Conversations in Wire with James Browning. And we watched Nealay Patel, owner of SilverSilk and More, de…
Beads of Courage has aided and inspired ailing children for years. They are an outlet for creativity when a young person is on what can be a bleak and scary journey. Children earn beads by facing their fears. For a surgical procedure, they will get a bead. For facing the dragon that is cancer – they receive a bead. For losing their hair, they get a bead. The jewelry they wear is a story and…
This week has been absolutely packed
with jewelry making tips and demos. Have you kept up? If not, we have
a little bit of everything in this blog. We are in Tucson and doing
daily demos. James Browning shows us how he uses
Soft Flex Craft Wire to create beautiful designs and Kristen Fagan gives a demonstration with the Magical Crimping Pliers. Sara Oehler showed us how to…