Get Ready For A Fabulous Fall Fest TGBE With WICKED Jewelry Project Ideas

Get Ready For A Fabulous Fall Fest TGBE With WICKED Jewelry Project Ideas

The Great Bead Extravaganza is here! Fall Fest 2025 starts Friday night with an exciting preview party. The amazing events and inspiration starts on Saturday morning and the festivities continue until late Sunday. A weekend full of BIG sales. BIG beading projects. And BIG FUN! Check out the details and schedule below. Are you ready for Halloween? Be the most glamorous vampire on the block with our…
A Rollercoaster Of Free SUMMER JEWELRY Making Projects

A Rollercoaster Of Free SUMMER JEWELRY Making Projects

This has been an amazing summer! We are celebrating with a CARNIVAL themed spectacle of summer colors and styles. You are going to love the attractions and creative rides in this jewelry making recap. We have a harvest of artisan ideas and inspiration. After watching these fantastic tutorials, your finished necklaces and earrings are going to get the spotlight in the showcase! Celebrate a decadent…
TRIP Around The BEAD WORLD | TGBE Midsummer Market 2025 Preview

TRIP Around The BEAD WORLD | TGBE Midsummer Market 2025 Preview

We have a little bit of everything in this week's recap. Kristen showed us how to make an enchanting necklace with one of our latest bead mixes. We joined our friends (and fellow presenters) from The Great Bead Extravaganza and discussed the fun we will be having this weekend. Sara had a beading party with Kay Goss. We explored videos from our community. We found a fun Millennial jewelry idea. It…
The 20th Installment Of The Great BEAD Extravaganza Is This Month | EVERYTHING You Need To Know

The 20th Installment Of The Great BEAD Extravaganza Is This Month | EVERYTHING You Need To Know

The 20th installment of the Great Bead Extravaganza is just around the corner. This is an incredible achievement for a humble beading event that began as a way to fight the pandemic isolation blues. TGBE was created to give people that were sheltered at home a way to feel connected to the community they loved. We helped build this idea. We missed the big bead shows of yesterday. We missed heading…
TGBE French Garden Inspiration & Colorful Spring Jewelry Projects

TGBE French Garden Inspiration & Colorful Spring Jewelry Projects

We had a ton of fun this week! The Great Bead Extravaganza returned for Spring Fling 2025. We opened the kit we created for this event, our TGBE French Garden Design Kit (Sold Out). The TGBE community and our friends in our VIB group always elevate us and inspire us to master new techniques and try new crafts. Kristen created beaded flowers for this event, she was motivated to make this project af…
TGBE Spring Fling 2025 Previews & Jewelry Inspiration From An ICON

TGBE Spring Fling 2025 Previews & Jewelry Inspiration From An ICON

The Great Bead Extravaganza is here and we have a sneak peek! Check out our Beading Party with TGBE presenter Jill MacKay and hear what she loves about this exciting gathering of exhibitors. Meet special guest, Francesca Watson and see what you can expect from this AMAZING bead show! We also have wonderful jewelry making inspiration from our friends, designing with our Marilyn Monroe themed beadi…