Zoom Party! Meet Jewelry Designer Jill Wiseman

Zoom Party! Meet Jewelry Designer Jill Wiseman

We love  Zoom parties! Last month, we featured guest Andrew Thornton. This month, we followed up with jewelry designer Jill Wiseman. Jill is an amazing talent and business owner. If you are a jewelry designer, you are probably familiar with her work, her YouTube channel or her online store. You will love her insight and experience. If you are a beginner, this is a great…
DIY Beaded Bracelet & Earrings Set in a Retro Color Palette

DIY Beaded Bracelet & Earrings Set in a Retro Color Palette

DIY Beaded Bracelet & Earrings Set in a Retro Color Palette This week on Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, I share a simple DIY beaded bracelet and earrings tutorial. This is a great video for beginning bead stringers as it shares the basics about beading wire, creating a pattern and how to crimp. Supplies: Soft Flex .019/Medium Beading Wire - Citrine Czech Glass Ammonite…
Weekly Video Recap: Make A Beach Necklace, Medical Mask Lanyard, And A Look At Color Blocking

Weekly Video Recap: Make A Beach Necklace, Medical Mask Lanyard, And A Look At Color Blocking

Hello beautiful beaders! We hope you had a healthy and amazing week. We spent ours making some alluring jewelry and embracing all things arts and crafts. We have a fabulous mask video for you if you are tired of wearing hum drum surgeons masks or plain cloth flu masks. We decided to give our masks a makeover! Be safe and be fashionable. We launched some new items on our website that you ar…
Make an Adjustable Beach Style Necklace with Ammonite Beads and Rattail Satin Cord

Make an Adjustable Beach Style Necklace with Ammonite Beads and Rattail Satin Cord

Make an Adjustable Beach Style Necklace with Ammonite Beads and Rattail Satin CordThis week on Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, I share a tutorial for a handmade beaded beach necklace that's adjustable! I was cleaning out my beading room and came across some Rattail satin cord gifted to me that I hadn't used yet. I decided to combine the satin cord with Serenity Shore beads, Ammonite beads,…
Weekly Video Recap: Join A Jewelry Making Party, Learn How To Use A Knitting Spool, And Make A Friendship Bracelet

Weekly Video Recap: Join A Jewelry Making Party, Learn How To Use A Knitting Spool, And Make A Friendship Bracelet

Another glorious week! We had a blast making jewelry and enjoying the fellowship of our beading peers. We threw another Zoom jewelry making party this week and got to sit down with Jill Wiseman. We learned a bunch of fun jewelry techniques. Have you ever tried to knit with wire? We will show you how! We learned how to patina paint and make some terrifically ferocious jewelry! Join u…
Gold Prices Are Skyrocketing. Champagne Color Beading Wire Is An Affordable Alternative To 24k Gold Wire

Gold Prices Are Skyrocketing. Champagne Color Beading Wire Is An Affordable Alternative To 24k Gold Wire

Have you looked at the gold rate today? Gold prices are soaring. At the beginning of 2020 gold pricing rose five hundred dollars an ounce. The highest in a decade, according to  Monex Precious Metals. Gold is the most popular precious metal to invest in. The price is volatile and not reliably constant. While this volatility may be good for risk takers, it does not bode well for maki…