Weekly Video Recap: The Great Bead Extravaganza, Instagram Reels, 2021 Pantone Colors, And Joyful Beading

Weekly Video Recap: The Great Bead Extravaganza, Instagram Reels, 2021 Pantone Colors, And Joyful Beading

The Great Bead Extravaganza is back! We hope you caught the big show. This amazing collective of jewelry designers and bead stores is the largest online bead show in the world. So many discounts, so many jewelry demonstrations and so many BIG giveaways. This week, we will share our TGBE jewelry demo. We will look at 2021 spring and summer Pantone colors. And we will show you how to make…
How to Make a Square Knot Macramé Bracelet with Soft Flex Wire, Beads and a Button Clasp

How to Make a Square Knot Macramé Bracelet with Soft Flex Wire, Beads and a Button Clasp

How to Make a Square Knot Macramé Bracelet with Soft Flex Wire, Beads and a Button ClaspThis week on Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, we explore how to macramé using Soft Flex beading wire. We make a beaded square knot macramé bracelet design with Soft Flex beading wire and a button clasp closure.Supplies:Soft Flex .019 Medium Beading Wire - Red Coral2021 Pantone Color of the Year…
Weekly Video Recap: Pantone Colors, DIY Valentine's Day Gifts, The Great Bead Extravaganza, And More

Weekly Video Recap: Pantone Colors, DIY Valentine's Day Gifts, The Great Bead Extravaganza, And More

What an amazing week! The world's largest online bead show - The Great Bead Extravaganza - was last weekend. We filmed a jewelry making video for the event that was full of helpful tips for beginner beaders. Even if you have been making jewelry for years, you will still find some inspiration from our presentation. This week, we learned how to make earrings using beading wire. And…
Weekly Video Recap: DIY Valentine's Day Jewelry, Pantone Colors, Mala Necklace, And SilverSilk Mesh

Weekly Video Recap: DIY Valentine's Day Jewelry, Pantone Colors, Mala Necklace, And SilverSilk Mesh

Love is in the air! Valentine's Day is almost here. The perfect time to create a handmade Valentine's gift for your loved ones and gal pals. We have the cutest earring ideas for you this week. If Cupid's arrow missed it's mark this year, make jewelry and spoil yourself! We have some fantastic free jewelry ideas for you. Stay in fashion with our look at Pantone's Color of the Year. Mak…
Pantone Color Of The Year 2021: Making Jewelry With Ultimate Gray And Illuminating Yellow

Pantone Color Of The Year 2021: Making Jewelry With Ultimate Gray And Illuminating Yellow

Pantone's Color of the Year is here! This time, we get two colors that pair well together - Ultimate Gray and Illuminating (yellow). This is not the first time Pantone has chosen two colors to represent the mood. 2016 was Serenity and Rose Quartz. But this pairing certainly is curious. The stark conformity of solemn gray is accented by the lively and jubilant yellow. It is truly a window into o…
Weekly Video Recap: Learn How To Make Earrings And The Great Bead Extravaganza Follow Up

Weekly Video Recap: Learn How To Make Earrings And The Great Bead Extravaganza Follow Up

Did you catch our  Great Bead Extravaganza last weekend? It was an amazing virtual bead show, full of inventive jewelry designers and exciting bead stores. The idea blossomed when we caught ourselves discussing how much we missed the fun and community that working a bead show brought us. We miss the days of seeing our friends, seeing our smiling customers, and watching jewelry making dem…