Free Beading Project Idea: Halloween Spider Web

Free Beading Project Idea: Halloween Spider Web

Happy Halloween! The spookiest day of the year is here. We have one last Halloween  free beading project idea for you. You will love this decorative spider web. This web can be used as part of a jewelry design. It can be a pendant or earring. It can be a focal for a scary necklace. You can incorporate it into a costume. You can place it around the house. If you want to get creative, you can a…
4 BEADED Napkin Ring Ideas For Your Next Holiday Dinner | Festive CRAFTS

4 BEADED Napkin Ring Ideas For Your Next Holiday Dinner | Festive CRAFTS

The Holidays are almost here. Add a little extra love to the dinner table. These napkin ring ideas are a great way to give your next big meal some personality. They are the perfect accent to that fantastic dish set that comes out on special occasions. Vary the colors or beads on these project ideas and you can have a napkin ring set for every holiday. Craft Wire and beading wire are great fo…
Make A Multi Strand Necklace & Wrap Bracelet

Make A Multi Strand Necklace & Wrap Bracelet

What a busy week it has been for beading! Kristen released a new episode of Free Spirit Beading and Sara filmed a live video teaching a fun way to weave a bracelet. If you follow us on Facebook or have joined our Facebook group – VIB, you would have also caught links to videos from friends of ours. It is a wonderful time to be a beader. You can learn new techniques and ge…
4 Fantastic Jewelry Designs For Fall

4 Fantastic Jewelry Designs For Fall

We have a cornucopia of playful fall jewelry for you. From beginner bead stringing project ideas to an intermediate Craft Wire bracelet, there is something for everybody here. You can, of course, recreate the designs or modify them to make your own wonderful autumn jewelry. We would love to see your work! Join our Facebook group – VIB – and post your photos. VIB is a wo…
Public Television's Jewelry Making Show: Beads Baubles And Jewels | Soft Flex

Public Television's Jewelry Making Show: Beads Baubles And Jewels | Soft Flex

Sometimes I get the most amazing opportunities through my day job at Soft Flex Company. This year, I was asked to appear in two segments on the television program Beads Baubles and Jewels (releasing Spring of 2019) for Public Television. The best part was getting to spend time with some of my favorite people in the beading industry! Beads Baubles and Jewels describes itself like this, “Bead…
Live Design Challenge Replay: Twin Cities Bead Bazaar Sponsored By Goody Beads

Live Design Challenge Replay: Twin Cities Bead Bazaar Sponsored By Goody Beads

Check out Sara’s latest Live Design Challenge. The mystery box she opens is huge! This time, she is opening a box full of beads and jewelry supplies from a bead show and not just a single bead store. The Twin Cities Bead Bazaar runs October 27-28, 2018. The show is sponsored by GoodyBeads and is taking place in Hopkins, Minnesota, at the Hopkins Eisenhower Community Center. If you live in th…