May 14th 2024

How To Make A Beaded Chicken Wire Suncatcher

How To Make A Beaded Chicken Wire Suncatcher This week on Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, I showed my creative path to make a trendy, glass beaded chicken wire suncatcher. This beaded suncatcher not only adds a pop of color to your space, but it also serves as a beautiful piece of art that catches and reflects the sun's rays. The process involves adding colorful glass bead dan…

Apr 19th 2024

Joyous Jewelry Making! Craftcation, Kumihimo, Kits, TGBE & More!

We saw a little bit of everything this week. Kristen discussed her recent trip to Craftcation and showed us how to make an embroidered butterfly. Joyce showed us how to weather a metal blank and give it character. Rebecca Combs, of Design & Adorn, joined us for a beading party and showed us how to make a beaded kumhimo necklace. We checked out videos from our friends and watched them make j…

Apr 16th 2024

Learn How To Wire Wrap A Beaded Flower Pendant

Learn How To Wire Wrap A Beaded Flower Pendant On Spill the Beads with Joyce Trowbridge, Joyce showed how to wire wrap a beaded flower pendant using Czech Glass and crystal beads from our Rainy Day Blues Beading Design Kit (sold out), and 24ga Soft Flex Craft Wire in Non-Tarnish Silver. She strung the flower pendant on .019 Soft Flex Beading Wire in Tanzanite color along with a bee ce…

Apr 12th 2024

Unleash Your Creative Energy With The Eclipse and Our Themed Jewelry Making Kits

Star gazers celebrated this week as our sun and satellite put on a galactic display. The moon took centerstage and showed jewelry lovers what a real ring of fire looks like. We celebrated with heavenly jewelry of our own. Check out our recap and learn how to make gallery quality jewelry that is affordable and as gorgeous as the eclipse. We created magic with our Rainy Day Blues themed…

Apr 8th 2024

Live Beading Party With Kay Goss Of Star's Beads & Beadorea

Live Beading Party With Kay Goss Of Star's Beads & Beadorea Sara & Kristen had a beading party with Kay Goss of Star's Beads and Beadorea. They talked about our Rainy Day Blues Beading Design Challenge Kit (sold out) and Rainy Day Blues Crystal Bead Mix curated by Kay. Then Kay created this beautiful wire wrapped cloud using 18ga & 26ga Soft Flex Craft Wire in Non-Tarnish Copper.…

Apr 5th 2024

How To Make Dangle Earrings With Our Rainy Day Blues Beading Kit

How To Make Dangle Earrings With Our Rainy Day Blues Beading Kit Last week on Spill the Beads with Joyce Trowbridge, Joyce showed how to make a pair of dangle earrings using beads and Vintaj umbrella charms from our Rainy Day Blues Beading Design Kit, .019 Soft Flex Beading Wire in Tanzanite color, and 22ga Soft Flex Craft Wire in Vintage Bronze. Join Joyce live for a jewel…