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30

Antique and Vintage Bead Supply-Bruce Frank

September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

 

Bruce Franks Distinctive and Semiprecious beads=A nice selection of vintage beads at good prices. I’m in love with the green facetted beads in the Antique section.
 Theres a wide selection of antique, vintage and contemporary beads
for all your jewelry or beaded creations. 
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Sep

30

Bead & Art Glass Fest

September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Bead and Art Glass Fest- THE SHOW for art glass, beads, flameworking, glass fusing and painting, jewelry-making, polymer and metal clay, stained glass, classes,
shopping and FUN …  Held at the Convention Center • Hall WB4
Orlando, Florida, November 16-17, 2007
Get a $2 off $10 admission coupon and go have fun!
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Sep

29

Jan’s Jewels

September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I’ve been shopping online at Jan’s Jewels for about 9 yrs or so.. She has alot of deadstock vintage brass settings, bakelite and glass cabs and other fun vintage stuff. She’s really nice and if you aren’t sure what size rhinestones go in the settings you want, you can email her and she’ll help you out. She [...]

Sep

28

Beadissimo Bead Brunch San Francisco

September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Beadissimo-the Mission Districts AWESOME bead store, is having a Bead Brunch this Sunday, Sept 9th. This store is a wonderful place to shop as well as take classes. I’ve taken many here and love Kate as a teacher. The store address is: 1051 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA
 The Bead Brunch is a free event open to [...]

Sep

27

Making your own wire knit chain with the WYR Knittr

September 27, 2007 | 3 Comments

What a fun little tool this is! Create your own knit wire chain with the Wyr Knittr-A hand crank knitting spool. This will allow you to create a mesh knit tube that you can then use as is, fill with beads, flatten, braid or whatever your creative mind works up! If you have a draw [...]

Sep

27

Crochet Cocktail Ring Pattern

September 27, 2007 | 1 Comment

With all the talk about trends, and cocktail rings being the ‘IN’ thing, I thought I’d share an easy crochet cocktail ring pattern from Groovy Crochet Website. You could whip up a bunch of these with a metallic thread and faux pearls or facetted Swarovskis and be super stylish on a budget!
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Sep

26

Wire Jewelry Resources-Books

September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

After my post yesterday, I dug thru my bookcase looking for my books on crochet wire jewelry. Since I only just learned to knit, I don’t have any knit wire books. So I thought you all might like some recommendations and reviews.
Crocheted Wire Jewelry: Innovative Designs & Projects by Arline Fisch. This is a great book, but [...]

Sep

25

Fall Jewelry Trends

September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Whether you are a one of a kind jewelry artists or a production designer-its smart o know what the current jewelry trends are.
For colors=grey and white metals are the IN thing, as are purple and navy.
So whats hot jewelry wise this fall?? Well, its running the gamut from big/bold jewelry to futuristic/sleek and modern to [...]

Sep

25

Stitch Diva Crocheted Necklaces

September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Stitch Diva Studios has a number of interesting but easy to follow knit and crochet patterns for jewelry as well as clothing. You can buy them online and download immediately-which is perfect for impatient people like me.  I have a number of the patterns from the website and they are really easy to do. I [...]

Sep

19

International Gem and Jewelry Shows

September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The International Gem & Jewelry shows are a wonderland! Part bead show, part jewelry show, part lapidary supply with fantastic jewelry exhibits.  I use to go all the time when I was living in Columbus. I never ever went home emptyhanded, but often with an empty wallet!
From their website: “With more than 80 shows yearly [...]

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