Nov
25
Feeling creative this holiday season but ’stuck’ for ideas for gift giving???? Fear not, the friendly Elves at Kalmbach Publishing are here to help!
For a limited time, the entire library of online projects from BeadStyle, Bead&Button, and Art Jewelry are half-off! Every project is…
Nov
23
Month long Sale at Soft Flex
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Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the Soft Flex house, not a creature was stirring except our computer mouse…adding sale after sale – a new one each day – to fill stockings hung by the chimney with care,…
Nov
22

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Nov
16
Felt Club Craft Show this weekend!
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FELT CLUB: XL HOLIDAY featuring MAKER SQUARE
This Sunday, NOVEMBER 18, 11am-6pm | LACC, 855 N. Vermont Ave., LA CA 90029
The Felt Club XL Holiday event looks like its going to be amazing! I’ll be there vending, so if you are in…
Nov
14
This week’s Jewelry Artist Interview is with Jessica Neaves of Future Momo. Jessica has had alot of growth with her jewelry company this year, she’s been featured on many online design blogs, has projects in an upcoming book, and you’re sure…
Nov
13
If you live in Australia, you should DEFINATELY check this out!!! From Stitch n Bead- the Australian Jewelry Designer of the Year contest.
From the website:The competition is off and running again.This year things are a little different. For starters there are…
Nov
12
I just got the newsletter from The Sampler
about the new samplers they are offering focusing on city specific artists. The first is the San Francisco City Sampler.  It has some great contributing businesses, including me!
Contributing to the Sampler is a great way…
Nov
11
Take the Handmade Pledge!
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I took the Handmade Pledge this holiday season, and so should you. Nearly 5000 people as of today and pledged to buy handmade gifts this holiday season and request the same for themselves. Help support small business, artists and crafters.…
Nov
10
The first time I saw Marion’s work in person at an art show, I was completely blown away. The micromacrame work is so incredible and so SMALL!! I couldn’t image making it-but she teaches classes in it. If you can…
Nov
6
Our Jewelry Artist interviews are kicked off by Mixed Media Artist Tara Finlay. Tara and I met online thru various art groups a few years ago. We finally got to meet in person at Artfest in Pt. Townsend, WAÂ 2 years…
Nov
6
Torch Talk
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I miss having a real soldering station. You know, one with fire bricks in a place with an exhaust fan to suck away the fumes and where I can have an oxy/Acetylene setup and not get evicted…………..
 for a while I didn’t…
Nov
5
Coffee=The Monthly Challenge at Art Bead Scene
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I love looking at all the amazing entries to the monthly challenges on Art Bead Scene Blog. This months challenge is Coffee, something near and dear to my heart LOL.
I encourage everyone to submit something to this challenge if you…
Nov
5
I absolutely LOVE this scrap fabric bead tutorial by Cat Morley over on “Cut out and Keep” You could make matching jewelry for outfits you sew. I also think its a GREAT way to use those precious tiny vintage fabric scraps…
Nov
3
and with a new month comes a new feature on Jewelrymaking.craftgossip.com. November is the month I’ll be doing interviews with jewelry makers to inspire you to create more. Â
November is also the month of Thanksgiving for us Americans, so its…








 
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