Feb
29
Vend at Bust’s Spring Fling Craftacular Event!
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Vendor applications due March 30 for BUST’s Spring Fling Craftacular!
If you are interested, its always best to apply EARLY. So do it now!
BUST Magazine is excited to announce the first ever Spring Fling Craftacular set to take place on Sunday April 27,…
Feb
29
Art Star Craft Bazaar Call for Vendors!
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If you are looking to vend your jewelry at a craft show that is about emerging artists and crafters, heres your chance. I love Art Star and hear these shows are really good.
The 2008 Art Star Craft Bazaar
Who: 150 artists
What: Affordable, unique,…
Feb
28
Crochet yourself some MOD Circle Pendants
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 I recently was browsing the Jelly Yarn website to get some of their cool plastic yarn to use in a project. While there I noticed a section for free patterns with a picture of the coolest crochet circles on it. I had…
Feb
28
Lampworking is something I’ve always wanted to do, and its been on ‘the list’ since 1992. For some reason I get the feeling I may never get around to it LOL.
No reason to feel sad about it though, when there…
Feb
22
EUREKA!!! You’ve Struck Beading Gold!
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EUREKA!!! You can still enjoy the Bead version of a Gold Rush at Eureka! Beads. Here is another gorgeous Australian Jewelry supply store and online shop we will visit on the imaginery Australian holiday.
EUREKA! BEADS HAS been in business for nearly 30 years. You’ll…
Feb
21
Adelaide Beads – Beads Indeed!
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Since I’m doing a little day dreaming about a month long trip to Australia, heres another place I’ll visit on my imaginary voyage- Beads Indeed
Beads Indeed is Adelaides leading supplier of glass beads and they carry a variety of jewelry…
Feb
21
I recently came across the Australia Bead Forum. Their description says it better than I could:
With our distinct Australian character we are sure you will enjoy our beading forum no matter what side of the globe you are from.…
Feb
20
Bead & Crystal Heaven
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I must be yearning for a trip to visit my BFF Kami who lives in Australia, because I keep coming across Australian bead sites.
 Bead and Crystal Heaven truly is a bead heaven on earth. They claim to be”one of the biggest…
Feb
13
Book Review Crochet Jewelry by Sophie Britten
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Crochet Jewelry 35 fantastic pieces of jewelry to make and wear
By Sophie Britten
The Taunton Press
If you think “afghan”or “granny square” when you think of crochet, think again. This book will turn you right around and may even inspire you pick…
Feb
8
From our friends over at Craft Bits, comes these ADORABLE tiny crocheted heart earrings tutorial!!! Aren’t they just the sweetest! You could do a few of them and connect them for a necklace or bracelet too. I think they’d be gorgeous in…
Feb
8
This week, we are blessed to have Cynthia Thornton and Greg Ogden owners of Green Girl Studios grant us the jewelry artist interview.
Green Girl Studios has beautiful silver and lead free pewter beads, pendants, clasps and more on their site . They…
Feb
7
Imagine if the jewelry you wore on Valentine’s day could actually help African women working their way out of extreme poverty? Well you don’t have to imagine it - Nonprofit BeadforLife offers it.  They have Valentines Day-colored bracelets, necklaces, chokers, and other jewelry…
Feb
7
How beautiful are these crystal hearts?? Anyone you make these for will be so impressed and thrilled!
From our friends at Beadjewelrymaking.com, this beadwork tutorial is very easy to follow. They have clear instructions with visual guides to help you thru. There…
Feb
6
Paper Clay Heart Pendants
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Paperclay mimics ceramics-but is alot cheaper and easier to do at home! From Paperclay.com, this project is for larger 4 inch hearts, but you could easily make them as small as you want and use a small heart cutter. Or use…
Feb
6
Valentine Fortune Cookie Pin Tutorial
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This super simple, but super cute fortune cookie pin tutorial comes to us from Making Friends.com. They use craft foam, but I think you could also use felt as well. You could play cupid and make a ton of these…

















