Craft Gossip

Our crafty friends Cathie & Steve, show you how to make some great Rocker style Denim cuffs for the guy in your life.  These are great gifts and easy to customize to the recipient- the ones shown are great for Greasers, and…

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Majestic Margot Potter aka The Impatient Crafter® is looking for some crafty input from jewelry & crafty people.  She is doing a little guerilla market reasearch to find out what us consumers are looking for in terms of tutorials, dvds, supplies,…

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Ever get bored and want something new to make??? And if you are like me, you are impatient too-don’t want to spend an hour at a book store searching or waiting for your Amazon order to come in-you want to…

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Bezel Setting Tutorial

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MaggieJs has a great intro to bezel setting on Instructables.com  With this tutorial and a little practice you can create your own bezel-set ring or other piece of jewelry easily.

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While looking for some silver components, I came across Shiana.  A company who cares- Shiana puts its money where its belief is.   They not only employ the silver artisans of Thailand, they fund education programs, fund school and training facilities.…

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Before now, beading tool holders were often black plastic that either zipped or snapped shut. They serve their purpose, but they aren’t very pretty.  If you go to a beading class, chances are almost everyone else has a black box…

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Do you want to win a copy of  “Hip to Bead” beadwork book by Katie Hacker? Its easy!!! just leave a comment below about why you thinks its Hip to Bead! One lucky reader will be chosen by random on August…

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I have just come across a new website called Beaders Showcase. This is a community website dedicated to all beading artists, regardless of the type of beading they do. The site offers a venue for artists to primarily showcase their work, but…
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Jewelry from Soda Cans

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Angie from the New New York Etsy Street Team was looking at a friends can of soda during lunch and thought they’d make a cute pendant or earrings. And she was right! In this tutorial, she shows you how to…

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I’m not saying that any of you AREN’T hip, obviously you are because you are reading this blog (LOL!). But for anyone who may be having a ‘not so hip’ feeling kinda day, this book will bring you back up to…

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Discount at Otto Frei

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Heres a 5% off coupon for Otto Frei online. Coupon code is J7F5  Also check out the deals in their closeout section

 

**Discount codes expires August 31st 2008. You may use this discount code as often as you wish.**

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I got an Oriental Trading Company catalog a few days ago. If you have never heard of them, they are the party supply people-with all the crazy cheap favors, decorations and whatnots to make any occasion festive. Everyone loves them, so I…

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Check out this FREE crochet jewelry pattern from Roxycraft. This is for the Cherry Pickers crochet earrings pattern. Super sweet and very vintage. You could resize it and make a necklace like this, I have one my grandmother made in 1940. 

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Some people like to kick it old skool style, but Margot Potter likes to kick it ye olde school style!

This time, Margot wows us with a custom Ye Olde School necklace in a 7 minute thrill packed The Impatient Crafter™ video…

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Beady Blog Link Love

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Lots of beady blog links to inspire you through the weekend:

About.com Jewelry Making
Bronze metal clay is one the way! This new medium is the talk of the metal clay community right now.

Art Bead Scene
Whooo is the star of this week’s The Trendy…

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