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31

1000 Jewelry Inspirations Book Review

October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment

1,000 Jewelry Inspirations: Beads, Baubles, Dangles, and Chains (1000 Series) by Sandra Salamony

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Quarry Books (June 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1592534139
ISBN-13: 978-1592534135

This book is nothing but a visual feast of jewelry eye candy and color overload. And I mean that in a GOOD way! 
Yes, it is one huge colorful buffet of jewelry inspiration and examples [...]

Oct

30

Buckle Up for a Fun Halloween Tutorial

October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

From the HHH Enterprises blog designer, Rebecca Hull transforms ordinary belt buckles and into stunning Halloween accessories!  Don’t let them sit in a drawer for the rest of they, I think you could wear them year round!!!! I love those Cat Eyes!
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Oct

30

Frankenstein 3-D Sticker Pin

October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

Want to make something festive but FAST??? Tammy Powley is here to save the day!  Create a cleverly cute and quick Frankenstein Sticker Pin, Tammy shows you how on Jewelrymaking at About.com! She adds a few edits to it here.
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Oct

27

Make yourself a Fabric Skeleton Pin!

October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Crafty Carmi Cimicata posted a fabric skeleton pin tutorial on her blog Carmi’s Art/Life World.  Its SOOO CUTE!!!! I must make one too! I know I have scraps of this muertos fabric upstairs in the closet so I’ll be making one up soon!
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Oct

27

Get Your Sparkle On Book Review

October 27, 2008 | 1 Comment

Get Your Sparkle On: Create and Wear the Gems that Make You Shine
Written by Sarah Weir and Femmegems founder/owner Lindsay Cain “Get Your Sparkle On”  is not your usual jewelrymaking book. Instead just a ‘how to’ book, this book focuses more on the fashion aspect of jewelry and how to create accessories that look like a [...]

Oct

27

Free Issue of Step by Step Beads

October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Subscribe today to Step by Step Beads magazine and and get a FREE TRIAL ISSUE! Start learning the basics of beading with trendy projects that will empower your creativity. Inside each issue you’ll find:

Featured jewelry projects
Tips and techniques
A special “Bead by Bead” tutorial just for beginners
PLUS resources for all your jewelry making needs

Its for [...]

Oct

26

Beadeducation lowers class fees!

October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Save $10 on Desiger Series Classes

If you have been wanting to take a class but haven’t Beadeducation has sweetened the pot a bit.
 Beaducation.com has streamlined the process of producing their online classes and want to pass the savings on to their customers!!!! And in order to keep class prices accessible in these difficult economic times they have decided [...]

Oct

25

Last Chance to Register for Beadwork Celebration

October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Beadwork Celebration is near, and this is the last opportunity to register! Escape to the Old-Florida charm found in the enchanting town of Celebration, Florida.  Celebration is the perfect place for a beadwork retreat that provides inspiration, excitement and community. 

3-days of beadwork instruction with celebrated author & artist Carol Wilcox Wells
Professionally written and illustrated pattern of [...]

Oct

25

Halloween Inspiration from our Readers

October 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

I went thru the Craft Gossip Flickr Pool today, sadly I could only find three Halloween jewelry items!!! One crafter has already been profiled, so I’ll put the other two up now.
First is this wonder set of polymer clay skull jewelry from Ilysa at Polymer Clay TV.  She has posted a tutorial on the Polymer Clay TV blog.

The [...]

Oct

25

Beadwork VI: The Beaded Book Competition

October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Beadwork VI:  The Beaded Book Competition
If you haven’t done so yet, you still have time to enter this international beadwork competition! 
 Preliminary entries will be accepted through December 18, 2008.  The theme is wide open-think favorite characters in literature, inspiring quotes or passages, books that changed your life–anything related to the world of books.  The possibilities [...]

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