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Aug

14

“ID Me” Metal Clay Bracelet Tutorial

August 14, 2008 | 1 Comment

Tammy Powley has a pretty metal clay ID bracelet tutorial up on her blog Crafty Princess Diairies. This lovely project is from her book “Picture Yourself Creating Metal Clay Jewelry”  and is made with lowfire clay and a butane torch or hotpot. If you think working with metal clay is hard, Tammy shows you how easy and fun it [...]

Aug

13

Bead Nerd - A bead business blog

August 13, 2008 | 1 Comment

Bead Nerd, and its all about the business of being successful in your bead business. Authored by Lori Greenburg, this site features artist interviews, sales tricks and tips, and other articles to help you grow your business. Current blogposts include this useful article : What to do in a Bad Economy. Check it out and read [...]

Aug

1

Clever Pendants from Recycled Placemat

August 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

Artist Deborah Dee decided to push herself ‘out of the box’ creatively  one day and see what she could do with things she had. And what a wonderful project she came up with!  In this tutorial she recycles a bamboo placemat and paper scrps to make some wonderfully whimsical pendants.
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Jul

30

Your input wanted for Crafty Survey

July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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, kits, etc…. She has set up a brief survey and if you could help her [...]

Jul

10

Beady Blog Link Love

July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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 Bead?
Barbe Saint John
Steampunk? Learn a little more about gears and brass.
BeadStyle [...]

Jun

30

Whats going on this week at Bead Bloggers?

June 30, 2008 | 2 Comments

See what the Bead Bloggers are talking about this week-
Art Bead Scene
Polyester Makes a Comeback in a surprising new way!

Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Melanie reflects and gives thanks to everyone who helped her out at the Bead & Button Show
Jennifer Jangles Blog
Eye Candy, a few new designs from Jennifer Jangles
Jewelry & Beading
Just having returned from Italy, Cyndi [...]

Jun

19

Great blog reading at Bead Bloggers

June 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

Check out all the cool things happening in the Bead Bloggers linky love list!
About.com Jewelry Making:. Learn to wire wrap your beads and add an extra little something to your jewelry designs.
Art Bead Scene
Wondering what’s “in?” Trek on over to ABS to check out the trends!
BeadStyle Magazine
What did Cathy see and do at the Bead&Button [...]

Mar

23

New Beading Blog - Beaded Jewelry Gazette and Blog

March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment

Heres another beading/jewelry blog to add to your blog links! The Beaded Jewelry Gazette less than a month old, but off to a roaring start. Please check them it out and let her know what you like or would like to see. 
The description from the site: “Thoughts about the arts and crafts of producing beaded jewelry, including necklaces, [...]

Mar

14

Artist Interview: Carter Seibels Divali Glass Jewelry

March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment

For this weeks Artist Interview, I am VERY excited to be able to introduce you all to someone that I am proud to be friends with - the EXTREMELY Talented Ms. Carter Seibels of Divali Glass Jewelry. 
Carter and I met shortly after she moved to the Bay Area about 2 or 3 yrs ago.  She is [...]

Jan

25

More Jewelry talk at About.com

January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

If you are a jewelry news junkie like I am, you will also enjoy reading all the jewelry making articles by Tammy Powley over at Jewelrymaking.about.com.
Tammy Powley is a writer, designer, and teacher who has been creating and selling her original jewelry designs since 1990. Along with writing for About.com, she has her own website [...]

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