She also shares with her readers her recent bargin finds in other stores and how she modified them to fit her tastes. I never would have thought of Forever 21 as a spot to pick up jewelry making findings.

She never fails to inspire and seems to have endless energy for crafting projects.

 Art Jewelers Susan Lenart Kazmer and her business partner Linda Larsen ; owners of Objects and Elements webstore,  have been busy the last few months.  They’ve been updating the store with all kinds of unique goodies you won’t find anywhere else  like Ancient Roman Glass beads,  antique African   Dougan, unique bezel settings and cast bronze Ammonites . 

I’m a big fan of ICE resin  and it’s what I use in my jewelry work.  You can buy that online at the Objects & Elements store  .  There is also lots of unique  bezels,  fibers,  resin molds and tools for your art jewelry making needs.

In addition to searching out great jewelrymaking supplies, they have just revealed a new blog and a new Objects and Elements Design Team. 

The Objects and Elements blog has just gone live and will soon have lots of content such as  jewelry by Susan Lenart Kazmer and Linda Larsen, design team jewelry inspirations, updates on new store items,  guest artist features, reader challenges and more. You don’t want to miss out on any of the fun, so be sure to add the RSS feed to your blog links or add to bloglines or Google Reader

I am extremely happy to announce that I am on the Objects and Elements Design team. The other Design Team members are:  Jen Cushman, Deryn Mentock, Kristen Robinson, and Jane Salley .  In the coming weeks, you’ll be able to see the design teams creations on the new Objects and Elements Blog.  The team wil be creating some lovely projects using the amazing supplies from the Objects & Elements store, along with various found objects, beads, wire, etc… to inspire you to create your own unique jewelry.

If you are unfamiliar with Susan and her work, please check out her amazing  jewelry work, check out her blog , get her book “Making Connection” or  look at her workshop schedule  to take a class with her.

Allison Norfleet Bruenger is a  jewelry designer who has started up “For the Love of Creativity” , a weekly creative challenge blog.

For the challenge, she is creating 1 to 3 new pieces per week then posting them on the blog.  Allison says ” This has been a great way to keep my creativity up and to connect with other artist and art lovers alike.”   I agree, I think its a fantastic idea. I must tell you,  her mixed media jewelry is gorgeous and that is another source of inspiration for the blog readers.

Please have a look at her creativity challenge blog and let her know what you think.  I’m sure you’ll be as wowed by it as I am.  Maybe it will inspire others to start their own creative challenges as well!

Chris is the author of the popular “ Teach Yourself VISUALLY Jewelry Making & Beading” books. Her blog is full of tips, hints and tricks as well as some YUMMY eyecandy to inspire you. Be sure to add her blog to your list and be inspired.

Their motto “Daily Inspirations for a Handmade Life”, and every day she posts up to 20 tutorials for pretty handmade items, and there is always jewelry tutorials in the mix!

Look at this days sampling-there are tutorials for a fabric cuff bracelet, a fiber mesh knot necklace , a felt crown and a no sew ribbon cuff.  You’ll find loads of other pretty things as you look thru all the posts.

Its fun to look at what she has and read about it. Also, some posts have links where she has bought them so readers can get in on the beady fun too.  

About.com Jewelry Making Get into the Christmas spirit with jingle jangling crystal dangles and Santa charm earrings! This jewelry project for the wire and bead lover. 

World Artisan Gems is your source to locating some of the most talented and creative independent artisans who create one-of-a-kind wearable art jewelry, glass art, and beadwork from around the world. You’ll learn about all kinds of artists and find some new faves!  The artisans are featured on the site are by invitation only so they bring you only the very best.

Its a great blog and I’m enjoying reading the interviews. If you like to learn about jewelry artists be sure to add it to your bloglines.

We have a new blog in Craft Gossip family – Glass Art!  Glass is on my ‘list’ of things to learn someday, so I am so glad to see the new blog and learn more about it.

Our new Craft Gossip Glass Art expert is Lori Greenburg who is a super talented lampworking artist herself. She makes some AMAZING lampwork beads like these stunning abstract beauties – I want them all!

 If you love glasswork and glass beads, please add Glass Arts to your RSS or sign up for the newsletter. And be sure to stop by and say welcome to Lori.

This is such a pretty bracelet and would make a great gift for the upcoming holidays too! Tammy’s blog is a great read as well, so be sure to add it to your bloglinks or rss feed.

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.

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 out and answer a few questions she would really appreciate it!

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 Magazine
Cathy Jakicic talks about Tammy Powley’s new book and her gracious gift of a free project download for the BeadStyle.com community

Jewelry & Beading
Here’s what to do with an ugly old elastic bracelet that never gets worn anymore!

Katie’s Beading Blog
The Triple Take girls are at it again! Get a sneak peek at Katie’s twinkle toes ballet flats for the August issue of Simply Beads.

Katie’s Beading Blog
The Triple Take girls are at it again! Get a sneak peek at Katie’s twinkle toes ballet flats for the August issue of Simply Beads.

Savvy Crafter
Stars and Stripes Charm Bracelet! Happy Fourth everyone!

Snap out of it, Jean! There’s beading to be done!
I was so delighted with how my interview with the fantastic Melissa J. Lee turned out! Come see!

Strands of Beads
Melissa shows off her favorite recycled tools.