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- Beading Daily Blog
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- Daily Art Muse
- David and Charles
- Divali Glass Jewelry - Jewelry and Beads from Glass Goddess Carter Seibel
- Earthenwood Studio Chronicles - One bead makers thoughts on life, beads, ceramics, jewelry, music, culture, and indie business
- EK Success Brands
- F+W Media
- Free Jewelry Making Projects
- Future Momo Jewely - Jewelry & Indie Design and reviews
- Humble Beads
- Interweave Jewelry-Making - Interweave is one of the nation’s largest art and craft media companies with businesses in magazine and book publishing, interactive and social media, television and video programming, directories, and events for craft enthusiasts.
- Jennifer Jangles Blog - Jennifer Heynen, the artist behind Jangles talks about everything crafty.
- Jewelry Business Blog - Tips and Tricks to running a jewelry business
- jewelry business guru - business success and marketing intelligence for the designer jewelry sector
- Jewelry Making Daily - Jewelry Making Daily is the ultimate destination for anyone interested in creating handmade jewelry. An Interweave publication.
- Kalmbach Books
- Kim Miles
- Laliberi
- Lark Jewelry & Beading - Lark Crafts is a creative publishing group based in the beautiful and artistic mountain town of Asheville, NC. Lark Crafts shares the best the craft world has to offer through how-to projects, comprehensive technique guides, & spectacular visual galle
- LLYYNN - the story of invented vintage and faux-tique emblems from the studio of lynn davis
- MarketingJewelry.com - Dr. David Weiman helps you sell more of your handcrafted jewelry.
- Mich L. in L.A. - Michelle loves to create funny or unexpected jewelry, made from unusual materials and re-purposed junk.
- North Light Books
- Objects and Elements Blog
- Objects and Elements Webstore - Unique supplies for mixed media art jewelry
- Ponoko Blog
- RU Craft
- Snap out of it Jean! - I am a well known jewelry designer and writer who never stops thinking about what I am going to create next.
- State Line Bag Co. - drawstring muslin bags perfect for jewelry
- Strands of Beads - Melissa’s blog about beads, jewelry design and the occasional bit of knitting
- The Beading Gem's Journal - Jewelry expressions in bloom
- The Impatient Blogger - Snapshots from the life of a woman of substance-Margot Potter’s eclectic blog about jewelry making, creativity, finding your bliss and a veritable pu pu platter of varied topics depending upon her mood.
- The Savvy Crafter - Savvily crafting my way through China…
- The Studio: Rio's blog - Sharing your passion for making jewelry. Products. Service. Know-how.
- Women's Jewelry Association
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Color Resource

Beading Gem recently posted about this great resource by Margie Deeb. Based on the Pantone color report which is published every season and used to decide color palettes for everything from fashion to paper plates, this downloadable document helps …

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Friday Inspiration: Brilliance!

If you are feeling a little uninspired on this greyish Friday, take a gander though the pages of Brilliance! Another book published by Lark – This one is not new, a bit over a year old, but definitely worth while.…

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10 Metal Clay Projects: eBook

10 metal clay projects Interview is selling an ebook, 10 Metal Clay Jewelry Projects by Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, You can buy it and download it from here.

This ebook is part of their “Best of” series and includes 10 projects by different …

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Update: Seed Bead Fusion

nelson smith Author and Jeweler Rachel Nelson-Smith responded to my past post about her book Seed Bead Fusion, to let readers know that if they are interested in any of the specific projects in her new book, they can also visit …

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Book Review: teach Yourself Visually:Beadwork

Chris Franchetti Michaels has published a new book Teach Yourself Visually: Beadwork. This is a very thorough book on off-loom techniques in beading.

Each chapter covers a specific stitch and includes tons of photographs and diagrams to help you …

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Book Review Monday: Seed Bead Fusion

sead bead fusion Check out the new seed beading book by Rachel Nelson-Smith, Seed Bead Fusion. The book consists of 18 seed beading projects with step by step instructions.

I think the most exciting part is that the projects are not just …

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Book Review Monday: Embroidered Jewellery

embroidered jewelry Shirley Anne Sherris’ new book Embroidered Jewellery is now available on Amazon.

This book discusses using hand and machine embroidery techniques to create pieces of jewelry. It comes with projects for the reader to create and discusses topics such as …

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Last Few Days: Earring Swap

Denis Peck Book Beading Daily is hosting a earring swap, which sounds like fun. It is to celebrate Denise Peck’s new book 101 Wire Earrings.

The basics are: make a pair of earrings and send them in with a self addressed …

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Simply Gemstones Book Review

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Simply Gemstones: Designs for Creating Beaded Gemstone Jewelry by Nancy Alden

Paperback: 144 pages

Publisher: Potter Craft (July 14, 2009)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0307451356

ISBN-13: 978-0307451354

If you’re a jewelry maker, chances are you have lusted after a gemstone or …

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Enchanted Adornments by Cynthia Thorton

I interviewed Cynthia & Greg from Green Girl Studios WAY back in Feb 2008. I adore her work and she is such a sweet person. I am really excited about her soon to be released book “Enchanted Adornments”.

I …