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Aug

20

Chunky Wire Wrapped Gemstone Ring

August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

You be in LOVE with this super easy wire ring tutorial from Cathie & Steve on Creative Juice! Its fun, and you’ll be obssessed making tons of them for all of your friends too.
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Aug

17

The Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girls Guide to Handmade Jewerly Book Review

August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girls Guide to Handmade Jewelry by Jennifer Perkins
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: North Light Books (August 11, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1600611168
ISBN-13: 978-1600611162
I will preface this by being completely honest -  its real hard to be unbiased when reviewing a book when A: the author is a friend and B: you have a [...]

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

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

31

Rocker Style Men’s Cuff Bracelet Tutorial

July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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 you could use black vinyl and skull fabric for a goth boy, mix plaid fabrics [...]

Jul

30

Need inspiration? Check out Beading Daily!

July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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 make something NOW.
Well fear not, instant gratification for inspiration is just a few computer clicks [...]

Jul

29

Bezel Setting Tutorial

July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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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Jul

19

Get Hip with Katie Hacker’s “Hip to Bead” book

July 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

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 being fabulous!  You can take a look inside the book too!
Hip to Bead: 32 Contemporary [...]

Jul

17

Cute Crochet Cherry Earrings Pattern

July 17, 2008 | 1 Comment

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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Jul

14

Kickin’ it Ye Olde Style!

July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment

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 jewelry tutorial.  Don’t be fooled by the 7 min playing time, this video has solid [...]

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