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Interweave has put out the Casting Call of their inaugural Bead Star competition and the debut of a new magazine, Bead Star.  This is such an exciting event for the beading community—like American Idol, but for beaders! … Read More ...
Book Review: Bead Simple by Susan Beal
BEAD SIMPLE Book Review
- ISBN: 9781135844424
- Subtitle: Essential Techniques for Making Jewelry Just the Way You Want It Author: Susan Beal
- Publisher:Taunton Press
- Binding: Paperback
- Language: English
- Pages: 224
Most beading books include a mix of patterns but call … Read More ...
Bead Expo Author Book Signings and Demos!
Bead Expo
Portland Announces Huge Lineup of
Author Book Signings and Free DemonstrationsÂ
Meet nine popular authors and your favorite beading and jewelry-making magazine editors, Friday-Sunday, March 28-30, 2008Â
 Bead Expo Portland 2008, March 27-30 at … Read More ...
Get your Sparkle on with Bead Romantique
Lisa Kan is one of those women you wish was your neighbor and good friend. She beads, she enamels, she does lampwork, she does metal work, she makes art baskets-you know she has an AMAZING work room you could spend … Read More ...
New Beading Blog – Beaded Jewelry Gazette and Blog
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 … Read More ...
Book Review: Simply Modern Jewelry is Simply Beautiful
Paperbound, 8½ x 10 1/4, 120 pages
150 photographs
ISBN 978-1-59668-048-7
Retail: $21.95
Release Date February 2008
Simply Modern Jewelry shows that even a beginner can create beautiful boutique quality jewelry. Geared toward the novice beader, Editor … Read More ...
Revamp an Old Bangle Tutorial
The Spring 2008 issue of Make It Mine is officially on sale today and its chock full of fun projects and inspiration like these bracelets.Â
If you haven’t seen the magazine yet, Make it Mine’s mission is ” inspire our … Read More ...
Cut Out + Keep
I just came across a new crafty online community from Scotland called Cut Out + Keep.
It is an online community for crafty and creative people to make and share step-by-step tutorials. You can post your own tutorials, show … Read More ...
Artist Interview: Carter Seibels of Divali Glass Jewelry
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 … Read More ...
Free Jewelry Patterns at Freepatterns.com
While doing some research today I came across the freepatterns.com website. They have patterns for some basic jewelry making as well as various other crafts. You have to become a member, but it only takes about 10 seconds and its … Read More ...
The Ponoko 10-day Jewelry Design Challenge
If you haven’t heard of Ponoko by now, then you NEED too!
Ponoko is the world’s first personal manufacturing platform. It’s the online space for a community of creators and consumers to use a global network of digital manufacturing hardware … Read More ...
Enter Delphi’s Art Glass Festival Online
If you are a glass jewelry artist you should enter this contest. Its free and you could win some cool prizes!
Take part in Delphi’s 17th Annual Online Art Glass Festival to help celebrate National Art Glass Month this April. … Read More ...
Vend at Bust’s Spring Fling Craftacular Event!
Vendor applications due March 30 for BUST‘s Spring Fling Craftacular!
If you are interested, its always best to apply EARLY. So do it now!
BUST Magazine is excited to announce the first ever Spring Fling Craftacular set to take … Read More ...
Art Star Craft Bazaar Call for Vendors!
If you are looking to vend your jewelry at a craft show that is about emerging artists and crafters, heres your chance. I love Art Star and hear these shows are really good.
Crochet yourself some MOD Circle Pendants
 I recently was browsing the Jelly Yarn website to get some of their cool plastic yarn to use in a project. While there I noticed a section for free patterns with a picture of the coolest crochet circles on … Read More ...