Jenny at Jewellery from Craft Cove is sharing a tutorial for making this beautiful Victorian beaded flower. Take a look around Jewellery from Craft Cove. They have some other free tutorials in addition to ones you can purchase.… Read More ...
Beading projects from Spoilt Rotten Beads
Spoilt Rotten Beads offers many fun, free beading projects. Learn basic jewelry making techniques or get free tutorials for their beading projects including Christmas ideas and bridal jewelry. Located just outside Cambridge, in the village of Haddenham, Ely, you … Read More ...
Scrap-busting orange flower necklace tutorial
Jenny is an engineer by profession and she’s designed a way to use your fabric scraps and “take a 2D piece of fabric and turn it into a moving, structured work of art that hugs the body.” At her blog, … Read More ...
Paint chips get a new life
Joanne shares her easy, fun idea for making a necklace from paint chips. Check out her blog for details!… Read More ...
Organic jewelry from melon seeds
Maya Kuzman at The Little Treasures shares her tutorial for making organic jewelry from melon seeds. The necklace above is just one variation of this clever idea. With the bounty of nature, a little marker ink, and a bit of … Read More ...
Etsy find – Octopus by Anna Mroczek
What a lovely wire wrapped piece by Anna Mroczek! Anna is based in Szczecin, Poland, and has been making jewelry since 2005. You can see more of her pieces on her blog or browse her Etsy shop.… Read More ...
Knotting beads and gemstones
The Beadalon website has a great video tutorial for easy pearl knotting. If you want to learn pearl knotting (or re-learn if you’ve forgotten like me), Katie Hacker’s video demonstrates how to use the knotting tool to tie perfect, even … Read More ...
Art from my Heart giveaway
Don’t delay – tomorrow is the last day to enter Marie Segal’s 15th giveaway on her blog Art from my Heart for the pendant she titles An Angel Inside. The giveaway ends on September 8 at 6:00 pm PDT. Leave … Read More ...
Nichole Byers bead giveaway
One of Nichole’s lucky e-mail readers will get their choice of one of these strands of beads above. Her drawing will be held on Wednesday, September 15. Hurry over to Nichole’s blog and get the details for how to enter. … Read More ...
Free jewelry making project from Margot Potter
With Margot’s new book Bead Chic, you can master making your own findings for your jewelry designs. Margot has shared her instructions for making this earring design she calls “Effortless Elegance.” Head over to Margot’s blog and see how … Read More ...
LED fun
Check out these brilliant pieces created by Melanie Brooks at Earthenwood Studio Chronicles. She’s used Ice Resin and LEDs to cast some really fun pieces. I can’t wait to see these worked into a finished piece!… Read More ...
DIY Button Necklace Round Up
1: Nikki in Stitches shares this Video tutorial for making a button necklace.
2: Craftbits.com Vintage button necklace tutorial.
3: Handmade Portland has a tutorial for Susan Beal Buttons.
4: YellowBlackBird has this beautiful piece.
5: CraftWerk has a rustic … Read More ...
Support MzuriBeads
Handmade, ethically sourced, recycled beads, You can’t get better than that!
Mzuribeads paper beaders live in the village of Ndejje, Uganda, where they roll paper beads from strips of recycled magazines and posters.
The director began this business with the … Read More ...
DIY Akela Necklace
Beverley from Flamingo Toes (interesting blog name) wrote a tutorial on this beautiful elegant piece that was described as being an Anthropologie knock off.
Check out her blog for the full tutorial as well as detailed step by step … Read More ...
Key Pendant Inspiration
The Mrs blog shares with us this beautiful Key Pendant made from scraps of fabric and ribbons. Finding your keys in the bottom of your bag is a problem no more. Her creation uses small fabric pillows and ribbons for … Read More ...