I am so ga-ga over this french tutorial for a beadwork pendant. I think its titled Atelier Soutache. Its completely in French but the photos make it easy to make if you don’t read French. It makes me want … Read More ...
Oxidizing Silver without chemicals
Do you sometimes want to oxide a piece of silver but realize you are out of Liver of Sulfer. Or maybe you are chemically sensitive and don’t want chemicals in the house. Well, there is an easy way to do … Read More ...
Last Minute Jewelry Gift-Easy Wire Wrapped Briolette Earrings
Eni Oken has a free tutorial on how to wire wrap briolettes and make a fab pair of earrings. Very quick and easy, make up a bunch of last minute gifts or stocking stuffers!… Read More ...
Celebration of Craftswomen Arts Fair and Jewelry Artist Lisa Toland
Last weekend I attended the Celebration of Craftswomen show here in San Francisco. It has 300 Vendors over 2 weekends (150 vendors per weekend). There is an amazing amount of talent at this show. I wanted to go both weekends, … Read More ...
Gift Idea #6 – Online Classes from Beaducation.com
Another great gift idea for the jewelrymaker is a class, especially one they can take whatever time of the day they want at home online. You’ll find some great classes at Beaducation!
The newest classes are Gail Crosman-Moore’s Felted … Read More ...
Holiday Jewelry Sets to make in Minutes from Katie Hacker
Katie Hacker shows you how to make your own jewelry sets in minutes with 3 projects on her blog. All are perfect for giving as gifts (and making for yourself too!). I love the Nightlife set personally! Katie also talks … Read More ...
Wire Wrap Tutorial – A Faceted Pendant That Does Away With Claws
If you are your looking for more advance wirework how tos, check out this great wrapping tutorial to make a wirewrapped facetted stone pendant from Rocks & Gems Online! They make it look so easy I’m gonna have to try … Read More ...
Vintage Christmas Crochet Bells Pin Pattern
Another fun crochet holiday pin pattern is Christmas Bells. I found a pattern online for you, since I freeform mine as I’m crocheting and don’t have a pattern. These look great if you do them in metallic yarn, or funky … Read More ...
Handmade Christmas – Merry Marble Necklaces
From www.howstuffworks.com, a tutorial on easy to make “Merry Marble Necklaces“.
Play Santa by making a bunch of these and keeping some in your purse or bag at all times and hand them out randomly. Sales clerks, … Read More ...
Winter Jewelry Tutorial Crocheted Ice Skates Pin
In a recent email with my sister we talked about things we use to make when we were kids. When I was a youngster, I use to whip up a bunch of these crocheted ice skates every winter to put … Read More ...
Wishbone Necklace Tutorial
Happy Thanksgiving!
On this day we give thanks for all we have in our life, and show it by the bounty of food we make just for the day. Even if you are a vegetarian, don’t let that wishbone go … Read More ...
Turkey Earrings!
In honor of our CraftGossip Turkey Theme day and Thanksgiving celebration this week, I bring you some realistic roast turkey earrings! By polymer clay artist Krisi, these are available on etsy and are so real I want … Read More ...
Things to put on your wish list for Santa-PMC123 Squeeze
If you are looking for some great gifts for your jewelrymaking friends, or making up a list of things YOU want this may be on the list.
PMC123 Squeeze is a brand new tool that helps you ‘squeeze with ease’. … Read More ...
Jewelry Marketing Tips
Kristy at Jewelry-Marketing.com has a great selection of articles to help you with your jewelry business marketing. Articles include Using Blogging to increase your sales, The Power of Word of Mouth and How to sell alot more jewelry thru … Read More ...
Beautiful Beaded Wire Pinecones
I’ve seen a lot of beaded flower and leaf patterns, but never anything like this!!!!! I just love it!
Available at the Beading Daily online store, the beaded Pinecone pattern is only $4.00. And you download the pdf instantly, so … Read More ...