I am a self confessed tiara addict, so I nearly fell off my chair when I saw these lovely headpieces from the Black Label Collection by Ban.do. They make really lovely one of a kind pieces like these. The … Read More ...
Friday Fun from Free People
I love these, for lack of a better term, “cluster”rings from Free People. I like that they seem to be made of lots of different elements and have a funky eclectic style.
It could be a fun challange to … Read More ...
Inspiration: Kirt Holmes
I love these and other designs by British Designer Kirt Holmes. Kirt just won “Best Catwalk Jewels of the Year Award” at the UK Jewellery Awards.
What I think is best about her work is the mixing and matching … Read More ...
Inspiration: Steampunk Retro Future Seeing Device
After having posted last week about the Steampunk jewelry book
, I found myself interested in this movement.
Here is an very interesting example from Professor Quentin Ziplash, found … Read More ...
Give Away: Bead Star
Interweave Publications has made the following announcement today about their exciting publication, Bead Star magazine:
Bead Star magazine announced today the 45 prize-winning jewelry designers in the second annual Bead Star challenge—an exciting competition that garnered more than 2000 entries … Read More ...
Black Friday
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Here’s hoping that a ring like this one from Metalsmitten could make you feel a little richer after your Black Friday Shopping.
I like that the artist will try to find a coin … Read More ...
Tutorial: Lanvin Inspired Bracelet
Tricia over at Oh So Crafty posted this tutorial on how to make a Lanvin inspired bracelet out of a broken strand of faux pearls and some ribbon. She was recreating a look selling for $890 at Barney’s. Not bad … Read More ...
Inspiration: Bali Beauty
This piece is from mixed media artist Allison L Norfleet Bruenger, who submitted some of her work to the CraftGossip Flickr pool.
Allison does a lot of nice work with pierced metals and … Read More ...
Book Review – Steampunk Style Jewelry
You can now pre-order the book Steampunk-Style Jewelry: A Maker’s Collection of Victorian
, Fantasy, and Mechanical Designs from Ornamentea.com.
It sounds like this is going to be an excellent book on combining Victorian, Fantasy and Mechanical elements through cold … Read More ...
Pieces Of Me Giveaway
To launch her new products (Scrabble Earrings, Charm Bracelets and Keychains) Lisa from
Pieces Of Me Pendants is giving you the chance to win this adorable Reindeer pendant with ball chain for Christmas.
For your chance to win simply enter … Read More ...
New Products From Pieces Of Me
Scrabble Earrings, Charm Bracelets and Keychains new at Pieces Of Me Pendants.
Charms, Earrings and Keychains are made from wooden Scrabble® tiles (approx. ¾” square), decoupaged with graphic images that are sealed with a high gloss non-toxic finish. Your charms, … Read More ...
Inspiration: Forged Iron Necklace
I have yet to blog about a forged piece, and that is probably because I don’t know much about forging nor do I know anyone who makes forged jewelry. But I stumbled across … Read More ...
Tutorial: Layered Flower Pin
I can’t help it, I just seem to love all of Alexis’ pins over a My Momma Made It.
The great news is that she gives lots of tutorials for us fans and you can also buy some of her … Read More ...
Inspiration: DangerousCurvesII
For some color and pattern inspiration check out this excellent beaded bracelet by Snapdragon Beads, a UK artist.
… Read More ...
Design Contest: Moonstone
The jewelry store, David Kodner Personal Jewelers wrote to tell us about their current design competition which is open to designers of all levels.
The designs need to be based around the moonstone illustrated here. The top five designs will … Read More ...