For some Friday inspiration check out inpamo’s jewelry in her Flickrstream. She makes excellent and slightly edgy jewels with a heavy textile influence. I love this necklace of tulle covered crystal pearls … Read More ...
Braiding Tutorials
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Check out these two posts by Beading Gem’s Journal (always and excellent source for tutorials and info) on braiding techniques. The first covers finger loop braiding and the second covers kumihimo style braided pieces. Both posts contain a … Read More ...
Friday Inspiration
metalartiste sumbitted this lovely piece to the Craftgossip Flickr pool, which makes for some lovely Friday inspiration. It is a simple design and yet so elegant.
Check out her Flickrstream for more inspiration, … Read More ...
Beading Demos
If you haven’t already been to Metalliferous in NYC, it is a must visit for jewelry makers.
The store is a treasure trove of jewelry making supplies from tool to materials. Located in the Diamond District, I always feel especially … Read More ...
Inspiration: Summer night’s dream
Bounty_gg submitted this work to the CraftGossip Flick pool.
I love the fluid nature for the design and the rich and deep color palate. I would love to know more about the technique … Read More ...
Inspiration: Rebecca Geoffrey
For a bit of Wednesday inspiration, check out Rebecca Geoffrey’s work on both Flickr and Etsy.
She recently uploaded pictures of her fun work to the CraftGossip Flickr pool. … Read More ...
Beading Daily: Free Beading Project
Called “October Shore”, you can find the free instructions to make this necklace designed by Cynthia Thornton on the Beading Daily Blog.
You can subscribe to their feed for great daily tips on projects, designs etc.… Read More ...
Metal Clay Studio Night
Reader Amy Meade wrote to tell us about the new monthly open studio nights at the Shepherdess in San Diego.
The Shepherdess is a bead and fiber shop which offers a wide variety of jewelry making classes. The open studio … Read More ...
Bead & Banter
If you love beading but would like to make it a more social activity, you can stop into Bead and Banter sessions at South Sun Products in San Diego and Encinitas. I love this idea, I have seen it before … Read More ...
Book Review Monday: Seed Bead Fusion
Check out the new seed beading book by Rachel Nelson-Smith, Seed Bead Fusion
. The book consists of 18 seed beading projects with step by step instructions.
I think the most exciting part is that the projects are not just … Read More ...
Labor Day Bead Sale: South Sun Products
South Sun Products in San Diego and Encinitas is having a Labor Day sale through September 8th. Up to 60% on hundreds of items and a “Yard Sale” on all beads which are 80% off with no minimum purchase. Great … Read More ...
Polymer Clay with Jan Geisen
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Jan Geisen recently uploaded this image to Flickr of her polymer clay pendent. Her work is really striking in the shades and textures that she is able to create with polymer clay. You can also
Flux Studios, London
Reader, Vicki Forrester sent us information on her very exciting venture in London. She is the founder of Flux Studios in South London, which is a great opportunity for professional jewelry makers, hobbyists, new graduates, those new to jewelry making … Read More ...
Register for Workshops for BeadFest
Registration has now opened for the workshops at BeadFest Portland, to register, click here. Remember as posted earlier, Portland BeadFest is the 24th – 27th of September.
It looks like there are some great workshops taking place. The … Read More ...
Book Review Monday: Embroidered Jewellery
Shirley Anne Sherris’ new book Embroidered Jewellery
is now available on Amazon.
This book discusses using hand and machine embroidery techniques to create pieces of jewelry. It comes with projects for the reader to create and discusses topics such … Read More ...