Crochet Jewelry 35 fantastic pieces of jewelry to make and wear
By Sophie Britten
The Taunton Press
If you think “afghan”or “granny square” when you think of crochet, think again. This book will turn you right around and may even … Read More ...
Valentine Crochet Heart Earrings
From our friends over at Craft Bits, comes these ADORABLE tiny crocheted heart earrings tutorial!!! Aren’t they just the sweetest! You could do a few of them and connect them for a necklace or bracelet too. I think they’d … Read More ...
Green Girls Studios Jewelry Artist Interview
This week, we are blessed to have Cynthia Thornton and Greg Ogden owners of Green Girl Studios grant us the jewelry artist interview.
Green Girl Studios has beautiful silver and lead free pewter beads, pendants, clasps and more on their … Read More ...
Bead for Life – Eradicating Poverty One Bead at a Time
Imagine if the jewelry you wore on Valentine’s day could actually help African women working their way out of extreme poverty? Well you don’t have to imagine it – Nonprofit BeadforLife offers it. They have Valentines Day-colored bracelets, necklaces, … Read More ...
Crystal Beaded Heart Pendant
How beautiful are these crystal hearts?? Anyone you make these for will be so impressed and thrilled!
From our friends at Beadjewelrymaking.com, this beadwork tutorial is very easy to follow. They have clear instructions with visual guides to … Read More ...
Paper Clay Heart Pendants
Paperclay mimics ceramics-but is alot cheaper and easier to do at home! From Paperclay.com, this project is for larger 4 inch hearts, but you could easily make them as small as you want and use a small heart cutter. … Read More ...
Valentine Fortune Cookie Pin Tutorial
This super simple, but super cute fortune cookie pin tutorial comes to us from Making Friends.com. They use craft foam, but I think you could also use felt as well. You could play cupid and make a ton of … Read More ...
Beadeducation lifts time limit on classes!!!!
Beadeducation has added 3 more classes to tempt you and there are NO MORE TIME LIMITS on classes. Take all the time you want!! How great is that! Now you can replay it over and over an over!!!!
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Artist Interview-Jean Yates of Pretty Kitty Dog Moon Jewelry!
I am so excited to share this WONDERFUL interview with all of you. The super stylish Jean Yates of PrettyKittyDogMoon LTD Jewelry was very generous with information about herself, her business and how she works.   She’s a super … Read More ...
More Jewelry talk at About.com
If you are a jewelry news junkie like I am, you will also enjoy reading all the jewelry making articles by Tammy Powley over at Jewelrymaking.about.com.
Tammy Powley is a writer, designer, and teacher who has been creating and selling … Read More ...
Learn the ancient art of Yemenite Filigree at Beadissmo
 At Beadissimo in San Francisco this weekend!!!
Finding a place to take filigree classes, is hard so if you are in SF this weekend you should take it!
Yemenite Filigree techniques is a great class that will introduce you … Read More ...
Beads on the Vine 2008
Brought to you by the School of Beadwork, a wonderful beading retreat!
Beads on the Vine – Enjoy a unique beading getaway in California’s wine country. You’ll have the opportunity to learn a variety of new techniques from some … Read More ...
Bead & Button Show Registration is open!
and many classes are already FULL!!!! If you plan on going, register now!
Shopping for classes is easy. Just click here, search the classes and workshops, add your class to a shopping cart, and check out.
You can search … Read More ...
Beadaholique Valentines Day15% off Sale
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and to help you out Beadaholique is offering 15% Off on many of their Valentine’s Day related items when you purchase them directly from the website at www.beadaholique.com.
Use the discount code … Read More ...
Rings & Things Your Design Rock Contest
A contest for the best creations
made from Rings & Things products
We invite you to show us your favorite handmade design — it can be anything!
- Â Entries for our 2008 contest will be accepted February 1-29, 2008.