If you love jewelry, you’ll want this book! If you need inspiration in your own jewelry design, you need this book! From start to finish, 500 Gemstone Jewels
is eye candy and inspiration. When the world seems dark and ugly, … Read More ...
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Liva Gem Loft
Liva is hard at work in Canada building her jewelry business from the ground up. From design sketches, setting up online stores, writing press releases to keeping up with mundane tasks like laundry, this “one woman show” is making progress … 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 ...
Tutorial: “Gemstone” Earrings
If you are like me and have hordes of magazine clippings of interesting jewelry, that you really don’t know what to do with, or even stacks of fashion magazines calling out for a new purpose, this new tutorial by P.S. … Read More ...
Inspiration for Paper Jewelry from Beading Gem
Beading Gem’s Journal recently wrote an excellent post on paper jewelry. This post shows the work of multiple artists working in paper jewelry including the stunning pieces shown here by Sandra di Giacinto an Italian artist working with pleated … Read More ...
Fire Mountain Gem and Bead Sale
Fire Mountain Gem and Beads is holding a January White Sale with a huge selection of discounted beads and supplies. Check out the sale items here. This might be a good time to stock up on materials for new … Read More ...
Dikra Gems
Another great resource, if you are in NYC, and it also happens to be right by Metalliferous, is Dikra Gems. They have an amazing selection of almost any stone that you might want and can also work with you … Read More ...
Sale at Fire Mountain Gem and Beads
Fire Mountain Gem and Beads are having a big close-out sale on certain lines of beads.
Here is what they have to say about it:
The $3 Bead-a-Rama is back! Stock up on limited inventory closeout buys, starting under $3. … Read More ...
Simply Gemstones Book Review
Simply Gemstones: Designs for Creating Beaded Gemstone Jewelry by Nancy Alden
- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Potter Craft (July 14, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0307451356
- ISBN-13: 978-0307451354
If you’re a jewelry maker, chances are you have lusted after a gemstone or … Read More ...
Would you like to win a Gemmy?
If you are a gem cutter, why not enter the 2010 Gemmys? Its open to all gem cutters, carvers and lapidary artists!
Deadline for entries: August 1, 2009
Go to the Jewelry Artist Magazine website and fill in the entry … Read More ...
Find Gemshows Easily!
At the Gem Shows Blog! Robin Hawk posts listings of gem shows, and occasionally her experiences at them. Subscribe to the feed so you never miss out on a show!… Read More ...
Easy Gifts for the Jewelrymaker – Fancy Gemstone Beads
Another really easy and thoughtful gift for the jewelry maker in your life is some really great gemstone beads. Sometimes us jewelrymakers are ‘frugal’, to put it nicely LOL but we’d LOVE to something we’d never buy for ourselves. Like … Read More ...
Natural color or dyed gemstones??? How to tell the difference
From Beading Daily, contributing editor Jean Campbell recalls learning about natural vs dyed gemstones the hard way. Back in her early days of jewelrymaking, she thought she was buying Sleeping Beauty Turquoise but in reality ended up with Sleeping Beauty … Read More ...
Jewelry Artists Interviews at World Artisan Gems Blog
Looking for more interesting news to bring you, I recently came across World Artisan Gems Blog.
World Artisan Gems is your source to locating some of the most talented and creative independent artisans who create one-of-a-kind wearable art jewelry, … Read More ...
Book Review: Making Designer Jewelry with Hardware, Gems and Beads
This past weekend I got the book Making Designer Jewelry from Hardware, Beads, and Gems
by Nicole Noelle Sherman. Unusual/edgy jewelry is right up my alley, so the subject matter caught my attention right away.
- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Quarry