Take a look at this free tutorial from Amara at Bramcost Publications. I love the simple, elegant design. Mar says it’s, “easy to make and can be created with the maker’s choice of colors.” A handmade piece of jewelry could … Read More...
Raku jewelry
Raku loosely translates as enjoyment, contentment, pleasure and happiness. Raku pottery is best characterized by its crazed glaze and blackened clay, which creates very interesting visual texture and contrast. Kathy at Lark Crafts Jewelry and Beading has assembled some wonderful … Read More...
Are you a beader?
Lark Crafts’ Ray Hemachandra recently posed the questions, what do beaders share in common and what sets them apart? Ray polled an impressive set of beaders for their responses — superstar authors in Lark Jewelry & Beading’s Beadweaving Master Class … Read More...
Free earring tutorial from Lark Crafts
Learn to make these out-of-the-ordinary earrings designed by Eni Oken with a free tutorial from Lark Crafts! Nathalie Mornu shares this tutorial from her first book co-authored with Suzanne J. Tourtillott called Contemporary Bead and Wire Jewelry
. Head over … Read More...
Giveaway – Felted Bangles
Take a look at these colorful, fun bangles from Adelle. I imagine them as little hugs for your wrists with their warm and fuzzy texture. Adelle is having a giveaway at her blog for a custom felted bangle! To enter, … Read More...
Tea time
I love both these concepts for jewelry based on tea time. Express night out shares these tea-cup bangles from Anthropologie — upcycling steeped with imagination! And oh meaghan shares these laser cut rings from Australian Sniffle Company.
Put your stamp on it
The Cafemom Street Team (CST) has a nifty, free tutorial you can bang out — hand-stamped silver pendants. This tute from Kiwi of Kiwi and Kiki’s Etsy store tells you the tools and materials needed for pendants like the one … Read More...
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...
Fabric brooch tutorial
Don’t you think Violetta’s slug brooch features the cutest slug ever? This fabric brooch with its tiny slug (complete with trail) makes me smile. Violetta of the Violet Elephant shares her free tutorial for making this versatile fabric brooch with … Read More...
Hoops tute
Randi shares a simple, free tutorial for making these basic wire hoop earrings at her blog StudioDax. Take a look at how easy it is to create these simple and fashionable earrings with just a few tools and materials. … Read More...
Lark Books Giveaway ends this Sunday!
If you haven’t left a comment at the original post yet, hurry and enter for your chance to win these exciting titles from Lark Books – Beadmaille
, Jewelry with Bead Weaving and Metal Rings by Cindy Thomas Pankopf… Read More...
Charlie Smith
Charlie Smith has a deeply rooted background in both fashion and interior design. She creates custom, one of a kind chandeliers and jewelry. I hadn’t put the two seemingly incongruent things together, but after thinking about it, a chandelier just … Read More...
Sweet Santa
If you are a registered member of Bead and Button, you can get the free tutorial to make this “Sweet Santa” bracelet. Bead and Button’s Jenny Van tells you how to use peyote stitch with size 11 cylinder beads to … Read More...
Etsy Find – Scarlett Lane
This felted bead necklace called the Heart of Life from Scarlett Lane warms my heart – with its hot, red focal beads and cozy, felted texture. Its simplicity would lend itself to lots of styles both casual and dressy. Maegan … Read More...
Go Red – for Mom
This beaded piece from Minerva’s Wears is a trifecta: superb workmanship, sentimental tribute, and a symbol for a worthy cause. Featured in the Bead and Button Subscriber Gallery, Minerva’s Wears calls this piece “Mom’s Red Dresses.” Each purse and … Read More...
Etsy find – Beth Pohlman
I love this piece Beth calls “Granulated Cup Circle Necklace.” It makes me think of chemistry lab with various compounds ready for weighing on the triple beam balance. Take a look at Beth’s other work in her Etsy shop beth … Read More...
How to make cuff bracelets from old records
Jocelynn Brown of The Detroit News reported on Painted Lady Trashions and her fabulous cuff bracelets made from recycled vinyl records and comic book images. Check out the tutorial in Jocelynn’s article and then head over to Painted Lady Trashions… Read More...
Happy Halloween!
- Ornamentea shares a tutorial for this batty bracelet. Wear it year round or just in time for Halloween!
- Check out this fabulous beaded piece from Stephanie Haussler at Pixybug Designs that has a special Halloween flavor.
- Polymer Clay Daily featured
The Spill Smiths
Though it sounds like the name of a great band, the Spill Smiths are doing much more serious work. Marthe Le Van of Lark Crafts Jewelry and Beading reports on The Spill Smiths, a two-part awareness project created in … Read More...
Etsy find – Adorn Jewelry
This pendant makes me think of a tiny Zen garden you can wear with you anywhere! I love the smooth poly clay surface of the “stone” in contrast with the tactile “moss” made from latex. Exquisite! Take a look at … Read More...
