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...
Nikki Felice of Bohemia Jewellery
You may know jewelry designer Nikki Felice as a member of the Etsy Beadweavers Team. Malta Inside Out recently posted a business profile interview with Nikki. If you don’t know Nikki yet, check out what she had to say … Read More...
Glowing beads
Janel Dudley is working on a brilliant new project – glow in the dark beads! She recently shared a lampwork tutorial for how to make tri-iris eyeball beads but the glowing version is so much cooler! See more of … Read More...
Good genes
Mermaide at Craftster.org has created a tutorial for this very smart earring design. Help natural selection and create some good genes today.
Free tutorial for Victorian beaded flower
Jenny at Jewellery from Craft Cove is sharing a tutorial for making this beautiful Victorian beaded flower. Take a look around Jewellery from Craft Cove. They have some other free tutorials in addition to ones you can purchase.
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...
Nichole Byers bead giveaway
One of Nichole’s lucky e-mail readers will get their choice of one of these strands of beads above. Her drawing will be held on Wednesday, September 15. Hurry over to Nichole’s blog and get the details for how to enter. … Read More...
Free jewelry making project from Margot Potter
With Margot’s new book Bead Chic, you can master making your own findings for your jewelry designs. Margot has shared her instructions for making this earring design she calls “Effortless Elegance.” Head over to Margot’s blog and see how … Read More...
Support MzuriBeads
Handmade, ethically sourced, recycled beads, You can’t get better than that!
Mzuribeads paper beaders live in the village of Ndejje, Uganda, where they roll paper beads from strips of recycled magazines and posters.
The director began this business with the … Read More...
Key Pendant Inspiration
The Mrs blog shares with us this beautiful Key Pendant made from scraps of fabric and ribbons. Finding your keys in the bottom of your bag is a problem no more. Her creation uses small fabric pillows and ribbons for … Read More...
Serious Inspiration: Charlotte Hosten
I have to admit, I am picky about beading. I mean that I am very picky about my own beading skills, which never seem quite polished enough. So you can imagine how blown away I was to find the work … Read More...
Inspiration: Cool Beads
Anthropologie jewelry has been a huge source of inspiration for crafter/bloggers out there, and this season’s jewelry will not let you down.
I am inspired by this double torsade necklace made of fresh, cool colored acrylic beads. I would love … Read More...
M&J Trimmings Challenge – Part III
Love Meagan came up with a number of inspiring entries for the M&J Trimmings DIY Challenge.
You can find the tutorial for this necklace here.
The tutorial for a rope necklace here
lastly just for fun, though not really … Read More...
M&J Trimmings Challenge – Part II
The second jewelry entry in the M&J Trimmings DIY Challenge is this great vintage inspired necklace by Alysa Burke.
You will remember Alysa from some earlier posts here on Craft Gossip where we linked to her fun and funky shrink … Read More...
M&J Trimming Challenge – Part I
M&J Trimmings created a challenge where they sent a box of trimmings to their favorite bloggers and asked them to come up with projects and tutorials.
The results in all types of crafts are excellent – and luckily for us … Read More...
Mama does it again
Alexis over at My Mama Made It has done it again. This time she has made some Anthropologie inspired pieces, which are very nice.
She also shares with her readers her recent bargin finds in other stores and how she modified them to…
Tutorial: Bat Bracelet
For more Halloween fun over at Ornamentea check out their bat bracelet tutorial.
As usual they have really clear instructional photos and a sense of humor in their instructions.
You can leave this bracelet as pictured here, or there are also instructions on…
Tutorial: Golden Leaf Earrings
Tammy Powley at about.com posted this nice fall tutorial on making golden leaf earrings. As always, she give excellent detailed and clear instructions on how to create this look.
I like the leaves. They are something that I might have skimmed…
Stuff Going On: Studio 34 Beads
Barbara Becker Simon will be teaching 3 new workshops at Studio 34 Beads in Rochester, NY. Check out her book published in August, Metal Clay Beads.
Also check out their huge variety of jewelry making classes held each month. October includes, among many…
