How to Bead + Wire Jewelry - Beading Instructions

Make These Easy Mixed Metal Earrings

In yesterday's Beading Daily , we learned about some basic tools for metal jewelry making from metal jewelry artist and instructor Gwen Fuller Youngblood. Today, we'll see how to use those tools to make a pair of lovely mixed metal earrings! Materials...

Published Jan 15, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Wire Jewelry, Beading Tools, How to Bead, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily, Earring Making

Free Beading Project: Easy Wire Wrapped Cuff Bracelet

I've really been getting into working with easy wire wrapping projects lately, and these two blank metal cuff bracelets from this month's A Grain of Sand Bead Hoard Curiosities Club just spoke to me as soon as I saw them. They wanted me to wrap...

Published Aug 8, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Wire Jewelry, Seed Bead Patterns, Beading Tools, Pearls, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How to Bead, Gemstones, Bead Crafts, Wire Wrapping, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads

Free Beading Project: Wire and Bead Chain Using Vintage Metal Beads

I loved these curved metal beads from the July 2012 shipment of A Grain of Sand's Bead Hoard Curiosities Club. They reminded me of stringing macaroni onto yarn with my mother and sister when I was kid! But their lovely gold finish and their unusual...

Published Jul 18, 2012 10:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Wire Jewelry, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How to Bead, Chain Maille, Stringing, Bead Crafts, Jewelry Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Necklace Making

The Great Jewelry Making Makeover!

I really do have the best friends in the world. A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine sent me a huge box, full of antique jewelry that had belonged to her late stepfather's first wife. Before I go into detail about the jewelry, I want to tell you...

Published Jun 5, 2012 2:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Wire Jewelry, Crystals, Pearls, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How to Bead, Gemstones, Glass Beads, Jewelry Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Earring Making

Captured Crystal Cubes Earrings

For National Craft Month, I thought I would participate in the Fusion Beads 30 Day National Craft Month Challenge. The Day 1 challenge was, of course, to make a pair of earrings! And I just happened to have a pair of these lovely 14mm Swarovski crystal...

Published Mar 2, 2012 1:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Wire Jewelry, Seed Bead Patterns, Herringbone Stitch, Bead-weaving, Crystals, Beading Tools, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How to Bead, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Beaded Jewelry, Mixed Media Jewelry, Earring Making

How Do I Master Beadweaving Stitches?

When my friend came over to bead the other day, she asked me a very good question : How do I get to be fluent in a lot of different beadweaving stitches? She asked me a great question. It's nice to be comfortable enough with all of the major beadweaving...

Published Oct 23, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Wire Jewelry, Bead-weaving, Peyote Stitch, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How to Bead, Kumihimo, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Earring Making

Free Beading Project: Storyteller Beaded Necklace

As a writer and a bead artist, I'm always fascinated with the stories behind beaded jewelry designs. This beaded necklace also has a great story behind it! The first one of these that I made was for a close friend of mine who lives in Burbank. She...

Published Oct 6, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Wire Jewelry, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How to Bead, Glass Beads, Chain Maille, Bead Crafts, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Necklace Making

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