Bead-weaving - Beading Supplies We Love

Things to Bead Around: Large Cabone Rings

These cabone rings can be found in any craft supply store with the yarn notions and make fabulous focal beads when covered with your favorite beading stitch! I'm a craft store junky. If I have to run into my local bead crafts store to pick up just...

Published Mar 19, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Peyote Stitch, Beading Tools, Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, Herringbone Stitch, How to Bead, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making

Things to Bead Around: Sticks from Lake Champlain

Do you feel the need to branch out a bit in your beading? Well, all puns aside, my newest beading project obsession is beading around sticks! The beach on Lake Champlain, looking towards Vermont. Photo by Sharon Schenckel. I'm lucky enough that I...

Published Feb 28, 2012 7:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead-weaving, How to Bead, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads

The Heartbreak of Tucson: Ancient Roman Glass

As many of you know, this was my first year attending the Tucson shows, and I was so excited! I had heard stories about the amazing bead, gem and mineral shows, and saved my pennies so that I could bring home a healthy supply of beads and treasures for...

Published Feb 7, 2012 11:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, How to Bead, Glass Beads, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making

Beading Book Review: Beading the Creative Spirit by Rev. Wendy Ellsworth

Beading the Creative Spirit: Finding Your Sacred Center Through the Art of Beadwork by Wendy Ellsworth I've always loved the beautiful beadwork of Wendy Ellsworth , but I didn't know that she had written a book until I stumbled across it while...

Published Jan 11, 2012 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead-weaving, How to Bead, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads

Seed Beads We Love: New Twin Two-Holed Seed Beads

In case you haven't seen the latest innovative bead to come out of the Czech Republic, let me introduce you. Dear Reader, please meet the new Twin seed bead from Preciosa Ornela. These lovely little seed beads are slightly longer and wider than a...

Published Dec 7, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Crystals, Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, Gemstones, Glass Beads, Bead Making, Beads

Bead and String Reference Chart Poster by The Beaded Phoenix

Don't get me wrong - I love technology. I love being able to subscribe to my favorite beading magazine and have my issues delivered to my iPad, and I love being able to download movies, music and books without having to wait for the mailman to deliver...

Published Nov 21, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Crystals, Beading Tools, Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, Gemstones, Stringing, How to Bead, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads

Beading Looms: Mirrix Beading Looms Product Review

The Little Guy 12" beading and tapestry loom by Mirrix Looms is a great gift for yourself or for someone else! My first beading loom was one of those "Native American" beading looms that I got for five dollars from a big box craft store...

Published Nov 9, 2011 9:18 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beading Tools, Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, Native American Beadwork, How to Bead, Bead Making, Bead Crafts, Beads, Bead Crochet

Beading Supplies I Love: Ceramic Bead Dishes

I love using ceramic bead dishes for certain beading tasks. Here is an assortment of my ceramic beading dishes with beads for various projects in them! When I first started beading, I used to pour my seed beads into large, bulky plastic storage boxes...

Published Nov 1, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beading Tools, Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, How to Bead, Bead Making, Beads

Seed Bead Storage: Bead Tubes or Bead Boxes?

A couple of my favorite seed bead storage solutions for tubes of seed beads. Back when I was still a baby beader, I ordered my seed beads from a paper catalog. (Wow. Imagine that!) The seed beads arrived in a small box, neatly packaged in plastic tubes...

Published Oct 18, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beading Tools, Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, How to Bead, Bead Making, Beads

Beading Kits: Love 'Em or Leave 'Em?

The packaging for one of the very first beading kits I ever bought, circa 2000. I can still remember the first beading kit I ever bought. It was for a pair of fringed brick-stitch earrings that looked like shooting stars. The beaded earrings were big...

Published Oct 12, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beading Tools, Bead-weaving, How to Bead, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Earring Making

THOSE are Beading Supplies?

Yep, we beaders are definitely a creative and thrifty bunch. When it comes to our beading supplies, there are lots of items that we "borrow" from other crafts that work just as well when it comes to our beloved beads! Recently, I discovered...

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

Filed under: Beading Tools, Bead-weaving, Herringbone Stitch, How to Bead, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making

Ask the Expert: Seed Bead Finishes Part 2 with Guest Blogger Beki Haley

Welcome back! In yesterday's post, we talked about metallic and galvanized seed beads. Today, we'll discuss the new hybrid seed beads from Toho, dyed seed beads, and ways to prolong the life of your metallic and coated seed beads. Permanent galvanized...

Published Jul 4, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead Making, Beads

Ask the Expert: Seed Bead Finishes Part 1 with Guest Blogger Beki Haley

14k yellow gold metallic seed beads 24k white gold metallic seed beads Metallic bronze seed beads We are incredibly lucky to be beaders at this time in the history of the seed bead. We are constantly being offered new shapes, sizes, colors, and finishes...

Published Jul 3, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, How to Bead, Glass Beads, Bead Making, Beads, Beading Daily

Beading Threads - Why (I Hope) Nymo Beading Thread Will Never Go Away

In the beginning, there were seed beads. And the seed beads were good. As a matter of fact, the seed beads were great. And they were numerous - so many colors and finishes and sizes of seed beads to choose from! A new beader (me) quickly fell to the spell...

Published Jun 23, 2011 10:25 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Peyote Stitch, Crystals, Beading Tools, Bead-weaving, Bead Embroidery, Seed Bead Patterns, How to Bead, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, mixed media jewelry, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Bracelet Making, Beaded Jewelry

BeadBacking for Bead Embroidery

Nicole's BeadBacking in an assortment of colors If you love to do bead embroidery, I've just discovered a bead backing that beats out everything else I've ever used: Nicole's BeadBacking. This bead embroidery medium was developed by bead...

Published Jun 23, 2011 1:04 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Peyote Stitch, Beading Tools, Bead-weaving, Bead Embroidery, How to Bead, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads

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