How to Bead - Beading Supplies We Love

New Portable Bead Organizer from Ezel Findings - Meet the Beading Pal!

One of the many things that I love about my job is when I get to see new beading products before they're available to the general public. My friend Sunyoung Park of Ezel Findings made my day last week when she sent me their latest innovative beading...

Published May 13, 2013 10:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

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

Bead Hoard Curiosities Club for April 2013: A Sneak Peek and a Contest!

Are you a member of the Bead Hoard Curiosities Club from A Grain of Sand ? If not, April might be your lucky month -- A Grain of Sand is having a Design Challenge using a special vintage jewelry-making component included in the April club boxes. The staff...

Published Mar 27, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Crystals, How to Bead, Pearls, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Necklace Making, Jewelry Making

Do You Rizo?

Sabine Lippert, one of Beadwork Magazine's Designers of the Year for 2013 has started distributing her newly-designed Rizo beads here in the United States. So far, the response has been fantastic! What is a Rizo? Sabine designed the Rizo bead to fill...

Published Feb 14, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

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

Bead Hoard Curiosities Club for February 2013

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and keeping with the theme of love and hearts and all things sparkly, A Grain of Sand's Bead Hoard Curiosities Club had some beautiful vintage jewelry-making supplies in it this month! Take a look at my favorite pics...

Published Feb 13, 2013 10:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Crystals, Seed Bead Patterns, How to Bead, Pearls, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, mixed media jewelry, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Bracelet Making, Beaded Jewelry

Vintage Jewelry Making Components From the Bead Hoard Curiosities Club

Just as I'm thinking about what I want to do with my beading projects and jewelry-making in 2013, what arrives in my mailbox? The January shipment of A Grain of Sand 's Bead Hoard Curiosities Club ! I can never tell what's going to be in each...

Published Jan 16, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Crystals, Beading Tools, Seed Bead Patterns, How to Bead, Bead Making, Beads, Jewelry Making

Bead Hoard Curiosities Club for November 2012

If you love beading for the holidays, you'll love this month's finds in the Bead Hoard Curiosities Club from A Grain of Sand ! So many beautiful beads to play with, I hardly know where to start! Everything seemed to glimmer or sparkle or shine...

Published Nov 21, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Crystals, Beading Tools, Seed Bead Patterns, How to Bead, Bead Making, Bead Crafts, mixed media jewelry, Beads, Jewelry Making

Chain Maille Supplies from Blue Buddha Boutique

Back in March, I made my first-ever chain maille project from a free set of project instructions here on Beading Daily . I was a little nervous when I set out to try it, since wire work has never been my strength in jewelry-making, and I was more than...

Published Nov 15, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Wire Jewelry, Beading Tools, Chain Maille, How to Bead, Bead Making, Metalsmithing, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

CraftOptics Telescopes for Beading

As someone who has suffered from migraines and eye strain, I'm always looking for beading tools to make my beading time easier on my eyes. Someone once suggested to me that I try a pair of drugstore magnifiers or reading glasses, but because I'm...

Published Sep 28, 2012 11:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

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

Bead Hoard Curiosities Club for September

I can hardly believe that it's already September! But here we are, autumn is coming here in the mountains, and I'm starting to stockpile beads and supplies for my beading and jewelry making projects to get me through the long, cold Adirondack...

Published Sep 19, 2012 10:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Crystals, Beading Tools, Bead Embroidery, How to Bead, Glass Beads, Bead Making, mixed media jewelry, Beads, Jewelry Making

Beading Supplies I Love: Thread Catchers, Bead Mats, and Crafting Totes from Judi Patuti

I love my little "corner office" where I have my desk, my computer, and my beading area set up. What I don't love is that because we have a large dog who gets into things, I have to constantly remember to empty my garbage can of thread scraps...

Published Sep 13, 2012 10:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beading Tools, Bead Embroidery, How to Bead, Bead Making, Beads

Beading Supplies I Love: Kumihimo Beading Supplies from Tapestry Beads

Last month, I was lucky enough to be able to take a basic kumihimo with beads class at Bead Fest Philadelphia from the amazing Jill Wiseman. It was so much fun, and I picked it up so quickly, that the next day, I signed up for her advanced kumihimo class...

Published Sep 11, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beading Tools, Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, Stringing, How to Bead, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Bead Crafts, Kumihimo, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Beading Daily

New Beading Tools for Flat Peyote Stitch from Deb Moffett-Hall

Flat peyote stitch is a great bead-weaving stitch to know, but starting a new piece in flat peyote can be tricky, especially for a beginner. Those first three rows always seem to want to twist in on themselves, and if you're trying to work from a...

Published Sep 10, 2012 10:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

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

Jewelry Making Components and Supplies from Lillypilly Designs

Lillypilly now offers a large selection of fine gauge copper sheets, perfect for mixed media jewelry making projects! The fine gauge copper sheets are available with both patina and embossed patterns on them. It's easy to stitch through the copper...

Published Aug 31, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beading Tools, Bead Embroidery, Gemstones, Stringing, How to Bead, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Bead Crafts, mixed media jewelry, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Necklace Making, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily, Bracelet Making, Beaded Jewelry

Leather Supplies and New Metal Pendants from Antelope Beads

One of the things I love about hitting the bead shows like Bead Fest Philadelphia is all the great ideas I get for new beading and jewelry making projects! I knew there was something cool in the Antelope Beads booth at Bead Fest when I walked past it...

Published Aug 28, 2012 10:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Crystals, Beading Tools, How to Bead, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, mixed media jewelry, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Bracelet Making, Beaded Jewelry

Wild Beading Supplies for Bead Embroidery

I'm always finding new and exciting things to do with bead embroidery, and during my trip to Bead Fest Philadelphia last week, I found two hot new items to make my bead embroidery go wild! Tilapia Leather from Nature Beads Yep, this is the stuff you...

Published Aug 22, 2012 10:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

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

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