Seed Bead Patterns - 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 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

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

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

Beading Supplies for Beaders On the Go!

Are you the kind of beader that likes to hit the road with your beads? No matter where I go, whether it's to visit my family in Texas or Nevada, my friends in California, or my favorite bead shops in New York City, I have to travel with my beads and...

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

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

Glass Beads I Love: New Czech Gumdrop Beads from York Beads

Are you ready for a sweet glass bead treat? York Beads in New York City has a new shape of Czech pressed glass bead ready for us -- the gumdrop! I got a sneak peek of these little lovelies last week, and now York Beads is ready to show them to the world...

Published Aug 2, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

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

Beading Books I Love: Jill Wiseman's Beautiful Beaded Ropes

So, when it comes to beaded ropes, you think you've seen it all, right? Think again. I've just seen a preview of Lark's latest book in their Beadweaving Master Class series, Jill Wiseman's Beautiful Beaded Ropes. With this book, Jill has...

Published Aug 1, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

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

Beading Books I Love: Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry from Lark Books

What do Jean Campbell, Marcia DeCoster, Jean Power, Rachel Nelson-Smith, Sherry Serafini, Nancy Cain, Diane Fitzgerald, Leslie Frazier, Margie Deeb, Kelly Angeley, Laura McCabe, Lisa Kan, Leslie Rogalski, and Melanie Potter, all have in common? In addition...

Published Jul 9, 2012 10:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, Stringing, How to Bead, Glass Beads, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Bead Crafts, mixed media jewelry, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

SuperDuos vs. Twin Seed Beads: Which Do You Prefer?

Twin seed beads: the original two-holed seed bead. New SuperDuo two-holed seed beads. After hoarding several colors of Twin seed beads over the last year, I nabbed my first sample of the new Czech SuperDuos during my visit to York Beads in Manhattan last...

Published Jun 25, 2012 10:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

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

Bead Hoard Curiosities Club for May

Thankfully, this month's box o' beads from A Grain of Sand 's Bead Hoard Curiosities Club didn't send beads flying to every corner of the room when I opened it, but it did spark a whole new set of ideas for beaded jewelry projects! Just...

Published May 7, 2012 6:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

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

Amazing Ammonites!

When I was a five-year-old in kindergarten, the teacher went around the room and asked what each of us wanted to be when we grew up. When she came to me, I stood up and proudly said, "I want to be a paleontologist!" What my teacher didn't...

Published Apr 24, 2012 3:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead-weaving, Seed Bead Patterns, How to Bead, Pearls, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Lapidary, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Necklace Making, Jewelry Making, Earring Making

Bead Hoard Treasure for April from A Grain of Sand

The beginning of April brought me my first box of treasure from the Bead Hoard Curiosities Club through A Grain of Sand, and I could barely contain myself as I opened the box. I'm totally addicted to vintage beads and findings, so this was going to...

Published Apr 16, 2012 1:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Embroidery, Seed Bead Patterns, Pearls, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Necklace Making

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