TAGS: Bead Embroidery + Stringing + Gemstones

Five Fantastic Pearl Shapes For Your Beaded Jewelry Designs

It's true -- pearls never go out of style. Whether you like to do bead stringing or bead stitching, freshwater pearls are an elegant and classic addition to any beaded jewelry design. Pearls come in so many different shapes these days that it's...

Published May 13, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Embroidery, Gemstones, Pearls, Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, Glass Beads, How To Bead, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily, Pearl
Gemstones and Fashion Inspiration for Spring!

From Jennifer: Spring is in full swing here in the Adirondack mountains of upstate New York, and that means it's time to freshen up my jewelry-making projects with some new gemstones! Whether you love to use gemstones as beads for jewelry stringing...

Published May 6, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Embroidery, Gemstones, Pearls, Bead Making, Stringing, How To Bead, Lapidary, Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily
The Top 12 Beading Daily Blogs of 2012 - And a Giveaway!

Today is 12.12.12! We're almost halfway through December, and there are less than three weeks left in 2012. I always get a little nostalgic in December, and I usually take some time to meditate and reflect on all the wonderful things that have happened...

Published Dec 12, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Chain Maille, Bead Embroidery, Gemstones, Peyote stitch, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, Brick Stitch, Glass Beads, Wire Jewelry, Wire Wrapping, Steampunk Jewelry, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Mixed Media Jewelry, Jewelry Stringing Magazine, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily, Beaded Jewelry
Use a Little, Use a Lot: Just Use Some Crystal Beads In Your Next Beading Project!

Triangulations by Kathie Khaladkar Crystal beads are everywhere these days! When I was at the Tucson bead shows earlier this year, you couldn't turn around without seeing some glitz and glam, and walls and walls of sparkling crystal beads. Truthfully...

Published May 3, 2012 9:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Embroidery, Gemstones, Peyote stitch, Pearls, Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, Glass Beads, Wire Jewelry, Herringbone Stitch, Wire Wrapping, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily
Get Caught Up in Beaded Netting

Beaded netting is such an easy beadweaving technique, and one that I think is very often overlooked or ignored by beadweavers in favor of beading stitches like peyote stitch or herringbone stitch. It's been a favorite of mine for creating supple but...

Published Sep 8, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Embroidery, Gemstones, Peyote stitch, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, Herringbone Stitch, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily
Get Creative with Chain in Your Beading Projects

I'm probably not the first person to mix chain and bead embroidery, but I certainly love it! I think the first time I saw chain and bead embroidery mixed together, it was in some of Diane Hyde's amazing Bead Punk pieces . I was totally inspired...

Published Aug 28, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Embroidery, Gemstones, Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, How To Bead, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily
Meet the Semiprecious Beads Design Contest Winners

Many thanks to everyone for sending in just under 100 exciting entries to our Semiprecious Beads Design contest. It was not easy to choose just three winners, but ultimately Leslie Rogalski of Step by Step Beads and I both agreed wholeheartedly on why we selected the ones we did. Every winning piece is wearable, attractive, and well-made. ...

Published Apr 17, 2009 6:30 AM by Michelle Mach

Filed under: Bead Embroidery, Gemstones, Pearls, Bead Making, Stringing, Glass Beads, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead Crafts, Beads, Beading Daily

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TAGS: Bead Embroidery + Stringing + Gemstones

Five Fantastic Pearl Shapes For Your Beaded Jewelry Designs

Gemstones and Fashion Inspiration for Spring!

The Top 12 Beading Daily Blogs of 2012 - And a Giveaway!

Use a Little, Use a Lot: Just Use Some Crystal Beads In Your Next Beading Project!

Get Caught Up in Beaded Netting

Get Creative with Chain in Your Beading Projects

Meet the Semiprecious Beads Design Contest Winners