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Essentials of Earring Making

If I knew now what I didn't know then...that's how I feel about everything that I've learned about earring making since I started beading over thirteen years ago. While I spent my time doodling beaded necklace and bracelet designs in my notebooks...

Published May 24, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Wire Jewelry, How To Bead, Bead-weaving, Bracelet Making, Earring Making, Necklace Making, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

What Motivates You To Finish Your Beading Projects?

"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then is an empty desk a sign?" ~Albert Einstein When I've run out of storage bags for my UFOs, it's time to start finishing my beading projects. I think Einstein was on to...

Published May 1, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Earring Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Earring Making: Almost Instant Gratification

Oh, yes, even though I always seem to have a hard time coming up with designs for beaded earrings, I love to stitch up earring making projects from other talented beading designers! I really can't get enough of them -- earring making projects are...

Published Mar 22, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Gemstones, Peyote stitch, Pearls, Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Herringbone Stitch, How To Bead, Bead-weaving, Earring Making, Necklace Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Selling Your Original Beading Patterns Online: Advice From Three Master Bead Artists

Cynthia Newcomer Daniels Mikki Ferrugiaro Beadwork by Nancy Dale The internet is an amazing thing for beaders like us. If we're looking for a new beading project or pattern to stitch up, all we have to do is search through places like Etsy or Artfire...

Published Mar 20, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Jewelry Business, Earring Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Earring Making Makeover: A Pair of Beaded Pearl Earrings

One of my favorite sources of inspiration for making beaded jewelry is antique and vintage jewelry. So when my good friend gifted me with a huge box of very special antique beaded jewelry, I decided to repurpose some of the jewelry for new jewelry-making...

Published Mar 11, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Pearls, Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Brick Stitch, Wire Jewelry, How To Bead, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Earring Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Four Fast and Fun Wire Earring Making Projects

I can't imagine a better way to learn about making wire jewelry than with a few fast and fabulous earring making projects. The best part about making earrings with wire is that you don't need a lot of beads, and you don't need to be a wire...

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

Filed under: Gemstones, Pearls, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Wire Jewelry, Wire Wrapping, How To Bead, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Earring Making, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Free Embossed Leather Earring Project

I need another beading tool like I need a hole in the head, right? But a couple of weeks ago, I caved in and bought one of the new Big Kick machines from Vintaj, with the idea that I would make some lovely embossed brass pieces for earring making projects...

Published Dec 7, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Embroidery, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Brick Stitch, Glass Beads, Wire Jewelry, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Mixed Media Jewelry, Earring Making, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Decorate Yourself For the Holidays

We spend a lot of time decorating our house for the holidays: lights go up around the front door and all around the big back porch, and we collect evergreen boughs from the woods that are tied together with big, red ribbons. I tend to get a little carried...

Published Dec 5, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Pearls, Crystals, Bead Making, Stringing, How To Bead, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Mixed Media Jewelry, Earring Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

How Has Jewelry Making Changed Your Life?

It's funny how learning one jewelry making skill can lead to so many others. When I first got serious about learning how to bead, I was mostly doing stringing and making earrings using head pins and eye pins. Then after my mother gave me a beautiful...

Published Dec 3, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Embroidery, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, Glass Beads, Wire Jewelry, Wire Wrapping, How To Bead, Beading Tools, Mixed Media Jewelry, Earring Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily, Beaded Jewelry

What Makes the Perfect Gift?

Beautiful, easy Snow Tunes resin earrings by Danielle Fox. A few twists of wire and crystals are all you need to create these Sparkling Snowflakes earrings by Chloe Chatenever! It's that time of year again, where I start to think about making jewelry...

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

Filed under: Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, Wire Jewelry, How To Bead, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Mixed Media Jewelry, Bracelet Making, Earring Making, Necklace Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

When Wire Won't Behave

The more I learn about making wire jewelry, the more it brings out my inner science geek. I mean, really, how many people get excited when they start hearing about the molecular structure and malleability of wire when they sit down to make a wire jewelry...

Published Oct 29, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Making, Wire Jewelry, Wire Wrapping, How To Bead, Beading Tools, Mixed Media Jewelry, Earring Making, Step by Step Wire Jewelry Magazine, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

What's Your Necklace Making Style?

Necklace making is such a personal expression of your style, and it's one of the reasons why I love making my own beaded jewelry. I definitely have my own sense of style when it comes to fashion, and so do you! You may not realize it, but your choices...

Published Oct 8, 2012 9:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Peyote stitch, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How To Bead, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Mixed Media Jewelry, Bracelet Making, Earring Making, Necklace Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Reader Photo Gallery Giveaway, Week 1: Show Us Your Best Bead Embroidery!

One of the things I love about the Beading Daily online community is the Reader Photo Gallery . It's so inspiring for me to look in there every day and see all of the beautiful beaded jewelry made by the members of the Beading Daily community! You...

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

Filed under: Bead Embroidery, Peyote stitch, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Wire Jewelry, How To Bead, Bead-weaving, Bracelet Making, Earring Making, Necklace Making, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Beadwork Magazine: The Best in Beaded Jewelry Design

I can still remember what inspired me to create my first original beaded jewelry design . I was flipping through a book about antique jewelry, and one of the photographs caught my attention. It was an antique seed pearl necklace made up of three components...

Published Aug 27, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Pearls, Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Glass Beads, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Earring Making, Necklace Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making

Is That Just a Wire?

Tammy Jones is the Online Editor of Jewelry Making Daily From Jennifer: When it comes to wire jewelry making, I'm definitely not an expert. But Tammy Jones over at Jewelry Making Daily can make wire do things I never thought possible! Check out one...

Published Aug 24, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Pearls, Bead Making, Wire Jewelry, How To Bead, Earring Making, Step by Step Wire Jewelry Magazine, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

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