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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

Improve Your Jewelry Photography With a Live Webinar

Maybe one of your New Year's resolutions was to start selling your handmade beaded jewelry, or to increase sales of your handmade jewelry online. Are you thinking about entering juried shows and competitions with your jewelry in 2013? Then you're...

Published Jan 17, 2013 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Wire Jewelry, How To Bead, Lapidary, Jewelry Business, Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

The Business of Jewelry: Alternatives to Etsy

When you think about selling your handmade jewelry online, the first online marketplace that probably comes to mind is Etsy. But there are lots of great alternatives to Etsy for expanding your jewelry business into the realm of online sales. Goodsmiths...

Published Dec 26, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Making, How To Bead, Lapidary, Jewelry Business, Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine, Beads, Beading Daily

How to Date Your Vintage Crystal Beads with Guest Blogger Suzanne Branca

Suzanne Branca is the owner of A Grain of Sand Of all the crystal beads out there in the wide, wide world, I think I love vintage crystal the best. Maybe it's the history behind it -- I'm such a history geek -- or maybe it's the sense that...

Published Dec 17, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How To Bead, Jewelry Business, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Easy Ways to Get Started Using Metals in Your Jewelry Making Projects

I've always gravitated towards using metals in my bead-weaving and jewelry making projects. Metallic glass seed beads and metal seed beads are favorite beading supplies of mine, and now I've discovered how easy (and how much fun!) it is to use...

Published Oct 17, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Lapidary, Jewelry Business, Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Make a Wire God's Eye Pendant In Under an Hour!

I get some great inspirations for my beading and wire jewelry making projects from the things my son does in preschool. Just the other day, we made weavings using popsicle sticks and yarn -- do you remember making those as a kid? You glue the popsicle...

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

Filed under: Gemstones, Bead Making, Wire Jewelry, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Beading Tools, Jewelry Business, Step by Step Wire Jewelry Magazine, Bead Crafts, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

The Business of Selling Beaded Jewelry: Is Your Online Shop Ready for the Holidays?

Okay, I have to 'fess up: I'm one of those people who rolls her eyes when she sees the Christmas and holiday displays being put up in the drugstore or the departments stores before Halloween. And I really despise the hustle and bustle and the...

Published Sep 14, 2012 4:00 AM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How To Bead, Beading Tools, Lapidary, Jewelry Business, Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

All About Agates!

This beautiful Painted agate cabochon from Gary Wilson came home with me from Bead Fest Philadelphia. For me, no trip to Bead Fest Philadelphia is complete unless I stop and make a purchase at Gary Wilson's booth. This year, the piece that caught...

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

Filed under: Gemstones, Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, How To Bead, Lapidary, Jewelry Business, Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily, Cabochon

Jewelry Business: Running a Business with Family with Guest Blogger Allison Korleski

Allison Korleski is Acquisition Editor for Interweave Press As a knitter of many years, I often look forward to carving space in my busy schedule for some time alone with my needles, yarn, and whatever serial program I am currently watching. (I have afghans...

Published May 15, 2012 9:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Making, How To Bead, Lapidary, Jewelry Business, Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine, Bead Crafts, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Free eBook: How to Make Money Selling Your Handmade Beaded Jewelry

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to earn money doing something you love, like making beaded jewelry? A home based jewelry business is a great way to bring in extra income, and you don't even need to own a gallery or a shop to sell your...

Published Mar 15, 2012 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Wire Jewelry, How To Bead, Bead-weaving, Mixed Media Jewelry, Jewelry Business, Step by Step Wire Jewelry Magazine, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Beading Business: Three More Tips for Running Your Online Jewelry Shop, Part 2

Yesterday, I wrote about five tips for setting up your online jewelry business. Once you have your online shop set up and filled with inventory, it's time to manage that inventory effectively so that you get the most out of your online jewelry business...

Published Feb 20, 2012 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How To Bead, Bracelet Making, Jewelry Business, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Beading Business: Tips for Setting Up and Running Your Online Jewelry Shop, Part 1

Taking a look at the recent threads in the Beading Daily forums, I see the same question over and over: I just set up my online jewelry shop, but no one is ordering anything from me! What am I doing wrong? It's easy to look at successful sellers on...

Published Feb 19, 2012 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How To Bead, Lapidary, Jewelry Business, Earring Making, Necklace Making, Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

The Business of Jewelry: Choosing an Online Marketplace for Selling Your Handmade Beaded Jewelry

It's important to find the right online marketplace for your jewelry business. If you're ready to expand your jewelry business and start selling your handmade beaded jewelry online, you're in luck: there are more options for selling your jewelry...

Published Jan 24, 2012 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, How To Bead, Lapidary, Jewelry Business, Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making

Where to Find Free Beading Patterns on the Internet: About.com Beadwork

We all love free beading patterns, there's no doubt about that. Last week, I talked a little about where to find free beading patterns here on Beading Daily . This week, we'll start looking around at other great places on the Internet where you...

Published Dec 9, 2011 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Chain Maille, Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Bracelet Making, Jewelry Business, Earring Making, Necklace Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

Successful Etsy Sellers Share Their Beadwork Photography Tips

It took me a very long time to figure out how to take great photos of my beadwork and beaded jewelry, and I still find that sometimes I have days when my photos just don't come out right. My mother and her brother were both gifted photographers, so...

Published Oct 30, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Bead-weaving, Jewelry Business, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily

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