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Tucson Bead Shows 2012, Day One!

I was so excited to head to Tucson, Arizona this year for my first-ever experience at the gem, mineral and bead shows! Because it takes me nearly seventeen hours (that's right - seventeen hours!) to get to Tucson from my home in upstate New York,...

Published Feb 8, 2012 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Pearls, Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Glass Beads, Wire Jewelry, How To Bead, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily
Buffer That Bead! Protect Your Stringing Material When Using Lampwork Glass Beads

Nothing gives your beaded necklaces and bracelets a bit of character like a handmade lampwork glass bead . These lovely little bits of glass art come straight from the human imagination, and I love the way they can infuse a beaded necklace design with...

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

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, Glass Beads, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Beading Tools, Necklace Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making
The Science Behind the Magic: Jewelry Making with Electroforming

Denise Peck is the editor of Step By Step Wire Jewelry magazine. A few summers ago while browsing at Bead Fest Philadelphia, I came across an artist who made gorgeous lampwork glass acorn pendants with copper electroformed caps. I bought one of her pendants...

Published Jan 31, 2012 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Making, Glass Beads, Wire Jewelry, Step by Step Wire Jewelry Magazine, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily
Find Your Steampunk Style with Jean Campbell

Jean Campbell is the founding editor of Beading Daily. From Jennifer: Steampunk is one jewelry-making trend that is not going away anytime soon! And for good reason, too - it's all too easy to get wrapped up in the romantic, funky findings and materials...

Published Jan 29, 2012 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Pearls, Bead Making, Stringing, Glass Beads, Steampunk Jewelry, How To Bead, Beading Tools, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily
Beads I Love: Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads

As a recovering lampwork glass addict (I still have the torch, the kiln and all the glass in my garage workshop!) I have a soft spot for fabulous handmade lampwork glass beads. At a bead show, my first instinct is to check out which glass bead artists...

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

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Glass Beads, How To Bead, Bead-weaving, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Beading Daily
Wrapped Around Your Wrist: 6 Free Beaded Bracelet Patterns from Beading Daily!

What's not to love about beaded bracelets? I've had a longtime love affair with beaded bracelets. Never met a beaded bracelet I didn't like. They're fun to make, fun to wear, and everyone likes a bracelet or two (try pairing up a couple...

Published Jan 12, 2012 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Peyote stitch, Pearls, Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, Glass Beads, Wire Jewelry, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Bracelet Making, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily
Freeform Peyote Stitch: Feels So Wrong, But It's So Right!

Beautiful, artistic freeform peyote stitch! It seems that when it comes to freeform peyote stitch , there are two main schools of thought. The first is that this beadweaving technique is a fabulous, artistic and creative use of peyote stitch on a whole...

Published Jan 8, 2012 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Gemstones, Peyote stitch, Crystals, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, Glass Beads, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making
Explore the Elements of Jewelry Design

From Jennifer: Even though this blog was originally written about metalsmithing and jewelry-making, I found it to be appropriate for those of us who work primarily with seed beads as well. We all want to create artistic and beautiful jewelry, and Lexi's...

Published Dec 22, 2011 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Making, Glass Beads, Wire Jewelry, Seed Bead Patterns, Lapidary, Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine, Beads, Beading Daily
Fashion Colorworks Beading Contest from Zoya Gutina and My Lovely Beads

First place winner, Beaded Jewelry Category, 2011 Fashion Colorworks Beading Contest First place winner, Finished Jewelry Category, 2011 Fashion Colorworks Beading Contest Are you ready to enter a beadwork competition? Bead artist Zoya Gutina has posted...

Published Dec 19, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Glass Beads, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making
Five Free Projects for Beading with Lampwork Glass Beads

Garden Goddess Necklace by SaraBeth Cullinan Lampwork glass beads are an art in themselves. Hot glass is carefully layered and shaped to result in a striking handmade glass bead for you to use in your jewelry-making projects. Lampwork beads can be created...

Published Dec 15, 2011 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Stringing, Glass Beads, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Necklace Making, Bead Crafts, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily
Favorite Bead Shops: York Beads

Some of the amazing beads I recently purchased at York Beads in New York City. By far, York Beads is my all-time favorite bead shop in Manhattan. If you love Czech seed beads, Czech fire-polished beads, Czech pressed-glass beads, daggers, charlottes,...

Published Dec 12, 2011 7:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Bead Making, Glass Beads, Seed Bead Patterns, Beads
Shopping for Beads in New York City!

I got to go bead shopping with the fabulous Lisa Peters Russ of Lisa Peters Art! How much fun is THAT? On the second day of my recent trip to New York City, my friends and I went into Manhattan to do some bead shopping between Fifth and Seventh Avenues...

Published Dec 8, 2011 9:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Gemstones, Crystals, Bead Making, Glass Beads, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Beading Tools, Beads
Think You Can't Make Wire Wrapped Beads? Think Again!

These easy wire wrapped beads make great spacers with more antique trade beads or more organic gemstone beads. Being sort of a newcomer to wire work and wire jewelry-making, I have always admired those folks who can take a piece of wire and bend it (like...

Published Nov 27, 2011 10:00 PM by Jennifer VanBenschoten

Filed under: Gemstones, Bead Making, Glass Beads, Wire Jewelry, Wire Wrapping, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Bead Crafts, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily
Necklace Making: Five Ideas for Designing Beaded Necklaces

Necklace making is something that has always come easy for me. Even now, I find that my sketchbooks are full of more necklace designs than anything else, and I'm always finding inspiration for new designs everywhere. My process for designing and making...

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

Filed under: Gemstones, Peyote stitch, Crystals, Bead Crochet, Beaded Beads, Bead Making, Glass Beads, Herringbone Stitch, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Beading Tools, Mixed Media Jewelry, Necklace Making, Beaded Jewelry Design, Beads, Jewelry Making, Beading Daily, Beaded Jewelry, Cabochon
The Business of Beadwork: To Sell or Not to Sell?

This necklace, made with some of the first glass beads I ever made myself, will never, ever be for sale! A few months ago, I was invited to submit some of my beadwork to a publishing company for consideration in one of their beading books. As I went through...

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

Filed under: Bead Making, Glass Beads, How To Bead, Seed Bead Patterns, Bead-weaving, Bead Crafts, Beads

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Tucson Bead Shows 2012, Day One!

Buffer That Bead! Protect Your Stringing Material When Using Lampwork Glass Beads

The Science Behind the Magic: Jewelry Making with Electroforming

Find Your Steampunk Style with Jean Campbell

Beads I Love: Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads

Wrapped Around Your Wrist: 6 Free Beaded Bracelet Patterns from Beading Daily!

Freeform Peyote Stitch: Feels So Wrong, But It's So Right!

Explore the Elements of Jewelry Design

Fashion Colorworks Beading Contest from Zoya Gutina and My Lovely Beads

Five Free Projects for Beading with Lampwork Glass Beads

Favorite Bead Shops: York Beads

Shopping for Beads in New York City!

Think You Can't Make Wire Wrapped Beads? Think Again!

Necklace Making: Five Ideas for Designing Beaded Necklaces

The Business of Beadwork: To Sell or Not to Sell?