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  • Design Challenge: Designing Jewelry with Semiprecious Beads

    Designing Jewelry with Semiprecious Beads Design Challenge To celebrate the publication of the new book Designing Jewelry with Semiprecious Beads by Kim Gover, Beading Daily is hosting a design challenge! Rules • You must be a member of Beading Daily...

  • 5 Reasons to Love Glass Beads

    To my delight, an advanced copy of my new book, Create Jewelry: Glass, arrived a couple of days ago. It’s been nearly a year since I finished making the projects and writing the instructions. Seeing the projects in print brings back memories of just how much fun this book was to make. Of the four books in the Create Jewelry series (the others being Pearls, Stones, and Crystals), the Glass book is the one I most enjoyed. Why? Because I love glass beads! ...

  • 3 Asymmetrical Design Tips for Beginners

    There are a lot of beaders who just don’t go to asymmetry first when they’re designing, even though they might want to try. Their natural tendency is to always mirror the two sides in a piece, and they feel they can’t break out of the rut. For those of you who fall into that category, I’ve put together a few beginner asymmetry exercises—baby steps to do when you’re designing to get your creative eye seeing in a different way. Let’s call them “asymmetrics.” ...

  • Vote for Your Free Project from Custom Cool Jewelry

    In the forums, folks are discussing their preparations for the upcoming holiday craft fairs. In addition to the questions about packaging, displays, and pricing, there's another question that occasionally pops up in these types of discussions. With more and more beaders and jewelry makers selling their work, how do you make yours stand out from the crowd? One way is to make your own unique pendants, charms, and clasps. This is a strong area of interest of mine. In fact, just over the weekend, I was playing with some "shrink plastic" which is basically a grown-up version of Shrinky-Dinks! (Remember those?) You can draw on the plastic, cut it out, and then bake it in the oven. After you take it out, you'll have a tiny charm or pendant. ...