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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily I like to pass along freebees and contests you beady peeps may enjoy. This is a new Facebook give-away from my pals Jess at Vintaj and Susan Lenart Kazmer at Objects & Elements. I'm a huge fan their products and they are super folks as well! GOOD LUCK...
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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily If you love beads (and who doesn't?), then today is your lucky day! We're happy to present six beautiful bead-weaving projects for you FREE , my beady peeps! The three herringbone-stitch projects have four or more different stitches in each piece. What...
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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily OK gang: 36, yes, 36 days until the big Ho, Ho, Ho! (I heard you all gulp, now take a nice, deep breath). I've got some great last-minute projects to inspire/haunt you this holiday season (your choice depending on your favorite movie: Scrooge or It's...
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Nov 19, 2010
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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily One of the best parts of working in a creative environment such as Interweave is playing with my co-workers. As well as beaders, there are knitters, sewers, stitchers, metal workers, and many other skilled colleagues walking down the hallways each and every...
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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily We're in the thick of holiday festivities, and I can't help sharing another fun party idea for all my jewelry-making Beading Daily peeps. I love throwing DIY (Do It Yourself) parties at work. During our recent party I called "Blingfest," I...
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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily As I spent the last weekend of October dressing my dogs for Halloween and making my holiday gift list, I had a major earth-shattering realization: there was no way I'd get all these handcrafted goodies done by December 25th of this year! Ah, yes, I DID...
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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily The holidays are rapidly approaching as they do every year, same place, same time. Why am I always blindsided by this joyous gift-giving season? Am I alone here, or are you with me my beady peeps? In case you can relate, here are some special free beading patterns...
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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily I don't know about you, but I'm an "over-the-top-funky-chunky" kind of jewelry designer. I love textures, 3-dimensional surprises, mixed media, big baubles, and bling. Having had years of experience selling my creations at shows (L.A. Gift...
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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily Every childhood Halloween costume had to look good with snow boots. Growing up in Minnesota was a serious drama every year for many, but in particular, one young girl who ALWAYS wanted to be a ballerina (moi'). Of course, the big, clunky snow boots completely...
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Jean Campbell is the senior editor of Beadwork and a contributing editor to Beading Daily I find I often struggle along with a way of doing things for years until someone or something points out how utterly laborious my way of doing things actually is. For instance, when I make kits for the classes I...
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I love playing with wire, don't you? The design possibilities and colors are endless. Denise Peck is editor in chief of Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine, senior editor of Jewelry Artist , and author of Wire Style has been considered one of the wonderful wire women influencing wire popularity, trends...
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Oct 25, 2010
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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily Many of you Beading Daily peeps have been following my seed-bead escapades for the past couple of months. It's kind of like a reality show, watching someone discover a new addiction and follow their emotional path of seed-bead corruption. I've also...
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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily As a teacher in the creative field, one of my greatest delights is taking classes from other teachers. I'm just like you, I pore over the show catalogs, bending the corners of the pages to mark which classes I want to take, eagerly devouring each design...
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Oct 8, 2010
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Kristal Wick is the editor of Beading Daily Finally! The weather has snapped from a season of sweltering 90s to fall 60s-70s with the cool evenings in the 50s. I'm sorry you sun bunnies but I must confess, I love winter. I love snow; I love sipping hot cocoa on a silent moonlight walk crunching the...
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Oct 4, 2010
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Jean Campbell is a contributing editor to Beading Daily My daughter is one of those young women who can pull off wearing just about anything. Her latest craze is cocktail rings; she wears a different set every day. Her rings du jour sprinkle over her fingers in such a way that the combination not only...
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Sep 29, 2010
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