MichelleM

I am the editor of Beading Daily.  My designs have appeared in a variety of publications, including Stringing, Step by Step Beads, Beadwork, and other publications.  If you have a great suggestion for Beading Daily, or just want to show off your latest project, send me an email!

• Music to Bead By
• Seed Beads: To Cull or Not to Cull
• Must Earrings Match?
• 12 Bead Show Tips for First-Timers, Compulsive Shoppers, and Non-Gym Goers
• Glass Design Challenge Winners, Plus More Beading Contests
• Inspired by Attire: Using Clothing to Inspire Jewelry Designs
• Tips for Beading While on Vacation
• Bead Star Design Contest
• V Scallop Necklace Preview, Plus an Interview with Lisa Kan
• Tips for Selling Your Jewelry in Shops and Galleries
• Solutions for Problem Beads: Sea Glass, Cylinder Bead, Silver Rings
• 6-Strand Pearl and Crystal Wedding Bracelet
• Avoiding Bridezilla: Tips for the Beading Bride
• Wedding Jewelry by Readers: A Gallery of Designs
• Personalize a Chain Maille Bracelet
• Designing Jewelry for People with Metal Allergies
• Basketweave Crimps and Other Hard-to-Find Items
• Beaded Watch with Your Favorite Clasp
• The Dangers and Joys of Braided Thread for Beading
• Top Organization Tips from Readers
• Beginner Project: Peyote Stackable Rings
• Beaded Rings: To Wear or Not to Wear?
• Free Project: Caribbean Sunset Multistrand Necklace with Pendant
• Beaded Bracelets and the Art of Aging (Un)Gracefully
• Tucson Trends: New Beads & Inspiration
• Jewelry Ideas for Valentine's Day
• Meet the New Contributing Editor: Jean Campbell
• Choose Your Free Beading Project
• Creating a Wire S-Clasp
• Simple Necklace with Polymer Heart Pendant
• Help with Problem Beads
• 12 Reader Tips for Selling Your Jewelry
• Peyote Pencil Sculptures and Other Bead Art
• Peyote-Stitch Barrette with Picot Edging
• Playing with Color: 3 Tips
• Choosing the Right Bracelet Clasp
• Ideas for Floral Earrings
• New Contest: Share Your Organization Tips
• Your First Sale: Reader Stories
• Square Stitch Men's Bracelet
• How to Polish Plated Metal
• Beading Goals and Dreams for 2008
• 10 Reasons We Love Making Beaded Gifts
• Easy Beaded Snowflakes
• Ideas and Tips for Using Bugle Beads
• Creating Porcelain Beads: An Insider's View
• Bead Embroidered Star Ornament
• Necklace Design Ideas
• Silver Metal Clay Pendant
• Holiday Beading Ideas from Readers
• Get Published! Tips from the Editor of Stringing Magazine
• Meet the Beading Daily Challenge Winners
• Using Buttons in Jewelry Designs
• Elegant Netted Bracelet
• Happy Thanksgiving from Beading Daily
• Netted Snowflake, Myrrh Beads, and Other Holiday Beading Ideas
• 4 Jewelry Business Tips
• Why We Love (and Hate) Beaded Home Decor
• O-Ring, Crystal, and Wire Earrings
• 4 Beaded Bead Projects
• A New Poll, Plus Bead Quilts by Readers
• Ladder Stitch Beaded Bead Bracelet
• Cats, Beads, and Kitchen Tables
• The Beaded Sculptures of Natasha St. Michael
• Peyote-Stitch Magic Wand
• The Amazing Power of Beads
• Katie Hacker Talks About Creativity, Trends
• Beaded Home Decor Trend
• Kazuri Beads and Other Good Causes
• 3 Bead Embellishment Tips
• Bead Quilts: Share Your Work
• Rubber Stamping Polymer Clay Beads
• The Sparkle of Silver (And Other Favorite Metals)
• Are you up to The Challenge?
• A Case of Bead Doom
• Make Your Own Pendant
• Zulu Beadwork
• Bead Crochet Inspiration
• Monster Beads and Seed Beads
• Beaded Bags
• And the Easiest Stitch is . . .
• Stepping Up to Ladder Stitch
• What's the Easiest Stitch?
• Beads. . .It's What's for Dinner
• Bead Substitution Tips
• Easy and Fun Netted Cuff Bracelet
• Fun with Soldering, Plus an Online Gallery
• The Wonders of Wire Embroidery: An Interview with Melanie Schow
• Shining Example Necklace
• Creative Lightning!
• A Wedding Story
• Dazzle Them with Crystals!
• Fluent in Beads: An Interview with Carol Huber Cypher
• 10 Reasons to Bead Happy
• Attention Seed Beaders!
• Getting Started Making Glass Beads
• Designing with Pearls
• Color Your World
• Emergency Jewelry and the Beaders Showcase
• Meet a Three-Time Star
• Fall Trends in Jewelry Design
• The Four Laws of Beading
• Surprise!
• Welcome to Beading Daily!
• Would You Like Some Orange Juice with Those Beads?
• An Interview with Valerie Hector
• More Craft Show Advice
• Should You Sell Your Jewelry at Craft Shows?
• Special Occasion and Holiday Jewelry
• Y-Necklaces: Why Not?
• Dragonfly Pin and Other Beading Challenges
• Meet Designer Heather Hall
• Why Would I Want to Wash Clothes When I Can Play with Beads? An Interview with Cassie Donlen
• Beadmaking Obsession Poll
• More Than Meets the Eye
• A Handful of Beads
• Polymer Clay Taught Me Patience: An Interview with Syndee Holt
• Bead Journal Project
• The Bracelet-Earrings-Necklace from Hell, Part Three
• The Bracelet-Earrings-Necklace from Hell, Part Two
• The Bracelet-Earrings-Necklace from Hell
• Meet Princess Guilia
• Terrifically Tacky Seed Bead Tins
• Why Would You Want a Mint on Your Pillow?
• Total Bead Overload
• Silver Spacers Take Center Stage
• Calling All Bead Princesses!
• Creating a Wearable Bouquet
• Is It Spring Already?
• Moroccan Dreams
• Avoiding Kinks in Wirework
• Curl Up with Some Coils
• Creating the Spiral of Kronos Necklace
• A Bit of Beaded Flower History
• Getting Loopy: How To Make The Perfect Wire Loop (after a bit of practice)
• Love Those Lariats!