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I came to beading through my interest in needle arts. I still subscribe to counted cross-stitch magazines and yesterday received a holiday ornament issue. I like to convert cross-stitch patterns to beadwork and I found a number of ornaments I’d like to...
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As we gear up to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Bead&Button , we’ve been thinking about how fortunate the magazine was to have emerged at the leading edge of the beading movement. A few years too early, who knows if there would have been enough...
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In some places where a girl's Quince Años (15 years) is celebrated, jewelry is given as a gift to the girl of honor. Tiaras, bracelets, rings, and earrings are among the gifts given. In 2009, Bead&Butto n magazine is celebrating its Quince Años...
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Last week I wrote about being haunted by a particular necklace. I like to think that haunting is an important aspect of creativity. Allowing your mind to linger on a design — or even an element of a design — and letting it simmer on the back burner gives...
Filed under: Button, jewelry design, beads, December Bead&, buying beads, Creativity, August Bead&, shopping, Sherry Serafini, August 2008 Bead&, Linda Rettich
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From time to time, I like to explore the notion of inspiration . Recently, I came across a blog post by Patrizia Tager . In her post, she cites one of my favorite sources of inspiration: Sherry Serafini , who is one of the 15 featured designers for Bead&Button...
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I’ve sketched , I’ve swatched , and I’ve worked with colors . What else is there to do? I started playing with the beads I’d gathered from our store room, using the pattern in my cranberry swatch as a guide. First I thought I’d add some sparkle with crystals...
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Now that fall is upon us and school has been back in session for a few weeks, I’ve noticed more stories about the role that art plays in education . The authors of a study on arts education stress the importance of preparing students for the 21st century...
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Last week, a group of archeologists digging in Yorkshire, England, uncovered an intricately detailed 1 cm white bead dating to 1,000 years ago. What makes this find so remarkable is that the bead is believed to have originated in the eastern Mediterranean...
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[caption image="http://www.beadandbutton.com/bnb/image.ashx?img=lisakantools.jpg&w=200&h=300" targeturl="http://www.beadandbutton.com/bnb/image.ashx?img=lisakantools.jpg"] These tools were originally used for working on circuit...
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Last week I wrote about the intersection of art and science that beading inhabits . When this story originally caught my attention, I wrote about mathematician Gwen Fisher’s baseball bat tetrahedron . Recently, I’ve talked with friends of mine who are...
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Here at the Bead&Button office it’s already 2009. We’re working on the February issue and the items that we will post on our Web site during January. Watch for a new format for our patterns section. Beginning in January, we will post Bead&Button...
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I'm trying to spread the word about my jewelry gems of the web, so I'm including them on BeadStyleMag.com , BeadAndButton.com , and ArtJewelryMag.com this week. Check out what my jewelry-making friends are up to. About.com Jewelry Making Have...
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Melissa
from Strands of Beads wins my inspiration award this week (not that I
don't love everyone's posts this week--they are all gems after all).
First, her clever headline made me smile. Second, her story got me
thinking and it suddenly occurred...
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A while back, I was given a quilt kit with all the precut fabric to make a wall hanging. I’d never quilted from a kit before, but when I started assembling my wall hanging this weekend, I found that I still felt creatively challenged making a preconceived...
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I love reading the posts in the BeadAndButton.com forums . One reason is for the sense of community the forums promote — beaders all around the world are able to talk with people they may never meet. Another reason I like the forums is for the ideas that...
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