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In Time magazine’s winter 2008 special issue Style & Design , an index of luxury jewelry “A to Z” took note of what beaders already know – C is for cabochon, and cabs are fab. The article showed some pretty upscale examples of cabochon-studded jewely...
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The results are in! Thanks to everyone who voted in our 2009 Bead&Button Show Commemorative Bead necklace challenge. Because the votes were pretty evenly distributed, we decided to post the instructions for all five necklaces . Download your favorite...
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We’ve been promoting our annual Bead Dreams competition for a few weeks now, encouraging you to enter beadwork in any of the seven categories . We just love seeing your beautiful beadwork emerge form its packaging and arranged with care for judging! And...
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If you subscribe to Bead&Button , you have access to our online subscriber pattern of the month. February’s pattern is a special multi-panel wall hanging designed by Debbie Vanskike. Debbie works for the San Antonio Zoo, in San Antonio, Texas, in...
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I’m really excited to be teaching my first class at the Bead&Button Show on Thursday June 4. My day-long, beginning bead crochet class has a limit of 10 students, so there will be plenty of time for questions and one-on-one demonstrations. I think...
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The February 2009 Bead&Button features a chain maille and lampworked focal bead bracelet project designed by Kathy Petersen and Susan Matych-Hager. Kathy paired Full Persian chain maille sections with Susan’s lampworked beads. After I edited the story...
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Because you can never learn too much about jewelry design, we’ve added another new resource for you! Maggie’s Musings is our latest offering on BeadAndButton.com, and it’s all about creating stitched and strung beaded jewelry. Best of all, it’s about...
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Being that today is inauguration day for the 44th president of the United States, I would be remiss to ignore one of the more pressing issues on the minds of beaders: What jewelry will Michelle Obama wear to the inaugural ball? There has been much discussion...
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Boldly going where no one has gone before, astronomy enthusiast Kara Knack has created a visual timeline of the universe – made entirely out of jewelry! The Cosmic Connection exhibit at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Calif., is composed of more...
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It's time to enter our annual Bead Dreams competition! Everything you need to know is at BeadAndButtonShow.com . Every year, after paying close attention to what types of pieces and how many entries arrive in the different categories, we reassess...
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This past year has really gotten me interested in bead loomwork. My first taste of it came when we published step-by-step instructions for "Loominosity," Naomi Sakuma’s beaded lantern in the June and August issues of the magazine. I loved the...
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Sometimes I can end up in a rut, especially during winter. I open up my bead box and look through the same old stash that I’ve looked at a thousand times. Lately, however, there have been inspiring ideas all around me. It is as if I’m in an idea orchard...
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If you happen to be in New York City on January 28, plan to attend a special presentation by John Pemberton, III on the topic of “Status, Power and Communication: Glass Beads of West, Central and Southern Africa” sponsored by the Bead Society of Greater...
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This year seems to be getting off to a good start for almost everyone I know. All around me, I see people setting goals and making plans, and there’s a real sense of optimism for 2009. I’m a planner by nature, so I love making New Year’s resolutions....
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Our new Button Corner is now live on BeadAndButton.com and I think you'll love it! This new section features jewelry projects to make with buttons; exclusive, free articles from the National Button Society; stories from Bead&Button ; plus a link...
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