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Here in the Bead&Button offices, we recently received
our advance copies of our new special issue, Jewelry Designs with Art Glass
Beads , which is the culmination of the year-long Convergence collaboration between the beadmakers
of ISGB (International...
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The San Francisco Bead And Design Show takes place Nov. 20-22 at the Hotel Whitcomb on Market Street! One hundred and fifty artists from around the world will showcase clothing, jewelry, metalwork, beads, textiles, lapidary, ceramics, handmade fabrics...
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I’ve been hunting for a particular size and shape of art-glass bead all day. It can be very challenging to find the art bead you are looking for if you don’t have a particular artist in mind – and know that artist’s Web address. Unlike mass-produced beads...
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Maggie Roschyk bares all about necklace design in her latest musing! Read Maggie's Musings to find our more about her competition-winning necklace, "Tidepools Reflecting Prometheus."
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We're tweeting! Find Bead&Button on twitter.com and become a follower!
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If you're looking to learn or add to your polymer clay skills, Gail Ritchey's new book, Artful Polymer Clay , zooms in on everything you need to know, and then some. This new collection includes plenty of unique jewelry pieces in addition to objects...
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Over the last few months, I’ve been keeping my eye on some fabulous people using buttons to bring about public awareness. Here are their stories. In September, 10th graders at Revere High School in Massachusetts unveiled a 10-foot-tall image of New York...
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Chain and Venetian beads work so well together because the metallics and vibrant colors in these beads are a perfect match for gold- and silver-colored chain. Our new Jewelry Classes on Demand feature: Venetian beads and necklaces , shows you how to combine...
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Ann from California asked me about finishing a multistrand bracelet, so I posted a couple of techniques in my new Ask Anna blog. Check out the suggestions I posted, and add your own!
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Last month, I wrote about how much we love to hear feedback from our designers . I’m happy to report that the good stories keep rolling in. Last week, I heard from Marina Nadke, the designer of “Lively links,” which appeared in our October 2009 issue...
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We probably all receive friendly advice to take care of ourselves at one time or another. The holidays are ripe for such suggestions, and they are almost here. So take care of yourself now, and send yourself a nice little gift for after the holidays!...
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[caption image="http://www.beadandbutton.com/bnb/image.ashx?img=video-addies_clasps.jpg&w=200&h=300" targeturl="http://www.beadandbutton.com/bnb/image.ashx?img=video-addies_clasps.jpg"]Learn to make several clasps in this class...
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Recently I received an e-mail from a reader asking about the colors that were used to make the crystal V-drop necklace featured in Linda Augsburg’s class on Jewelry Classes on Demand . This wasn’t the first time I’ve been asked this question, and the...
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While serving in office, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright chose an unusual way of communicating her diplomatic stance: through pins. When Saddam Hussein’s poet in residence called her an “unparalleled serpent,” she donned a snake pin. She...
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This week, in addition to taking one last look at the pages of BeadStyle 's
January issue before it heads to the printer, I start editing the 2010
Bead&Button Show class catalog. "But the Bead&Button Show is months away," you say...
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