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All of us Bead&Button staffers recently got together to reflect on the cool new stuff we’ve put on our Web site in the last year. With so much going on at BeadAndButton.com, even we were surprised by some of our great online features. Here’s a short...
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I love how the Internet allows us bead lovers to be a community, no matter how scattered around the globe we are. And of course, here at Bead&Button we relish being an active part of the beading community. Beading as an art and a pastime grows because...
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With so many previous Bead&Button projects available online, as well as free and subscriber-only stories, it can be daunting to know where to look first. This is especially true (even for editors) when you’re trying to find a specific half-remembered...
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We’ve opened a new Forum on BeadAndButton.com for participants in the joint ISGB-Bead&Button project Convergence: Contemporary Jewelry Design with Art-Glass Beads. It's not really meant to be an administrative space for questions about the process...
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Fri, Oct 24 2008 8:00 AM
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Ann Dee Allen
Filed under: Button, Bead&, Button Magazine, lampworked beads, jewelry competition, Bead Dreams, jewelry design, Button Show, beadwork, jewelry, inspiration, trends, BeadAndButton.com, competition, Creativity, International Society of Glass Beadmakers, beading competition, Behind the scenes, lampwork, glass beads, art glass beads, color palettes, ISGB, bead news, Larry Scott, choosing materials
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Here at Bead&Button ’s headquarters, we’re getting excited about our upcoming 15th anniversary, which we’ll begin celebrating with a special collector's edition issue in December . The issue will automatically be sent to all subscribers. In this...
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Heard about our 15th anniversary bead ? It's simply beautiful, made by Jeff Barber, and available in limited quantities as a commemorative piece. The bead is 1-1/4 x 1-1/4 inches (3.2mm x 3.2mm). Because you can order the bead now, you also might...
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Thu, Oct 16 2008 9:50 AM
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Ann Dee Allen
Filed under: Button, Bead&, Button Magazine, lampworked beads, jewelry design, Wire Lace, BeadAndButton.com, Swarovski crystals, art glass beads, anniversary bead, 15th anniversary, Czech beads
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Color gradation has been big on the runway for the past couple of seasons . This summer I learned from Patricia Kimle how to make a Skinner blend with polymer clay at the 2008 Bead&Button Show . From time to time I’ll see a striking example of color...
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Tue, Oct 14 2008 8:30 AM
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Tea
Filed under: Bead&, videos, Button Show classes, Button Show, Button videos, classes, bead colors, BeadAndButton.com, 2008 Bead&, herringbone, beading videos, Diane Hyde
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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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