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We need your vote for the Bead Dreams People's Choice Award! If you've ever questioned if beading is an art or a craft, here is your answer! Every year Bead&Button sponsors Bead Dreams , a juried competition for bead artistry. This is an
international...
Published
Thu, Jun 2 2011 9:45 AM
by
Jane Cruz
Filed under: Bead&, Button Show 2011, People's Choice Awards, Button Magazine, lampworked beads, crystal jewelry, jewlery, polymer clay, magazine survey, beaded jewelry, jewelry competition, wirework, seed beads, Bead Dreams, Beading competitions, buttons, ButtonButton, metal clay
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We love buttons here at the magazine, as you can tell by looking at our August issue , which features four button projects. But we wanted to do more button projects, so we challenged our editors to design more jewelry using buttons. Five of our editors...
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The Bead&Button editorial staff really enjoys working on articles and projects for our Button Corner at BeadAndButton.com. And I'm very appreciative of my working partnership with Janet White at the National Button Society and all of the Society...
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Every year when St. Patrick’s day rolls around, I look for a subtle way to work in the wearing of green. Typically, this means wearing an item of clothing that has green as a minor element in the pattern or print. Sometimes I’ll wear a non-Kelly shade...
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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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Last week I received some delightful and informative news from Lisa Gay in Ohio, perfectly timed for the launch of Bead&Button 's new Button Corner . Lisa was enthusiastic about sharing a gem of a museum exhibit, which can be found at the Warther...
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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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In case you haven't noticed yet, we have the button bug here at the magazine. We've been to the National Button Society convention and now we're ready to celebrate Count Your Buttons Day on October 21. In honor of button day, we are creating...
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Last week I had an opportunity, along with the rest of the Bead&Button staff , to attend the National Button Society Convention . Conveniently, the convention happened to be in Appleton, Wis., this year, which is only about an hour and a half drive...
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