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Every summer since I was a young girl, my family has gone on a road trip. From our home in Minnesota, we managed to visit quite a few places—both far away and right next door. Wandering the gift shops, checking out shot glasses and commemorative...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 9:45 AM by Erica Swanson

Filed under: Kalmbach Books, Beading Across America

Containing your bead stash

Every so often, I spend an industrious Saturday cleaning my apartment from top to bottom. I tackle my closets, I pack up clothes I haven’t worn in months and months, and then I eye the stack of boxes sitting in a messy heap next to my computer table…...

Published Thu, Feb 23 2012 8:30 PM by Erica Swanson

Filed under: bead stash, Kalmbach Books, Jewelry for the New Romantic

Author interview: Nealay Patel

There are so many fabulous teachers at the Bead&Button Show offering classes on almost every jewelry-making topic imaginable—and some of them happen to be Kalmbach Books authors. One new face at the show this year is Nealay Patel, a graphic...

Published Fri, Jan 20 2012 1:36 PM by Erica Swanson

Filed under: Kalmbach Books, author interview

Author Interview: Maggie Roschyk

As book editors, we get the chance to work with amazing and talented authors. Maggie Roschyk, author of Artistic Seed Bead Jewelry , creates gorgeous stitched masterpieces with careful attention to color and detail. Look for an excerpt from her book in...

Published Thu, Dec 15 2011 9:25 AM by Erica Swanson

Filed under: Kalmbach Books, author interview

Tackling the First Project

A little bit about me: I've been a Books editor at Kalmbach Publishing Co. for the past three years, and unlike our talented Bead&Button editors, I began with no jewelry-making experience of any kind. As a new Books editor, I quickly realized...

Published Thu, Nov 17 2011 9:13 AM by Erica Swanson

Filed under: Kalmbach Books, getting started

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