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We all come to beading and jewelry-making from a different starting point, and one of the best aspects of the Bead & Button Show is the many techniques one can learn, regardless of one's path on this jewelry-making journey. If you are like me and...
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As we get closer to the first day of the Bead & Button Show 2012, my excitement continues to grow for all the fun times ahead. One of my favorite parts of the Show is learning new tips and techniques that I can apply to my own jewelry making. The...
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The annual Bead & Button Show is quickly approaching. In addition to the more than 370 vendors selling one-of-a kind finished jewelry, precious gems, beading supplies books, and much more, the show also features over 600 bead and jewelry classes....
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In the June 2012 issue of Bead&Button magazine , we featured a bracelet made with bead embroidery on a rickrack base. While I was at the fabric store to purchase the rickrack, I found the cool lingerie fasteners studded with Swarovski crystals, and...
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It's the first of the month, which means that new stuff abounds at BeadAndButton.com! If you read my previous blog about our for-sale ornament series , you know it's time to add another to the line-up. This month, it's "Star light, star bright," a brand...
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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...
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Beaded leather bracelet bracelet 8 in. (20 cm) Materials list 18-20 4-6 mm rondelle gemstone beads 4 6 mm fire-polished beads 4 6 x 4 mm glass rondelles 12 4 mm fire-polished beads 40 4 mm bicone crystals 4 3 mm fire-polished beads 11/0 seed beads 3 g...
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Last week, I posted a blog about the making of the bird-themed quilts for this year's Bead-It-Forward project. While that post addressed the technical construction of the quilts, it also touched on how I get this overwhelming sense of being surrounded...
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Several weeks ago, approximately 250 birds took up residence in my home. No, I am not raising chickens and, no, I am not bucking the handbag-chihuahua trend with pashmina-parakeets. Rather, I have become the custodian of just a portion of the 950+ beaded...
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Thank you to everyone who entered the 2012 Bead Dreams competition! If you live in the United States, status letters were mailed out this past Monday (some of you may have already gotten it). International participants should check their electronic inbox...
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The talented and much-beloved Cathy Lampole has done it again! She is the designer of our April ornament, "Sugarplum ornament cover," the third ornament in our 2012 series. This is a for-sale ($3.95) project that you can download instantly, meaning you...
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In the April 2012 issue of Bead&Button , we pictured a few jewelry pieces we made with some of the cool Bakelite components from the Bead Hoard discovered by Suzanne Branca at A Grain of Sand. A few people have written in requesting the instructions...
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The results are in! Last month, readers like you made these 10 online projects the hot spots of BeadAndButton.com. Combined, these projects totaled just under 35,000 page views! If you haven't seen them yet, use the links below to find out what made these...
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As I designed the "Cocktail cuff" on pages 62 and 63 of the April issue of Bead&Button , I came up with a variety of ways to embellish the simple pearl base. One of my favorites was creating seed bead "thrones" to lift the margaritas above the base...
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Welcome to March! Since we're at the start of a new month, it's time to reveal the latest online projects from BeadAndButton.com! Whether you're observing Lent or pining for a balmy Italian summer of sight-seeing, Faith Shea's "Creation of Adam" peyote...
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