Posts tagged with 'beading'

  • Metal Metallics Beading Wires

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, OCTOBER 17 2007 08:00 AM | PERMALINK

     

     

    Even if you don't normally feel like a metal chik, maybe you are more of a bead-a-cious babe, you can still get your metallics on with metallic beading wire. All the three big beading wire giants now make some very cool metallic colored beading wire, so you can match up your copper or brass beads with stringing medium to match. Pictured is Metallics by the Soft-Flex Company.

     

     

    Then there's Beadalon's answer to metal wire with their silver colored wire pictured here. Beadalon does not sell...

  • Metal Chik #8: Very Vintage

    POSTED BY MICHAEL GLENN, OCTOBER 15 2007 12:00 PM | PERMALINK

    The vintage look is hot right now. This week we're going to take a look at a fabulous art nouveau collection and get some ideas on how to accessorize - vintage style!

  • Metal Chik #9: Hot Glass and Cold Enamel

    POSTED BY MICHAEL GLENN, OCTOBER 11 2007 12:00 PM | PERMALINK

    It’s all about enamel! This week we’re going to take another look at Peggy’s fabulous collection, this time focusing on enamel. Then we’re going to show you a way of recreating this look that’s simple, modern and a lot of fun.

  • Beads Change Lives

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, OCTOBER 09 2007 08:00 AM | PERMALINK

    Many of us already know that the pleasure we find beading and making jewelry brings us a lot of self-confidence, but it probably isn't something you really think about on a day to day basis until you hear a story like this from the blog, A Little Something,which documents the beading experience of a small group of female refugees now living in the US. This is an excerpt from an essay, entitled "Eight Dollars," which you'll find on the blog. It's written by Sharon McCreary, who works with this...

  • Beading 101...and some beaded works of art!

    POSTED BY VICTORIA TILLOTSON, OCTOBER 08 2007 12:00 PM | PERMALINK

     

    Victoria's Double Flame Earrings with Amethyst and Topaz Beads

    I am probably the only jeweler on earth who knows almost nothing about beading! For me, beading is all about adding a little sparkle to my otherwise all-metal jewels, as in the earrings above. So although I use some of the techniques that Adam showed in our metalchik how-to this week, I was excited to learn more about the fundamentals!


    Adam did such a great job explaining everything that I feel that I only need add a couple...

  • Little Jewelry Tools for Big Jobs

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, SEPTEMBER 18 2007 09:00 AM | PERMALINK

     

     

    Beadalon may be known mainly for its beading wire, but it also manufactures a kinds of other jewelry making goodies, such as tools. The company recently came out with this handy little tool kit, which includes 4 pairs of Beadstrom pliers (semi-flush cutter, round-nosed pliers, flat-nosed pliers, and chain-nosed pleirs). While they have the same pliers sold individually as well as with longer handles, for me, I prefer smaller handles with most of my tools because they fit my hands better.

    If...

  • Kickin' Some Metal Chik Tires

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, AUGUST 28 2007 10:13 AM | PERMALINK

    Woot! Welcome to Metal Chik and my first blog post here. Like you, I'm checking things out and getting situated in some new blog digs. When I first learned about Metal Chik and got an early look at one of its jewelry-making videos, I was hooked right away.

    If you are already a cruiser of the blogosphere or perhaps a blogger yourself, then you might recognize me behind my bead board. My name is Tammy Powley and I'm a jewelry junkie from way back. After spending about a decade writing boring...