Posts tagged with 'beads'

  • China 4 Jewelry Lovers

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

    These bead and chain lovelies are from Candie Cooper, aka the Savvy Crafter, who is currently living in China right now enjoying the sites, sounds, and jewelry goodies. If you are new to her blog, then find some time to stop by and catch up. She often shows and tells about her various excursions.

    The recent trip that inspired her to design these earrings included a stop at a bead vendor building filled with beads (she's got some excellent photos of this....drool city, baby) followed by a gem and...

  • Colorful Jewelry Choices

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, OCTOBER 16 2007 08:00 AM | PERMALINK

    Color selection is just as important to jewelry designers as it is to clothing designers, and we need to think ahead. Right now, we are in fall 2007, but what about spring 2008? What about fall of 2009? Sounds like it is so far away, but if you try to keep ahead with your jewelry inventory, you really have to think pretty far in advanced.

    One resource for keeping up with color trends is the color forecast published on the Fire Moutain Gems and Beads web site. Their current forecast goes up to...

  • 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...

  • Metal Chik #7: Baubles, Beads and Bright Shiny Things

    POSTED BY LINDSEY CHEN, OCTOBER 08 2007 12:00 PM | PERMALINK

    Adam drew his inspiration from 80’s-era Jean Paul Gaultier when he chose beads to design a necklace with beads from Beadaliferous, New York City’s bead shopping paradise. Watch as Adam gives a modern day feel and gives us tips and a how to demo on creating a beaded necklace.

  • 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...

  • Mad Metal Chain on the Cheap

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, OCTOBER 03 2007 08:00 AM | PERMALINK

     

     

    In video episode number 4, Victoria brought us on a virtual shopping trip to Metalliferous. Along with some cool tools, she showed us the yards and yards of chain you can bug there by the foot. I love working with chain. It's a super easy way to make jewelry, and today, the whole "link look" is really popular.

    If you've been thinking of branching out into chain but aren't ready to make a huge investment yet, one option is your local craft store. You'd be amazed at how many jewelry...

  • Tool Time with Metalchik

    POSTED BY VICTORIA TILLOTSON, SEPTEMBER 17 2007 12:12 PM | PERMALINK


    Sterling and 18K Gold Ring with Tourmalated Quartz

    Tools, glorious tools!
    What wouldn’t we give for those extra bit more? That’s all we jewelers live for! Why should we be fated to do nothing but brood on tools, magical tools, wonderful tools, marvellous tools, fabulous
    tools!!!


    So much for my Metalchik ode to Oliver Twist. Seriously, tools are the most important, and most debated, aspect of any jewelry making. So dizzyingly diverse is the array of jewelry tools that it’s enough...

  • Jean Yates: Chain Link Chik

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, SEPTEMBER 14 2007 09:00 AM | PERMALINK

    Jean Yates, author of a ja-zillion articles from a slew of jewelry making magazines and avid blogger at Snap Out of it Jean! There's Beading to Be Done! has created her own little - but growing - chain maille gallery. Pictured above is one piece from her gallery.

    But, she didn't stop there. In fact, she's got a new book coming out in Janurary called Links: Inspired Bead and Wire Jewelry Creations, published by Northern Lights. It's available right now for early ordering at Amazon.com:

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