Posts tagged with 'chick'

  • 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...

  • Resin Jewelry Comes Back

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, SEPTEMBER 20 2007 09:00 AM | PERMALINK

    Resin jewelry is making a come back. I suspect a lot of this is because of the mixed media craze right now. What better way to combine materials such as paper, fiber, and metal than to encase it all in resin? Organic materials like leaves and flower are also a good choice for your resin designs. You can make pins, pendants, earrings, and I'm sure much more once you get going.

    Pictured above are some do-dads from a very cool crafty web site called Craft-E-Zine, and on the resin page are...

  • 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:

    ...

  • How To Make A Roman Chain

    POSTED BY VICTORIA TILLOTSON, SEPTEMBER 03 2007 12:00 PM | PERMALINK

    I love to make chains! There is something soothing about the repetitious work. I guess it’s sort of like knitting, something that I can’t do at all! ☺ Learning how to make a chain is great because once you to it, you understand it and can decide when to buy them and when to take the time to make them yourself. There are some pre-made chains I would never bother to make because to get them that perfect is not a good use of anyone’s time. Leave it to the professionals! But you can’t get the look and feel of...

  • Metal Chik Promo

    POSTED BY LINDSEY CHEN, AUGUST 27 2007 11:32 AM | PERMALINK

    Metal Chik is a weekly webisode dedicated to all things jewelry featuring the funky Victoria Tillotson - the mistress of rocks and metals and her sidekick apprentice, Adam. This is a "dummies" guide to jewelry with primers on the latest trends and how to make them plus, learning the art and appreciation of rocks, bling and metal.