Once again, I’m struck by the beauty of the humble seed bead. It’s amazing how elegant these simple components look when strung together in multiples. This necklace began its life as necklace from a store. I always liked the colors and the…
“Bead Soup,” simply put, is a collection of beads. It can be completely random, like saving all your extra beads in a bowl, then seeing what you can do with them. Or they can be planned assortments with contrasting or complementary colors….
As long time readers may know, I’ve been making video jewelry tutorials for some time now. Of course, each completed video results in a completed piece of jewelry (duh) and at the rate I’ve been going of four to six each month,…
I was so excited to get an email from my friends over at AllFreeJewelryMaking.com telling me I was included in the Top 100 Jewelry Patterns of 2012. Five of my video tutorials were nominated one of the top AllFreeJewelryMaking projects of 2012. Meaning…
I just love finding new ways to use supplies, don’t you? Instead of the usual beading wire, or eye pin links, I made my own links with spirals of wire. This technique would work great for a necklace, too. One tip: After…
It’s always fun to find new and different ways of using your supplies. This bracelet uses eye pins, with an extra twist, to make the links of a charm bracelet. The best part of making your own jewelry is that you…
I came across this video on how they make filigree jewelry and was utterly fascinated. It’s in Spanish with English subtitles. The translation is a bit wonky in places, but you’ll get the jist. 🙂 Enjoy! My apologies to those who read…
There’s something about this bead dangle cluster style of necklace I just love; I can’t stop making and wearing them. In fact, I have a hard time deciding every day which one of many to wear (which tells me I probably have…
A couple weeks ago I shared a video tutorial showing how to make this necklace. In the video I promised to show you how to make your very own tangled wire beads. As promised here they are, made up into earrings. You…
This necklace is a knock-off of one I bought at my local Fashion Bug. (Which, sadly, is going out of business. Why are all the good stores closing? Boo. Hiss.) Anyhow, I was happy to get a few bargains and some great…