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A Bead A Day What does blogging mean to you? Lisa's sharing her thoughts on the beauty of blogging! Check it out! About.com Jewelry Making A new "frame" necklace tutorial up that incorporate some amazing mirror crystal beads. Art Bead Scene Are you looking for a place to start on a jewelry design to enter into our Art Bead Scene Monthly Challenges? Lorelei has been creating color cord combinations inspired by the art piece chosen by the Art Bead Scene team. Beading Arts Cyndi has worked out an easy way to hang odd-shaped pieces from wire. Resin Crafts Blog! Making textured, colored and rubberstamped pendants is a breeze with Jewelry Clay! Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done! It is National Children's Book week! Jean has a giveaway on her blog for a children's book written by a famous author, Elizabeth King Gerlach, which Jean herself illustrated! Come over and sign up! It is adorable! The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton Using the Now That's a Jig!, Andrew made some fun earrings for a local musician!

My 'Winter' paintings have just come back from the framers. I've been meaning to get these done for ages and finally got around to it. Something I can tick off the list. Yay!Quite a lot of folk have enquired whether these paintings were going to be for sale so I can now share that, yes, they will be going into my Etsy shop on Wednesday 22nd May at 7pm (UK time) ~*~There were some beautiful moments of light this weekend. I managed to capture some of them.I was up at dawn on Saturday morning and this was my view from the bedroom window.A liquid gold seeping through the clouds. The gold came and went that day.I caught another glimpse later in the evening.Here the young ash illuminated. The light behind it's new leaves making it a vivid sulphur yellow.Sun caught through branches, as it was setting.I will leave you with a song named Sunlight, in which I love the imagery.

Heavens! Last week's giveaway of a pair of Om Tara Easy Crimp™ Crimping Pliers revealed just how incredibly frustrating regular crimping pliers are. Many of you reported repeated failures. So it was not surprising that many also wanted this nifty pair. One lucky person is now due to receive a solution to this problem! I numbered all the eligible entries and consulted random.org's random number generator. The winning number belonged to Wendy of Sweet Water Gifts. Congratulations and happy crimping! ______________________________ Original Post by THE BEADING GEM Jewelry Making Tips - Jewelry Business Tips

Nova Scotia, Canada is a small province. There aren't really a whole lot of jobs even when times are good. So when Hollie Ferrall's husband wanted to spend more time at home in the Halifax area rather than work abroad, it made sense to start their own business. It was the only solution if they wished to remain in the Maritimes. They bought and relaunched The Beading Room in early 2009 and never looked back. An online store made sense as it does not matter where it is located! Square Wire for Wire Wrapping It is a truly family run business as there are only two people, Hollie and Brian doing all the work! Not all couples can work so well together but they do by sharing the load. Hollie says she "deals with all the ordering, website, social media, customer service and shipping, while Brian picks, counts and packs all the orders, photographs all the stock as it comes in, and does the free door-to-door deliveries in Halifax on Thursday mornings. It is a nice way to meet some of our local customers face-to-face!" Lazee Daizee Viking Knit Tool Set They focus mainly on glass and crystal beads as well as accessories and tools. Their inventory is growing month by month. Shown here are some of my picks. Kumihimo Starter Kit The Ferralls pride themselves in listening to what our customers want and having a personal relationship with each of them. They do welcome creations and links on their Facebook page. Miyuki Christmas Present Beading Kit Giveaway If you'd like to win a $100 Gift Certificate from The Beading Room for all sorts of goodies, please make a comment below. Make sure you leave contact info if you do not have an online shop or blog. Subscribers need to click on the post title to come to my actual blog. Scroll down and enter your comment. Pick Name/URL. If you don't have a store or blog, leave the URL blank. This giveaway is international.Extra entries if you become or are a blog subscriber or follower etc. If you also do shout outs about this giveaway, those will count as additional entries too! Please say so in the comments.It ends in a week's time at 6 pm EST Monday, May 27, 2013. I will pick the winner randomly and announce the results as soon as possible after. So be sure to leave a contact email if you don't have an online link or make sure you come back and check! Otherwise I will redraw in a week. Good luck! Before You Go: How to Wire Wrap Cabochon Tutorials Lazee Daizee Viking Knit Tool Review ______________________________ Original Post by THE BEADING GEM Jewelry Making Tips - Jewelry Business Tips

So so so easy! And such a nice way to use a pair of special buttons. Mine are vintage but yours can be anything, as long as they are shank style! 1. Cut a short length of wire and turn a simple loop on one end. Thread it through the shank and turn a loop on the other end. Trim and file as needed. 2. Attach an ear wire at the top and a beaded dangle at the bottom. I'm not thrilled with the earring fitting, but I can't wear coated wire through my ears, so I'm stuck until I find something different! Repeat to make a pair. Copyright 2013 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved. Not to be reprinted, resold, or redistributed for profit. May be printed out for personal use or distributed electronically provided that entire file, including this notice, remains intact. Technorati Tags: bead embroidery,handmade beaded jewelry,wearable art,beads,jewelry,necklace,mixed media,beading © copyright 2012 – All rights reserved Beading Arts

Each week the Art Bead Scene features a Designer of the Week.One of our editors picks her favorite from the Monthly Challenge entries. This week's winner is Leah C. You can see her necklace here.Here is what ABS editor Tari Sasser had to say about Leah C's design:"I love all bright,rich and range of colors in the glass beads. The chain and cord give the bracelet additional texture. Great composition!"

1-A: Watermelon Slushee 2-A: Grape Popsicle 3-A: Blueberry Ice Cream 4-A: Faded Jeans This neat picture of the back of our son Fisher’s head, as he is reaching over the side of our truck loading in some firewood, is the inspiration for this upcoming color recipe palette. Fisher just loves this plaid shirt. The moment it gets even slightly warm enough (and even when it isn’t) for him to wear this short sleeved cotton shirt, he has it on. The colors are vibrant and he feels happy when he wears it. I like it too! It looks great on him and the colors show up well in photos. This photo, taken by either Doug or Willow, I’m not sure which (though it probably was Willow since I think Doug was also loading the truck at the time), was on our first PcT Road trip last summer, out along the Oregon Coast. We had such a wonderful time together. Traveling, camping, meeting Polymer Clay Tutor Members and having a relaxing time. Really looking forward to our next PcT Roadtrip, coming soon! With Summer just around the corner and the happy lively colors that go with warm weather, I thought Fisher’s favorite plaid shirt, would be perfect inspiration for our next color palette. Keeping in tune with a summer theme and some of Fisher’s other favorite things (namely sweet frozen treats), I choose to name the colors along those lines. I hope you enjoy this fun Summer 2013 color palette for the Vol-061-A recipe series! The following Vol-061 A-series Plaid Shirt color palette will be added to the Polymer Clay Members Library at the beginning of June 2013: Watermelon Slushee (Recipe 061-1A) Grape Popsicle (Recipe 061-2A) Blueberry Ice Cream (Recipe 061-3A) Faded Jeans (Recipe 061-4A) … Watermelon Slushee is not only a refreshing frozen drink, but also the lively coral color found on the collar of Fisher’s Plaid Shirt. Grape Popsicle is the vibrant purple color found in the squares where the red and blue intersect in the pattern. Blueberry Ice Cream is the bright clear blue found in the squares right next to the purple. And Faded Jeans is both the name of the faded blue shade found in the mid-toned squares on his shirt, and in the jeans that Fisher was wearing that warm Summer afternoon while loading firewood into the back of our pickup truck. Cindy, The recipes are inspiring and most appreciated. Am fascinated with color and am anxious to start mixing them in PC. Hope to be able to duplicate some of the fabrics I have used in quilts. ~MJ What wonderful stories that accompany your color palettes! Now this is why you have such a following. Such depth of field in all that you both do. It adds so much color (pun intended) to our lives. Thank you. The palette is lovely, I can see using all the colors over and over. YUM! ~Patt-W Oh how happy colors make me! ~Melinda-H *********************************************************************************************** If you would like more information about the Members Library, here are some direct links: Library Member Benefits and What Others Are Saying Order Page for Color Recipe and Video Back Issue Packages Become A Full Member at the Library

It's that time of year again -- I can't believe that summer is back already! Pretty soon, I'll be packing my bags and hitting the road for places like Bead Fest Philadelphia, a couple of trips down to do some serious bead shopping in New York City, and ending my summer travels with a trip to the Colorado Bead Retreat, hosted by Beyond Beadery's Betcey Ventrella. Of course, while I'm on the road in various planes, trains, and automobiles, I'll have some beading projects with me to keep me busy, and I'll have to bring along my beading tools for the fabulous workshops at Bead Fest Philadelphia and the Colorado Bead Retreat. Traveling with beading tools isn't always the easiest thing to do: there are security rules at airports and plenty of opportunity to lose or misplace beading tools while you're on the road. But I've got a couple of ideas for ways I can keep my beading tools (and my beading projects) organized while I travel this summer! Of all my finds at last year's Bead Fest Philadelphia, I'm completely smitten with this luxurious tool wrap from Lisa Kan. It's an extremely well-constructed beading tool wrap, with plenty of pockets for your jewelry pliers (like my favorite heavy duty Fireline cutters from Xuron), and a zippered pocket where you can stash a needle case, bead scoops, and other tiny beading tools that make beading on the road easier. If you're planning to spend a lot of time on airplanes and need a sturdy, compact organizer with a built-in bead tray, Ezel Finding's new Beading Pal is my first choice. With plenty of straps for organizing your beading tools, seed bead tubes, and a handy mesh pocket for small spools of thread, this is the essential beader's travel kit. It zippers shut all around, and is small enough to tuck into a large purse or your carry-on bags, leaving plenty of room for other travel essentials. For cutting your beading thread, you might have to improvise a little if you're planning on taking your beading projects with you on an airplane. Since airport security can vary widely between airports, I prefer to stash my favorite thread cutters in my checked bags and instead make sure that I have a new, sharp finger nail cutter tucked into my kit of beading tools. It works in a pinch, and I save the really fine trimming of threads for when I get to my hotel and can use my scissors. Of course, for reading material, I've have a few issues of Beadwork magazine tucked into my tote bag, and downloaded onto my tablet computer. Beadwork magazine has always been my number one source for inspiration and information when it comes to beading tools, new beads, and of course, extravagant and innovative beaded jewelry designs. Subscribe to Beadwork magazine today and take your inspiration to go during your summer travels! Do you travel often with your beads? Do you have any tips for us beady travelers? Or maybe you have a question about traveling with your beads, and you'd like some feedback from our readers! Leave a comment or question here on the Beading Daily blog and let's share our experiences and advice for traveling with our beads! Bead Happy, Jennifer

I so enjoy catching up with what other beaders are doing by checking out blogs and websites.I love that everyone is so eager to share what they are up to and what they are learning along the way!Here's some inspiration to end the weekend on a fun and creative note!We're kicking things off with Carmi's rubber stamped clay pendants...nice! :)Resin Crafts Blog!Making textured, colored and rubber stamped pendants is a breeze with Jewelry Clay! Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done! It it National Children's Book week! Jean has a giveaway on her blog for a children's book written by a famous author, Elizabeth King Gerlach, which Jean herself illustrated! Come over and sign up! It is adorable!The Writing and Art of Andrew ThorntonUsing the Now That's a Jig!, Andrew made some fun earrings for a local musician!About.com Jewelry MakingA new "frame" necklace tutorial up that incorporate some amazing mirror crytal beads.Art Bead Scene-Color Cord Mixes and a Free Bracelet ProjectAre you looking for a place to start on a jewelry design to enter into our Art Bead Scene Monthly Challenges? Lorelei has been creating color cord combinations inspired by the art piece chosen by the Art Bead Scene team.Beading ArtsCyndi has worked out an easy way to hang odd-shaped pieces from wire!

Happy Sunday!!!This months theme is animal beads. Please share your great finds of Animal beads in the comment box.Thank you for the fantastic links!Bee and Flower cab from Blueberry BeadsLittle Bunny Rabbit Bead by TreeWings StudioSpotted Red Fish by glassbeadTeal Chameleon by glassbeadRed Horse by glassbeadA Bead A Day What does blogging mean to you? Lisa's sharing her thoughts on the beauty of blogging, check it out! About.com Jewlery Making A new "frame" necklace tutorial up that incorporate some amazing mirror crytal beads.Art Bead Scene Color Cord Mixes and a Free Bracelet ProjectAre you looking for a place to start on a jewelry design to enter into our Art Bead Scene Monthly Challenges? Lorelei has been creating color cord combinations inspired by the art piece chosen by the Art Bead Scene team.Beading Arts Cyndi has worked out an easy way to hang odd-shaped pieces from wire!Resin Crafts Blog! Making textured, coloured and rubberstamped pendants is a breeze with Jewelry Clay!Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done! It it National Children's Book week! Jean has a giveaway on her blog for a children's book written by a famous author, Elizabeth King Gerlach, which Jean herself illustrated! Come over and sign up! It is adorable!The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton Using the Now That's a Jig!, Andrew made some fun earrings for a local musician!