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jewelrymaking.about.com - 8 hours ago
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Because I make jewelry, type a lot at
the computer, and also dabble in other crafts such...
as crochet, I've always had hand issues. Many years ago while working as a waitress, it got so bad that my hands would lose all feeling and I would drop things, ...
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Carpel Tunnel and Jewelry Designing
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Lampwork Diva aka Cindy Gimbrone
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! That means it is time to get out the green, including any green jewelry in your jewelry box. What are you wearing today? I've selected the Lucky Four-Leaf Clover Wire and Crystal Earrings ! For more St. Patrick's Day jewelry ideas, see my list of jewelry projects here ...
Jewelry
Bead Fest is a festival of jewelry making including workshops and vendors. This multiple venue show is sponsored by Interweave Press. There are actually a number of these shows throughout the year, and they are located in various areas of the United States.
First, there is one in mid-March ...
Jewelry
Art Bead Scene
ABS unveils the March Challenge painting - Van Gogh's Almond Blossoms.
Beading Arts
Cyndi has a fabulous Zulugrass bracelet to giveaway this week!
Carmi's Art/Life World
Button making turns into jewelry making for Carmi this week!
Cindy Gimbrone aka The Lampwork Diva ...
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jewelrymaking.about.com - 9 days ago
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I know that summer seems like a long
way off. However, think about for a minute. We...
are already headed into to mid-March. Yikes! Have you thought about your bead plans for the summer like possibly attending one of the biggest jewelry and beading shows in the US? Bead and Button's annual show ...
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Looking Ahead to Bead & Button Show?
jewelrymaking.about.com - 11 days ago
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Properly opening and closing jump rings is a
pretty important skill to master when making jewelry since...
jump rings are often used to connect up the various parts and pieces of jewelry items. They are also regularly used on the end of necklaces and bracelets to connect to clasps. I have a pretty ...
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Jump Rings Videos
jewelrymaking.about.com - 12 days ago
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Beading Arts Cyndi is running a contest on
Beading Arts, and the prize is an absolutely free...
advertisement! A Bead A Day Want to stand out from across a crowded room? These Electric Sparkly Beads ought to do the trick! Barbe Saint John - New Jewelry from Forgotten Artifacts Barbe ...
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Jewelry Junkie Link Love 03/07/10
jewelrymaking.about.com - 13 days ago
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Metal Clay Artist Magazine and Metal Clay Findings
have teamed up to bring readers and metal clay...
enthusiasts the first of its kind design contest. The original deadline for this contest was recently extended until April 1, 2010. Basically, the premise is that entrants must use some of the ...
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Metal Clay Contest Extended
If you have the March 2010 Fire Mountain Gems and Beads supplemental catalog, flip it open to pages 84, 85, 86, and 87 for some hot metal clay information. First of all, I didn't know that this company carried bronze metal clay (aka BronzClay) and copper metal clay (aka COPPRclay), but yes, ...
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jewelrymaking.about.com - 17 days ago
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Dianna Wennblom , well-known for her wire teaching,
has come out with a new DVD: Double Knit...
Viking Weave Class ($28). This is her second wire jewelry DVD, and you can get a sneak peak of it over at YouTube.com . This shows a little over a 2 minute excerpt from the 42 minute DVD. The video ...
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Viking Knit DVD
Soft-Flex has news about bead stoppers, those cool coil-looking thingys that you can attach to the end of beading wire while you are stringing so your beads don't slip off accidentally. Now the come in two sizes as well as lots of colors. For smaller diameter wire, there are now mini-bead ...
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The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton
Andrew shares his feelings about the awesome new Spring issue of "Stringing" magazine.
Cindy Gimbrone aka The Lampwork Diva
Cindy takes a bead shopping trip to the Great White North and almost passes out!
Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Melanie ...
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I have been thinking about creating a fan page over at Facebook for some time, and finally, I went for it yesterday and created the About.com Jewelry Making Fan Page .
I'm over there posting fairly regularly about updates on this site any way, so now, I have a specific place to keep Facebook ...
Jewelry
jewelrymaking.about.com - 23 days ago
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After making some St. Patrick's Day inspired jewelry
, consider some of these other fun St. Patrick's...
Day craft projects and information from around the About.com network: Family Crafts Miniatures Photography Cross Stitch Beadwork Collectibles Knitting Contests ...
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Lucky Crafting Projects
jewelrymaking.about.com - 25 days ago
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I have been in the color mood lately,
but I didn't want anything too, too bright since...
it is still a little chilly where I live. When I saw this gorgeous Tab Shell Green Fern Pendant , at Artbeads.com, I knew I wanted to design a simply mixed-media style necklace around it. The pendant is ...
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New Fern Shell & Ribbon Tutorial
jewelrymaking.about.com - 26 days ago
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Jean Campbell Jean reviews Margie Deeb's (pretty fabulous)
Spring/Summer 2010 Color Report. Jewelry & Beading Have you...
heard of Zulugrass? Find out about the wonderful industry that's helping to support the Maasai, and enter to win a piece! A Bead A Day Are there color ...
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Jewelry Junkies Link Love 02/21/10
jewelrymaking.about.com - 27 days ago
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Meta stamps are very cool. You can use
them to stamp messages into sheet metal , metal...
clay , polymer clay , or paper clay . Having a variety of typefaces is handy too if you are into creating stamped jewelry using metal stamps, so I thought this new set available from Infinity Stamps was ...
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New Typewriter Metal Stamps
jewelrymaking.about.com - 29 days ago
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Don't forget that this site is also part
of community of jewelry designers. While I publish weekly...
articles and jewelry how-to tutorials over here, connected to this site is also a very active and friendly forum made of up all kinds of jewelry designers from beaders to metalsmiths. You can lurk ...
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