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Good morning, Beady Readers! Wondering what's going on in the bead and jewelry world? Take a peek at our links and see..... A Bead A Day After a treasure hunting trip through a bucket of fun spirited plastic beads, Lisa creates a "charm" bracelet to remind her of the experience! About.com ...

Welcome to Studio Saturday! Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you'll leave comments! As an incentive we offer a free prize each week to bribe you to use that keyboard. ...

Need a little inspiration for the Turquoise Color Challenge ?  Here is a Trendy Bead Report featuring this year's hottest color and the custom color palette that Margie Deeb created for our challenge.  The deadline is April 1st, so get those beads out this weekend and enter! Teal ...

Turn a petal bead cap into a blooming flower with just a few quick steps.  You'll need: a bead cap , a 6mm round bead, a 3mm bead and a 1" headpin. Tools: bench block, hammer, round nose pliers, wire cutters. Step 1. Push the 6mm bead into the bead cap to spread out the ...

Some random bead related things to check out today: Win a whole box of free beads: Sisterhood of the Traveling Beads Get listed on the Vintaj Designer's page Have fun at Bead Fest Enter Bead & Button's Bead Dreams Contest Take the Art Bead Scene's Color Challenge

Each week we feature the Designer of the Week. One of our editors pick their favorite from the Monthly Challenge entries. This week's featured design is from Mary Jane Dodd! You can read about the creation of Mary Jane's designs on her blog here and visit her website to see more of ...

Good morning, Beady Readers! Wondering who won the new Sherri Haab book? Drum roll please....... Elizabeth! Congratulations, Elizabeth and happy reading! Speaking of reading, let's take a look around the bead blogging world and see what's going on.... A Bead A Day Similar to the excuse, ...

Supply List Teal Branch Lentil Bead ( Humblebeads ) 4 leaf connectors 2 branch connectors 2 nest charms 1 flower toggle clasp 2 lengths of gunmetal chain - 3 1/4" 16 1" gunmetal headpins 16 4mm gunmetal jump rings 4" of 20 ga steel wire 4 teal 6mm fired agate beads 6 4mm crystals 6 ...

Author, jewelry designer, teacher, and crafty diva, Sherri Haab has done it again. She paired up with Watson-Guptill Publications and created a jewelry how-to book that is a must have this Spring season. I got my hands on a copy and am quite impressed. Jewelry Inspirations: Techniques and ...

First, our winner from the Alice in Wonderland drawing is Alice Howe ! How fitting! Congrats Alice, please email me your address and I'll send those pendants out to you today. Today I'm showing some exciting new pendants from Melanie Brooks of Earthenwood Studio .  If you ...

  Blossom Blue Bracelet  Each Monday we feature the Designer of the Week. One of our editors pick their favorite from the Monthly Challenge entries. This week's featured designer is VerreDesign by Patricia Wood . ABS Editor Tari Sasser of Creative ...

Good morning, Beady Readers! Wondering what's going on in the bead and jewelry world? Take a peek at our links and see..... A Bead A Day Want to stand out from across a crowded room? These Electric Sparkly Beads ought to do the trick! About.com Jewelry Making Turn a little hand-dyed ribbon ...

Welcome to Studio Saturday! Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you'll leave comments! As an incentive we offer a free prize each week to bribe you to use that ...

White Rabbit Resin Pendant from Humblebeads Okay, you know where I'm heading tonight!  I've actually been working on Alice themes and jewelry for a while; they just haven't made it online because I've been tucking them away for publications.  So let's chat about Alice, ...

We have 3 sponsors this month who have donated prizes! There will be 2 winners this month. Each random winner will recieve a book and samples from Vintaj plus the prize from one of the other sponsors. Natural brass findings from Vintaj are wonderful elements to add to your jewelry designs. ...