My friend Cyndi from Beading Arts has a new e-book out all about bead embroidery – and it’s free! 59 pages of information on various stitches, plus a beginner project. If you’ve been thinking about trying the very versatile medium of bead embroidery, definitely check out this free book. Also – are you a creative [...]

Today’s Youtube tutorial: Make a right angle weave beaded bead with Karla Kam from Auntie’s Beads. Another project for seed beaders! Still here? I’ve been getting inspired from watching all these youtube tutorials and I’ve been trying out some new crafts. Over the weekend, I carved two blocks, and made block prints! I’m not sure [...]

Found another tutorial to share, and this one is for seed beaders! If you are new to seed beading, you might wonder how to add a new piece of thread when you run out mid-project. This video shows how it’s done:

I just heard about a beading/jewelry making contest that sounds like a lot of fun – the Use the Muse contest over at The Beader’s Muse blog. Basically, anyone who wants to participate buys a kit with exactly the same beads, and they design a piece using some or all of the kit contents, plus [...]

The fourth and final pendant from my copper color series, in yellow with deep purple accents: Previous posts in this series: Pink and Blue Red and Yellow Pendant Green two-tone pendant

The third pendant in the copper color series, in a magenta/pink with blue accents: Previous posts in this series: Red and Yellow Pendant Green two-tone pendant

The next pendant in my copper color series, green two-color beads on copper: Previous post in this series: Red & Yellow Pendant

About a million years ago, when I first started making jewelry, I was obsessed with seed beads. It started because I wanted the skinniest strands of beads possible. I would buy tiny beads – size 15 seed beads, and smaller if I could find them – and make multistrand necklaces out of them, as well [...]

I made this series of pendants a while ago as a color exercise and recently found them while sorting old stock, and decided to show them off here. I’m not sure where to try selling these, or even if I want to sell them, but I like them. They are made with copper wire and [...]