Today is about making Glass Jewelry made with my artistic weaving techniques. Making glass jewelry with lampwork beads creates the ultimate in exclusive, high end jewelry. It will appeal to discriminating customers who are looking for fine art in jewelry. Deena asked, in the comments, if I could demo how to use wire [...]
If you met me at a bead show, I'm sure you noticed I have a weakness for fibers. I was incorporating fiber into my necklaces way before it was popular. Thank goodness it's gotten easier to find. I used to search out yarn stores in whatever town I was doing a bead show at and [...]
The journey of this necklace's creation had a lot of birthing pains! I have been hoarding this fabulous coral for quite a few years and there comes a time when the umbilical cords must be cut! I'm a collector of everything beautiful. Antiques, flowers, material, hats, purses, jewelry, pretty much anything I come across and [...]
What is a Bead Soup Blog Party? Each beader was paired up with another jewelry designer and tasked with sending the following: ~ A focal ~ A special clasp (not just a lobster claw) ~Some coordinating spacers or beads Using the focal and the clasp was mandatory, but we could use anything from our own [...]
This week we are going to talk about my FAVORITE 2011 jewelry trend-Vintage & Retro. This trend seems to me to be a splitting off from the Steampunk trend. It has all the characteristics of Victorian era jewelry without the alternate futuristic reality theme of Steampunk. Continuing, though, is the era's steam engine influences, reflected [...]
I wanted to share with you 3 ways how I incorporated some of the elements I blogged about last week into my jewelry. 1. I saw a lot of chains in the 2011 jewelry trends and I really liked the look so I included chains where ever I could in my jewelry. I achieved 2 [...]
