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09.30.2008
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Posted by Tea
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From time to time, I like to explore the notion of inspiration . Recently, I came across a blog post by Patrizia Tager . In her post, she cites one of my favorite sources of inspiration: Sherry Serafini , who is one of the 15 featured designers for Bead&Button...
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As we gear up to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Bead&Button , we’ve been thinking about how fortunate the magazine was to have emerged at the leading edge of the beading movement. A few years too early, who knows if there would have been enough...
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Melissa from Strands of Beads wins my inspiration award this week (not that I don't love everyone's posts this week--they are all gems after all). First, her clever headline made me smile. Second, her story got me thinking and it suddenly occurred...
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I came to beading through my interest in needle arts. I still subscribe to counted cross-stitch magazines and yesterday received a holiday ornament issue. I like to convert cross-stitch patterns to beadwork and I found a number of ornaments I’d like to...
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I’ve sketched , I’ve swatched , and I’ve worked with colors . What else is there to do? I started playing with the beads I’d gathered from our store room, using the pattern in my cranberry swatch as a guide. First I thought I’d add some sparkle with crystals...
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09.23.2008
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Posted by Tea
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Last week I wrote about the intersection of art and science that beading inhabits . When this story originally caught my attention, I wrote about mathematician Gwen Fisher’s baseball bat tetrahedron . Recently, I’ve talked with friends of mine who are...
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First, let me send out some birthday greetings. Cathy , editor of BeadStyle magazine, and my sister Alice shared a birthday this week, so I want to say happy birthday to both of them. And speaking of celebrations, I'm in a bit of a celebratory mood...
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Last week, a group of archeologists digging in Yorkshire, England, uncovered an intricately detailed 1 cm white bead dating to 1,000 years ago. What makes this find so remarkable is that the bead is believed to have originated in the eastern Mediterranean...
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Bead&Button recently conducted an online survey asking responders to rank their pattern motif preference. The #1 interest was for patterns featuring animals, followed closely by garden, geometric, holiday, and vintage themes. Secondary interest in...
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09.16.2008
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Posted by Tea
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Now that fall is upon us and school has been back in session for a few weeks, I’ve noticed more stories about the role that art plays in education . The authors of a study on arts education stress the importance of preparing students for the 21st century...
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Tell us what you think about the October issue of Bead&Button! Please take our survey now.
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A while back, I was given a quilt kit with all the precut fabric to make a wall hanging. I’d never quilted from a kit before, but when I started assembling my wall hanging this weekend, I found that I still felt creatively challenged making a preconceived...
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I spent yesterday exploring another side of my creativity—I attended the Wisconsin Quilt Expo. In addition to all the great fabric, I saw beads, felting, and heat-set crystals, all to be incorporated into fabric projects. My creative brain is in high...
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I’ve hunted for a few different types of gemstone beads this week without success, and I know that I’m not the only beader who faces this challenge. Unlike crystals or seed beads, which are manufactured in large quantities with plentiful raw ingredients...
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In some places where a girl's Quince Años (15 years) is celebrated, jewelry is given as a gift to the girl of honor. Tiaras, bracelets, rings, and earrings are among the gifts given. In 2009, Bead&Butto n magazine is celebrating its Quince Años...
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