Given my day job of working as senior editor online here at Bead&Button and on its sister publications, BeadStyle and Art Jewelry, I suppose it might surprise you to know that I don't spend a lot of my work day creating jewelry. My job has morphed from creating pieces of jewelry to working behind the scenes on videos, blogs, and other webby activities. So the fact that I spend several days over the past two weeks (and several late nights and early mornings) creating jewelry for my day job has certainly kick-started my jewelrymaking interests again. And just in time, as the Bead&Button Show is right around the corner, both time-wise (36 days at this writing) and geographically for me!

My coworker Lesley's been keeping up the creativity--see what she's up to in her latest blog post. And meanwhile, my jewelry pals are always busy making jewelry. Since I can't have them over for coffee and some dishin', I have to catch up with them this way. Why don't you click over and see what they're up to as well.

Barbe Saint John - New Jewelry from Forgotten Artifacts
Barbe makes a necklace with supplies from Alpha Stamps

About.com Jewelry Making
Be chic and make jewelry with some help from a new book: Chic Metal: Modern Metal Jewelry to Make at Home by Victoria Tillotson.

Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Mixing different kinds of mud with bug images, Melanie has fun in the dirt with new brown Lava Stone beads from Rings & Things

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
There's a great giveaway prize to be had if you check out Soft Flex Company's Big Prize Giveaway! Jean has the low down on how to get in on it!

Jewelry & Beading
Cyndi's written a tutorial on making a necklace with one of the new Swarovski discs from Artbeads!

Katie's Beading Blog
Get ready for wedding season with Katie's beaded bridal necklace pattern. This necklace is the perfect accessory for brides, attendants, and guests alike!

Strands of Beads
Melissa reviews Margot Potter's new book, Beyond the Bead

Jennifer Jangles Blog
Jennifer gives a great source for getting your designs made into rubber stamps.

Art Bead Scene
Is it time for your 15 minutes of fame? There's still time to 'bead famous!"

Also, there has been a flurry of discussion recently about what is and isn't appropriate regarding copyright issues. So I just wanted to remind you that there are two copyright-related articles on the Bead&Button site that address these issues.