Last year, following my first experience with the Bead&Button Show , I told BeadStyle magazine about some of my rookie mistakes . Now, as the show approaches again (May 31 – June 7), I’m digging up my former list of do’s and don’t’s and revisiting... Read More

In the April 2009 special issue Brilliant Crystal Jewelry 2 , the materials list for "Princess ring," p. 64, mistakenly includes a 10 mm cube crystal instead of the 8 mm cube crystal shown and used for the instructions. I'm sorry for any... Read More

Bead&Button has a new online resource for magazine subscribers — articles describing how our Spotlight jewelry in the magazine was designed! For the past few years, we have published Spotlight photographs of editors’ jewelry designs using art beads... Read More

We know how much our readers look forward to receiving their collection of finalists' photos from Bead&Button 's annual Bead Dreams jewelry and beaded-object competition. So this year, we're publishing photos of the 2009 Bead Dreams collection... Read More

PBS just sent us a most-welcome press release that Kiowa beadworker Teri Greeves , glass artist Paul Stankard , and jewelers David and Roberta Williamson , will appear in two new episodes of the award-winning series Craft in America in fall 2009. Teri... Read More

With so many previous Bead&Button projects available online, as well as free and subscriber-only stories, it can be daunting to know where to look first. This is especially true (even for editors) when you’re trying to find a specific half-remembered... Read More

My monochromatic version of Bonnie Mountain's design. Bonnie Mountain shares this "Confetti bracelet" design in our new special issue Brilliant Crystal Jewelry 2 . We have gotten a lot of positive feedback about this issue, so I'm sharing... Read More

I am lucky to have a job that allows me to learn something new about beading every day. If you spend any time at BeadAndButton.com, you’ll quickly find yourself in good company with my coworkers , our sister magazines BeadStyle and Art Jewelry , and the... Read More

The Ohio Glass Museum in Lancaster is now hosting Convergence , the special juried exhibit from Bead&Button and the International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB), through May 24. The exhibit showcases beautiful jewelry made from art-glass beads... Read More

The more I read about weddings, the more I find unusual uses for jewelry! If you missed my blog on wedding cake jewelry , that’s where my sojourn into nontraditional bridal jewelry began. Here's another ingenious use for jewelry on your big day -... Read More