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Whenever I come across an image or article that I’d like to revisit, I put it in a file on my desktop. I have one document that is simply a running list of links to blogs, stories, news items, and forum topics of discussion. I was excited this past weekMore
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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 enoughMore
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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 MediterraneanMore
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Last week, associate editor Lynne Soto wrote about pearls for first ladies (and later, she wrote about pearls on TV shows ). About the same time, the Canadian Press wrote an article about Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama’s pearls. There must be somethingMore
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Beads and bead making are becoming more recognized for their cultural significance, leading to new projects that explore and preserve information about bead history. Three Northwestern University experts in anthropology, history, and media and technologyMore
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We’ve been wrapping up our February issue this past week and we’re also finalizing details on our special VintageStyle Jewelry magazine, due out in January. I think you’ll like the assortment of projects and articles we’ve put together for these two issuesMore
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I recently received an e-mail with the subject line: "80,000-year-old beads." Naturally, I opened it immediately. Yahoo.com's story, "80,000-year-old beads shed light on early culture," featured the discovery of 12 shell beadsMore
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