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  10.24.2008 | by Ann Dee Allen

  New Forum for jewelry designers

  We’ve opened a new Forum on BeadAndButton.com for participants in the joint ISGB-Bead&Button project Convergence: Contemporary Jewelry Design with Art-Glass Beads. It's not really meant to be an administrative space for questions about the processMore Tags: Creativity, trends, Behind the scenes, lampwork, ISGB, competition, jewelry design, Bead&Button Show, Bead Dreams, choosing materials, art glass beads, beadwork, Bead&Button Magazine, bead news, color palettes, Larry Scott, Bead&Button Show 2009, beading competition, jewelry competition, Bead&Button, glass beads, International Society of Glass Beadmakers, BeadAndButton.com, inspiration, lampworked bead, jewelry

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  10.22.2008 | by Tea

  Bead&Button’s 15th Anniversary

  Here at Bead&Button ’s headquarters, we’re getting excited about our upcoming 15th anniversary, which we’ll begin celebrating with a special collector's edition issue in December . The issue will automatically be sent to all subscribers. In thisMore Tags: art glass beads, Bead&Button Magazine, Jeff Barber, 15th anniversary, BeadAndButton.com, 15 years, anniversary bead, lampworked bead

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  10.16.2008 | by Ann Dee Allen

  Bonus! Materials list for a Bead&Button anniversary-bead necklace

  Heard about our 15th anniversary bead ? It's simply beautiful, made by Jeff Barber, and available in limited quantities as a commemorative piece. The bead is 1-1/4 x 1-1/4 inches (3.2mm x 3.2mm). Because you can order the bead now, you also mightMore Tags: jewelry design, art glass beads, Bead&Button Magazine, Bead&Button, 15th anniversary, BeadAndButton.com, 15 years, anniversary bead, lampworked bead, Czech beads, Wire Lace, green opal, Swarovski crystals

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  10.14.2008 | by Tea

  Color gradation and Ndebele herringbone stitch

  Color gradation has been big on the runway for the past couple of seasons . This summer I learned from Patricia Kimle how to make a Skinner blend with polymer clay at the 2008 Bead&Button Show . From time to time I’ll see a striking example of colorMore Tags: 2008 Bead&Button Show, videos, classes, bead colors, herringbone, Bead&Button Show classes, beading videos, Diane Hyde, Watch & Stitch, BeadAndButton.com, Bead&Button videos

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  09.05.2008 | by Lynne Soto

  Bead&Button Patterns

  Here at the Bead&Button office it’s already 2009. We’re working on the February issue and the items that we will post on our Web site during January. Watch for a new format for our patterns section. Beginning in January, we will post Bead&ButtonMore Tags: BeadAndButton.com, Patterns