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Recently I was talking with a fellow beader about the old adage, “Practice makes perfect.” Specifically, I was talking about a new project I’m working on for the October issue that involves stitching several units of the same shape, not unlike the linksMore
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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 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 areMore
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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 centuryMore
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I love reading the posts in the BeadAndButton.com forums . One reason is for the sense of community the forums promote — beaders all around the world are able to talk with people they may never meet. Another reason I like the forums is for the ideas thatMore
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I’m still playing around with ideas for a herringbone/St. Petersburg chain combination. I’ve moved past the sketching phase, and onto my next step: playing with beads. I’ve gotten into the habit of stitching little swatches of beads to try things outMore
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I’ve been thinking a lot about jewelry design lately. Working with so many great designs here, I can’t help but be inspired to try making a project my way. Or I’ll get an idea from a technique that one designer uses, and I’ll start thinking about theMore
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Wild rose designed by Nancy Zellers I have a lot of shade in my yard, so all of my flowers are late bloomers. Right about now, my rose bush is starting to look a little sad. Having had such a short time to properly enjoy them (it’s rained a lot here thisMore
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The Bead Society of Greater Washington and the Bead Museum in Washington. D.C. have launched the first annual International Juried Jewelry Design Competition. The contest has 12 categories and a deadline of July 25, 2008, so you have a little time toMore
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Here’s a chance to show off your work in the magazine. Send your original finished jewelry piece using the 2008 Bead&Button Show bead to Bead&Button . We’ll photograph it and include it in the Your Work section in the December issue. Send yourMore
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This week I’ve been learning to crochet with beads. As much as I love beading and knitting, I seem to be crochet impaired. There were so many things I had trouble figuring out. Where do I stick the needle? How do the beads sit in relation to each otherMore
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If you want to see and make some beautiful beaded jewelry like this bracelet by Marcia DeCoster, you're in the right-angle place! The Bead&Button editorial, photo, design, and production teams are wrapping up our new Beading Basics: Right-AngleMore
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I've just finished a square for the Bead Artists Against Breast Cancer quilt. Thanks to Jill Devon and Liz Thornton, two well-known bead artists in the UK, I was able to embellish my square with a floral design from their new book, The Beader'sMore
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It is no secret how much I love crystals, so of course I was very excited to get accepted to teach for Swarovski in Tucson in February at the Omni Resort because it combines my two favorite things: crystals and teaching. But the best part is that SwarovskiMore
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Here's an update on the Beady Shenanigans beaded aquarium that is being assembled for the Bead&Button Show auction to benefit breast cancer research. We have some new sea creatures to share, from Ann Jacobs, Eileen Novak, and Kristie Deacon.
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