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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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  08.28.2008 | by lweiss

  Designing beaded jewelry: Choosing colors

  There’s an interesting question on our BeadAndButton.com forum right now about how to choose colors and what resources you can use. Do you follow the trends for the coming season, or do you simply go with colors you like? Either choice is valid, and thereMore Tags: jewelry design, choosing materials, bead stash, color, bead colors, herringbone, St. Petersburg chain

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  11.20.2007 | by Julia Gerlach

  VintageStyle Jewelry wrap-up

  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 Tags: Creativity, style, trends, Behind the scenes, Bead history, Special Issue, jewelry design, Bead&Button Show, workshops, beading techniques, expert advice, how-to, beading books, choosing materials, bead stitching, vintage jewelry, gluing, VintageStyle Jewelry, Miriam Haskell, Diane Fitzgerald

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  11.02.2007 | by lweiss

  Add new life to old jewelry

  It’s been exciting to watch the VintageStyle Jewelry special issue take shape. Looking at how our contributors create vintage-looking jewelry and find new uses for vintage components got me thinking about a few of the older pieces sitting in my own jewelryMore Tags: Creativity, style, Behind the scenes, Gemstones, Special Issue, Learning new stitches, metal clay, jewelry design, Artist interviews, crystal jewelry, beading techniques, how-to, beading books, projects, choosing materials, bead stitching, dyeing, vintage jewelry, gluing, VintageStyle Jewelry

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  11.02.2007 | by Lynne Soto

  Take an unofficial bead magazine survey

  The Bead&Button editors regularly review our story layouts. We have our list of components we think should be combined to make a successful project story. What do you find most helpful when you read a story and make a project? • Step-by-step instructionsMore Tags: Learning new stitches, jewelry design, expert advice, how-to, projects, choosing materials, bead stitching