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  • Frequent Ask Anna Questions

    Q Where can I search for frequently asked beading questions before posting my own question? A In my newest Ask Anna post! I will be adding to the post to build up a base of questions that I find myself answering often.
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Anna Draeger on 10-02-2008

  • Avoid low-quality, premature pearls

    In the latest Ask Anna column, Andrea L. Dono asked about what to look for in quality pearls, and how to recognize low quality. Joe Ducey, an ABC reporter out of Phoenix, recently investigated one cause of low-quality cultured pearls, and how to detect it. According to Craig Lynch, the director of the...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Stacy Hillmer on 06-02-2008

  • Beaded Japanese lantern: A two-part series

    Naomi Sakuma is bringing her beaded lantern to the Bead&Button Show for display! Naomi, an instructor at the show, beaded the lantern on a loom. It is intricate in its attention to detail and serene in its beauty. It is a longer-term project, to be sure, but one that results in an heirloom. Two patterns...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Ann Dee Allen on 05-24-2008

  • Learning new beading techniques

    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 other? I had willing teachers to help me and plenty of...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by lweiss on 05-01-2008

  • Peyote bail

    Q I bought a 2 x 1-in. (5 x 2.5 cm) gold-foil glass pendant, but I can’t find a bail that is large enough to fit the thickness (about ¼ in./6 mm). Can you suggest a solution besides stringing a cord through the hole? Thank you, Dorothy Siu Leandro, CA A Thanks for your question, Dorothy. I have a few...
    Posted to Ask Anna (Weblog) by Anna Draeger on 02-29-2008

  • Ask Anna: Your beading questions answered

    Just a quick note to let everyone know that Ask Anna has a new format so that registered users can post comments. If you have a question, click here .
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Anna Draeger on 02-22-2008

  • Meet Anna: Bead artist and resource

    I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of the people who took the time to contact me after reading my Editor's Profile in the December 2007 issue of Bead& Button . It is always nice to connect with readers, but in this case some of you brought to my attention that there was some difficulty...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Anna Draeger on 11-02-2007

  • Ask Anna beading column — it's live!

    I'd like to announce my first column ! It's posted under the "How To" tab. Thanks to Debbie Melter for supplying me with a question about incorporating art-glass beads into a spiral rope necklace. Her question prompted me to finally use these beautiful beads by glass artist Scott Bouwens...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Anna Draeger on 10-18-2007

  • Re: Beachy Bracelet in B&B June

    Hi everyone, Yes, I will be answering all kinds of questions. It will be easier for me to find your questions and if they are all posted in one spot. About the Beachy bracelet, you could have added the shell fringe as you worked, but on a whole I think it is best to work the desired length of the bracelet...
    Posted to Bead Talk (Forum) by Anna Draeger on 10-12-2007

  • Beading projects and more projects

    I just finished the December Spotlight necklace, and I think it turned out well. Akihiro Ohkama’s mosaic bead is fabulous, so it was easy to design around. That is one project I can cross off my list, now I need to get back to work on the rest because every flat surface in my office is covered with projects...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Anna Draeger on 09-19-2007
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