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  • A few of my favorite beading projects

    This week marks my one-year anniversary at Bead&Button , and I thought I’d celebrate the occasion by sharing six projects that taught me something new about beading. Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order. 1. “ A metalsmith’s match ,” by Shelley Nybakke, in the June 2007 issue. I love...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by lweiss on 10-02-2008

  • Art, science, math: It’s all in beading

    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 are nurses, and they describe the creativity they apply...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Tea on 09-23-2008

  • Designing beaded jewelry: How do you get started?

    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 the creative possibilities of that stitch or technique...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by lweiss on 07-24-2008

  • 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

  • Look for Linda Rettich's beautiful collar in the August issue of Bead&Button

    Bead&Button Associate Editor Lynne Soto has been working with designer Linda Rettich on this beautiful collar for the August issue of the magazine. Linda's inspiration came from sea fan coral, and we are presenting two intriguing methods for stitching this piece. We will share instructions, illustrations...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Ann Dee Allen on 05-05-2008

  • 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

  • Beading Basics: Right-Angle Weave

    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-Angle Weave special issue. Pre-orders for this all-inclusive...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Ann Dee Allen on 04-29-2008

  • Bead embroidery sparks inspiration

    Before I was an Associate Editor here at Bead&Button magazine, I couldn't wait to receive the latest issue in the mail. I would scan each article and become inspired by a technique I hadn't tried yet. Now that I've done a lot of beading I can look at a piece of jewelry and see what stitch...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Anna Draeger on 11-22-2007

  • 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 issues. One of the stories that will appear in VintageStyle...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Julia Gerlach on 11-20-2007

  • Bead&Button 2007 index

    Watch for the Index of Bead&Button’s 2007 issues in the February 2008 magazine. You can look up your favorite projects by designer name, stitch or technique, and project type (necklace, bracelet, pendant, earrings). The Index will list both the issue and page number to help you find stories faster...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Lynne Soto on 11-09-2007
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