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  • Jewelry marketing

    In addition to making the projects right from the pages of Bead&Button , many of our readers design and sell their own original jewelry. Topics in our online forum often range from sharing tips for attending a first craft show as a vendor to setting up a Web site. If you read these posts, you’ll...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Tea on 11-11-2008

  • Party with the best crowd ever, in Bead&Button!

    How would you like to attend a party with Jeff Barber, Virginia Blakelock, Diane Fitzgerald, Christi Friesen, Suzanne Golden, Valerie Hector, Diane Hyde, Laura McCabe, Anne Mitchell, Lisa Niven Kelly, Sonoko Nozue, Hatsumi Oshitani, Lisa Pavelka, Cynthia Rutledge, Millicent Safro, Sherry Serafini, Jackie...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Ann Dee Allen on 10-30-2008

  • 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 process. If you are involved in the project, please be...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Ann Dee Allen on 10-24-2008

  • Use this forum to share your Convergence experiences

    Hello to the more than 400 beadmakers and jewelry designers who have already registered to participate in Bead&Button's special project with the International Society of Glass Beadmakers. (If you are not registered, I do apologize! The deadline has passed.) This Forum is meant to be a place where...
    Posted to Convergence exhibit (Forum) by Ann Dee Allen on 10-20-2008

  • 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 might want to pick up some materials for a necklace. The...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Ann Dee Allen on 10-16-2008

  • 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

  • I dream of beading

    Last week I wrote about being haunted by a particular necklace. I like to think that haunting is an important aspect of creativity. Allowing your mind to linger on a design — or even an element of a design — and letting it simmer on the back burner gives you a chance to let it soak in. Percolate. Compost...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Tea on 09-02-2008

  • 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 there are times to consider both. If you’re looking...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by lweiss on 08-28-2008

  • Popular pearls

    Last week, associate editor Lynne Soto wrote about pearls for first ladies (and later, she wrote about pearls on TV shows ). About the same time, the Canadian Press wrote an article about Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama’s pearls. There must be something in the air: The Chattanooga Times Free Press ran...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by Tea on 08-12-2008

  • Designing beaded jewelry: Playing with beads and stitches

    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 out –– a creative technique that I learned from Beth Stone...
    Posted to Bead&Button Blog (Weblog) by lweiss on 08-08-2008
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