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Free project: Spend the Fourth with Uncle Sam! July is for fireworks, barbecues, and most importantly - red, white, and blue! Show your patriotic spirit while practicing your brick stitch or peyote pattern work. You can whip up any with any number of accessories from this pattern: a pendant for a Y-necklace, a matching bracelet, some quick earrings, or all three! Don’t celebrate the Fourth? Change up the color way and turn Sam into Santa! |
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SPONSORED BY: SHIPWRECK BEADS |
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Free project: Colors in motion bracelet The ocean waves are calling! Work rows of cubic right-angle weave to provide a sturdy base for rolling ribbons of color. Attain these shapely lines by alternating rows of regular right-angle weave with increase right-angle weave. |
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Winners of the April and May Design Challenges We are so delighted to (finally!) announce the winners of our Spring Facet Design Challenges! For April, we were looking for inspiration from the garden in our contest, FLORAL & FANCY. In May, we asked (and received!) a bit of sparkle in CREATE WITH CRYSTALS. We’re happy to share the Reader’s Choice Award winners of each, Carol Sturges of Brookfield, Wisconsin, and Ruxandra Puscas of Romania, and the other six pieces chosen as winners by our staff. |
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At this time of year, some organizations like The Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts conduct proper flag retirement ceremonies; burning the worn-out flags during a respectful and solemn event that shows reverence to the flag. While the worn-out flags are turned to ashes, the grommets remain. Read on to learn a way to repurpose those grommets and pay respect to Old Glory. Patriotic and also good luck → |
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Shells, coral, sea glass, and pearls all make an appearance in these jewelry designs, whether they’re used as materials or as inspiration. You’ll encounter a mermaid, too! These pieces are all made from clay, which lends itself to the shapes and textures of the ocean. You’ll see for yourself in this delightfully eclectic mix of jewelry creations. Head to the beach! → |
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In case you missed it, here is a sneak preview of the August issue of Bead&Button magazine, arriving on newsstands any day now! Find inspiration as you use bead weaving, peyote, and right-angle weave to create necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. Make a wildflower bouquet pendant using a ceramic bead as the vase, stitch an Art deco-use inspired bracelet, and use cinch stitch to create a beautiful necklace. Check out the slideshow → |
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Announcing the winners of our award competitions We are pleased to announce the winners of the annual BeadDreams and International Metal Jewelry Artistry Awards, as presented by Bead&Button magazine. We had many submissions to this juried contest that came to us from around the world. Finalists were invited to send their pieces, which were displayed throughout the weekend of the 2019 Bead&Button Show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the awards were announced live. |
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Join us in California for Creative Connections This inspiring jewelry-making retreat is brought to you by the team behind the Bead&Button Show. Six wonderful instructors will each teach an immersive, technique-driven, three-day jewelry-making class, sure to take your skills to the next level. Beaders like Cindy Kinerson and Sherry Serafini are among the instructors. It’s all taking place at the Granlibakken Tahoe Resort in the stunning mountain town of Tahoe City, California. |
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Free Project: Summer sparkling ruby bracelet Love the look of wire-wrapping, but don’t want to take time away from your beads to do all that work? Here’s a compromise! Clever vine-style bails make quick work of attaching brilliant ruby crystals — no need to make tons of wire wraps! String the crystals on a premade snake-chain bracelet with mixed metal spacers and bead caps for added dimension. |
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