Design ~ Create ~ Shine
Welcome back everyone. In the last post, we prepared the Fuchsia Navette crystals from Potomac Bead Company, for our bead embroidery project.In doing so, I demonstrated how to secure a point-back stone or crystal to a beading foundation or interfacing. In today’s tutorial, we will learn the basics for creating a beaded bezel in a bead […]
Welcome back to the new project series, Autumn’s Flame Earrings. Today, I am going to show you how to prepare a point-back stone or crystal for a bead embroidery project. I will be using the gorgeous Fuchsia Navette crystals from Potomac Bead Company. As we discussed in the Autumn’s Flame Intro, bead embroidery is used […]
Hi Beaders! I am finally getting a chance to sit down and write. I know you guys must be wondering what has been happening with this blog. Well, I have a two-year-old grandson, who is spending 3 to 4 days a week at Mimi’s house. So, sitting at the laptop to write has become an […]
Welcome back to the Jewelry Clay series. So far, we have taken a close-up look at Polymer Clay and Metal Clay. And we have gone over Jewelry Clay Forming Tools & Essentials you need in begin working with these clay mediums. In this post, I am going to introduce you to a few of the many tools […]
Welcome back to the Jewelry Clay series. So far, we have taken a close-up look at Polymer Clay and Metal Clay. Today, we are going to talk about how to begin working with clay mediums to make stunning jewelry. As we said in the earlier posts, many of the same tools can be used for […]
Welcome back to my new series on Jewelry Clays. Last time, we went into a deep dive on Polymer Clay types and brands. Today, we are going to explore the Metal Clays in much the same way. Metal clay is a crafting medium consisting of very small particles of metal such as silver, gold, bronze, […]