You are shopping for gemstones. Hmm, how about some turquoise? Your search leads you to many types of turquoise: Sleeping Beauty, African, Chinese, Viennese, Howlite, and Purple. What to choose? Time for some serious research. And what you will find can be a little confusing. African turquoise is really...

This weekend in my neighborhood is the Westside Artwalk. I am honored to be displaying some of my tagua bead jewelry at Four Corners of the World. The jewelry is made with beads similar to the tagua sliced used in the necklace on the March cover of BeadStyle . Four Corners of the World carries a variety...

I’ve been looking around lately at plastic beads and am intrigued by Lucite. It’s my understanding that Lucite was popularized in the 1930s by DuPont as an alternative to Bakelite. But unlike Bakelite, Lucite is remarkably lightweight and much less expensive. Beadin’ Path, beadinpath.com carries brightly...