New site offering hand beaded necklaces with genuine gemstone pendants as well as glass Simple but sweet and very nice, have ordered twice already. They also carry simple mounted pieces prices are great check it out. www.inspired-creations.net

Hi lindydonna, Whatever works well for you is great. I just happened to start with the bent nose pliers because I find I have more control with them. If the jump ring helper ring works well for you, then continue to use it. I've never worked with one so I don't know it's pros and cons.

Hi Kiwi, I find using plain crimp tubes is a nightmare. I have made hundreds of necklaces and bracelets and I use only twisted crimp tubes in the 2x2 and 2x3 sizes. I never have a necklace fall apart with the twisted or tornado crimp tubes. A good check to make sure after you crimp jewelry is to tug...

For me it was at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton. This is great for anyone who has their own art to sell and doesn’t want to pay a big booth fee. Their shows are the 2nd Sunday of every month now through October. I did very well there. Another good place would be The Blue Orchid flower...

Am so very sorry, wrote in another post and lost it that I am new here to this forum and hit the wrong button, of course. So I will try this one! Your work is beautiful, I especially like the turquoise hanging in the tree. This is really a favorite color I work with. Am very new to beading and have met...

Dear Mickey: The more-flexible the beading wire you use, the better. I just simply twist my finished strands and fasten the clasp. The "twist" stays in place. I have also done three strands and braided them, so they stay twisted permanently. You need longer strands for this as the braiding...

Here's a link to a new necklace that I just finished and thought I'd share with the group. http://www.capitolagirl.com/2007/11/ocean-drift-necklace.html

It's tough, but I love having a website! I do, however, think of it as an online gallery of sorts. It DOES help for sales, though. I am constantly trying new things to get my website to rank higher on the search engines, because as you said, there is tons of competition! But, it's what we love...

Hi!!! I just wanted to share one of my fall bracelets. It's filled with Freshwater Pearls, Tigerseye, Swarovski Crystals and a handful of Lampwork Beads made by me. :D And if these beauties don't sell I won't have to make more for myself for the necklace design I've got in mind...They're...

I made this necklace with oval matrix jasper beads, faceted round onyx beads, black Swarovski pearls, and sterling silver chain. This necklace is meant to just slip over your head, no nead foa clasp! Necklace is 38" in length. I wish chain was not as expensive that way I could incorporate it in...