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  • A Fresh look/ beading a smile with Portable Playhouse

    Two tidbits before the long holiday weekend: • We've gotten a few questions about where to find the black and white charms we used in the "Hearts and coins" bracelet on page 74 of our " 52 Bracelets " special section. Here's the scoop: We found the charms at Michaels , but...
    Posted to BeadStyle (Weblog) by Cathy Jakicic on 09-03-2009

  • Summer reading list

    When I was a kid, I used to spend most of my summers planted in a lawn chair with a pile of books. I don't have the luxury of that kind of a summer reading list now, but I did get a chance to browse three great beading books recently. The first is Krystal Wick's " Fabulous Fabric Beads "...
    Posted to BeadStyle (Weblog) by Cathy Jakicic on 07-23-2009

  • New Xilion bead

    Though there’s been buzz about this for awhile, the official press release arrived this week about the new Crystallized – Swarovski Elements Xilion bead. Called an enhancement of the popular bicone shape (5301), the Xilion (5328) has more facets and a hole with rounded edges to “amplify sparkle” and...
    Posted to BeadStyle (Weblog) by Cathy Jakicic on 06-17-2009

  • Master class mastered!

    These picture are from the master class I took at this year's Bead&Button Show and the resulting graduation ceremony. I took Valerie Hector 's Chinese bead weaving class. It was wonderful!! I though after three day my brains and all urge to bead-weave would just leak out of my ears when I...
    Posted to BeadStyle (Weblog) by Cathy Jakicic on 06-11-2009

  • Great recessionista idea

    Word of mouth is a fabulous thing for finding life's hidden treasures. My sister just told me about a jewelry line (that a friend told her about) that has hit on a great idea in financially challenging times for artists. The line is called " Circle of Friends ." The necklaces feature a...
    Posted to BeadStyle (Weblog) by Cathy Jakicic on 05-08-2009

  • Have you seen this bead?

    I'm currently working on a cool project by designer Ute Bernsen of Silk Painting Is Fun that uses silk cord (naturally), a beautiful Clay River pendant, a number of Vintaj accents, and some random small beads, including the one that's currently giving me fits - a copper knot. I was sure we had...
    Posted to BeadStyle (Weblog) by Cathy Jakicic on 04-30-2009

  • Fabric

    I am thinking of doing a mixed media bead project with fabric and I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions as to what fabric would work well with both bead stitching and lino cut prints (acrylic/watercolor). Many many thanks!!! P.S. I've been breaking my head over this for a while now.
    Posted to Creativity (Forum) by fortheloveofbeads on 04-05-2009

  • Submit your favorite book excerpts

    Bill Zuback, one of BeadStyle 's photographers, is assembling a photo series based on his interpretations of book passages. Bill meets regularly with a group of creative people who get together to discuss art and politics, and one of their themes was "ten favorite books." That helped spur...
    Posted to BeadStyle (Weblog) by Naomi Fujimoto on 02-24-2009

  • Linda Arline Hartung's "Stroke of genius" designer alternative project

    The "Stroke of genius" project in the March 2009 issue of BeadStyle includes a beautiful design alternative that combines braided WireLace with aquiline crystals. Designer Linda Arline Hartung sent the following instructions: Four strands of WireLace get these big-holed beads to behave. Make...
    Posted to BeadStyle (Weblog) by Cathy Jakicic on 01-22-2009

  • How do you define creativity?

    I just found an interesting poster at allposters.com. It reads: “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” Do you believe that? It certainly takes creativity to make something complicated seem simple — one would have to be very...
    Posted to BeadStyle (Weblog) by Stacy Hillmer on 08-22-2008
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