According to a recent survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF), just over 19% of holiday shoppers plan on purchasing jewelry as gifts this season. That makes jewelry one of the most popular gift ideas this year, behind other festive favorites like clothing and accessories (57.4%), gift certificates...

This will be my first holiday season as a beader, so I am making a few jewelry gifts for friends and family. Having never done this before, I am learning as I go how to make jewelry that the recipient will like and hopefully wear. Here are some ideas I’ve come up with so far, but please add to the list...

A few weeks ago, my mom and I were strolling the mall when we were arrested by the necklace below. My mom and I are both nature nuts, with a special fondness for all creatures great and small, so we loved the idea of wearing the entire animal kingdom around our necks. Plus, the way the beads sat perpendicular...

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...

It’s never too early to start thinking about what to give the woman who brought you into the world and/or raised you and/or otherwise functions as a mother figure in your life. Jewelry is a perennial favorite come Mother’s Day (May 11, this year), but you hate to give her something she doesn’t like,...

Perhaps you’ve seen colorful take-out food containers at your local craft store (check near the wrapping paper). I’d heard that these boxes are great for packaging jewelry gifts, so I decided to try it for myself. I recently gifted a bracelet in one such container, and the external effect was lovely...