Stuff Beaders Say

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You might have seen some of these "Stuff People Say" short videos on YouTube and other places around the web, and now, Beadwork magazine editor Melinda Barta and Founding Editor Jean Campbell have teamed up to bring you one just for us: Stuff Beaders Say! 
Do any of these sound familiar to you?
"Wait, just one more round!""Can you thread this for me?""I really need more beads.""They're small, so I can sneak them into the house."
Take a few minutes and watch as Melinda and some of the awesome ladies who work here at Interweave reenact the things that we beaders do and say more often than we'd like to admit!
I will say this: even my husband laughed at this video when he recognized some of this Stuff Beaders Say!
(Click on any of the image to check out the whole video on YouTube!)
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Bead Crafts: More Than Just Beaded Jewelry!

Bead crafts have been around for hundreds of years. The first bead crafts were probably related to adorning clothing with thousands of tiny beads, but artists soon discovered that they could use beads to craft other items such as baskets, jars, and ornaments. There are many wonderful examples of bead crafts in museums around the world!
But beaded crafts don't have to be big and elaborate. In fact, you probably have everything you need right now to sit down and start creating a piece of beaded art. Turn your trash into treasure by adding some beads! And who hasn't admired those lovely beaded ornaments that turn up during the winter holidays?

We've assembled a collection of eight bead craft projects just to give you a taste of what those beads can do! We all know that beads can be used to make beautiful jewelry, but with a little imagination, beads can be used to craft all sorts of items.
Dig through your recycling and find an old glass bottle, then turn it into a piece of beaded home decor by making Inga Hunter's Spangled Island Bottle. The beads and sequins will brighten up any room! Don't throw away that empty matchbox! Susan Swanson's Ski Sweater Matchbox Cover fits like a glove so you can use that old matchbox to store your favorite tiny bead treasures. Make a decorative basket out of beads with Alison Eastman's Dutch Spiral Basket. It's perfect for a sunny porch or your favorite kitchen table. Take an ordinary mesh bug box and turn it into a work of bead art with Ramona Finocchiaro's Beaded Bug Boxes. These are definitely NOT for the kids!Learn some basic French beaded flower techniques with Arlene Baker's Marguerite Daisy Pin. Beaded flowers are beautiful at any time of the year, and this one can be made in any color for any occasion. Learn a new beading stitch and whip up a set of easy Herringbone Coasters using pony beads for your next party. Choose bright colors of pony beads to make your party even more festive! The pony beads make it easy to learn a new beading stitch!Imagine how delightful a basket full of Yulia Crystal Papakina's Beaded Easter Eggs would be-no refrigeration required! Hide them in the backyard for your favorite egg hunter on Easter morning or tuck them into a little Easter basket with some jelly beans.What would the winter holidays be without a flurry of Snowflake Ornaments by Robin Cowart? Sparkling seed beads make these beaded ornaments an essential part of your holiday decorations, and they make great beaded gift tags for your holiday packages.
Yes, beads have the power to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary-with just a little bit of thread, wire, and patience, you can turn an everyday object into a carefully crafted piece of bead art. Now that you've seen just what you can do with bead crafts, take a look around and see where you can add some more beads to your life! You never know where the beads will show up next!
Download your FREE copy of Free Bead Craft Patterns: Beaded Flowers, Beaded Ornaments, Pony Bead Patterns and More Bead Crafts today! You'll get all eight of these free beading patterns for making your very own bead crafts.
Bead Happy,

Jennifer
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Mangham notes that the bag hat doubles as a great bead-catcher. "There's going to be a children's table. Volunteers will help children with their crafts, and with being costume consultants.". Volunteers will help children with their crafts, and with being.

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Free Polymer Clay Beading Project: Mashed Up Hearts

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Although I've tried my hand at bead making using polymer clay, I've never considered myself to be particularly good at it. Especially after seeing a friend of mine who created an entire Lord of the Rings chess set out of polymer clay -- I just don't need that kind of intimidation while I'm trying to make my polymer clay beads look like beads!
But with all the new polymer clay bead-making tools, powders, and embellishing products available, I've started to take an interest in polymer clay again. Polymer clay is starting to look more and more attractive to this former lampwork artist, especially since I don't have lots of hours to sit at the torch anymore. One of the great things about polymer clay bead making is that it's something I can even do with my four-year-old son: he loves to make loads of little polymer clay balls for me to embellish and bake!
Today on Beading Daily, I'm thrilled to present to you a free, exclusive polymer clay project from Iris Weiss, the Education Manager of Polyform Products. Polyform Products distributes Sculpey and Premo! polymer clays as well as a whole line of tools and embellishments for polymer clay. These beautiful Mashed Up Hearts can be used as either pendants or pins!

Materials:
(1) 2oz. package Premo! Sculpey black clayAssorted glittersPearl Ex powders18 gauge jewelry wire in colors to match your glittersPin back, if desired
Tools:
Sculpey Super Slicer bladeClay conditioning machineWork matTools for adding texture to your clayCraft knifeFlush cutterRound nose and/or chain nose pliers
Step by Step Instructions:
Aren't these little polymer clay hearts great? The thing I love about these is that there's no wrong way to make them! For someone who doesn't do a lot with polymer clay, a project like this makes me think that there's hope for me yet!
Have you mastered the basics of polymer clay and want to start making jewelry that's both refined and organic in nature? Then you'll definitely want to check out Enlightened Polymer Clay. Each of the twenty-nine projects takes basic polymer clay techniques and shows you how to use them to create light, ethereal polymer clay jewelry. Get your copy of Enlightened Polymer Clay and take your polymer clay bead making projects a step further!
Do you have a favorite polymer clay bead making tip? Share your tips and techniques here on the Beading Daily blog!
Bead Happy,

Jennifer
P.S. For a Raku variation on this fun polymer clay project and a giveaway from Polyform products, head on over to our Beading Instructions blog!
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Gemstones for 2012: The Year of the Dragon!

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Growing up, two of my best friends were Chinese girls who had spent several years living in India before coming to the United States. Through them, I learned so much about Chinese culture (and cooking - yum!) that I fell in love with everything about China. I've read many books about Chinese history and art, martial arts and, of course, Chinese astrology! During my college years, the three of us would spend hours in the book store reading through books on Chinese astrology, trying to figure out how my husband (an Ox) and me (a Tiger) managed to get together. (According to Chinese astrology, we're supposed to be completely incompatible!) We ate up the descriptions of the different personalities attributed to each person born in a certain year, and we tried to figure out how they applied to us. 
Well, this year, 2012, is the Year of the Dragon in Chinese astrology. What does that mean? Well, the Dragon is one of the luckiest and most powerful signs in Chinese astrology. People born in the Year of the Dragon are said to be self-assured, fearless, flexible and innovative. Dragons make good artists, diplomats and politicians. Dragons can also be quick-tempered and and stubborn, but the element of water comes into play during 2012's Year of the Dragon, providing a somewhat calming influence on Dragon personalities and making them more sensitive to the needs of others.
You can capture a little bit of that good fortune and balance said to be bestowed upon Dragons in 2012 by using some of the lucky gemstones attributed to those powerful Dragons! There are three gemstones that are said to be particularly auspicious for the Year of the Dragon:

Opal. Opals are said to assist in spiritual journeys, as well as stimulating change and manifesting your ideas. For Dragons, who are believed to live in great balance with their spirituality, these are powerful gemstones for spiritual exploration.
Opal beads are hard to come by, but you'll be able to find a variation called Mountain Opal which is actually a vein of opal that has been cut with the surrounding "parent" rock. Opal cabochons, both artificially created and natural, can be purchased from some gemstone dealers.

Sapphire. I couldn't resist this bronze and sapphire coin pendant from Green Girl Studios while I was shopping during the Tucson gem and mineral shows! I've always been a fan of dragons, and this one combined with one of the lucky Year of the Dragon gemstones seemed perfect to me. Sapphires come in many different colors, including green, orange, pink white and yellow, but blue sapphires are said to help one use their full creative potential!
Since sapphire beads can be more expensive than other gemstones, you can always buy just a few of them and then enhance them with your favorite deep blue seed bead.
Amber. Amber is fossilized tree sap or resin, so it's not technically considered to be a gemstone or a crystal. Like sapphires and opals, it comes in a wide range of colors including green, golden, honey (a beautiful opaque light yellow), red and black. The red amber beads I used to embellish this handmade porcelain dragon cabochon by Marsha Hedricks (another Tucson find!) are believed to offer peace and promote self love and acceptance. I've heard of amber being referred to as the "human" gemstone, because it is naturally warm to the touch. When worn directly against the skin, amber is said to be able to transform negative human energies into positive energies.
Amber comes in a variety of beads and cabochons, some of which have been carved with beautifully intricate designs. Be aware when purchasing amber that the pieces with real inclusions (like bits of bugs and leaves) are very rare and hard to come by, and should be priced higher than other pieces of amber. If you find a piece of amber with inclusions at a price so low that it seems too good to be true, it probably isn't genuine!

Make the Most of 2012 with These Lucky Gemstones! Looking for some new ways to use gemstones in your jewelry-making projects? Check out the new book Gemstone Settings: The Jewelry Maker's Guide to Styles and Techniques. You'll find information about how to use your favorite gemstones (and a few new ones!) in beautiful, architectural metal jewelry designs. Learn how to set gemstones in prong settings, bezel settings and grain settings, and with so many valuable references about popular gemstones, step-by-step instructions for making your own gemstone settings and basic fabrication techniques, this is one jewelry making book that you'll refer to time and again.
Get your copy of Gemstone Settings: The Jewelry Maker's Guide to Styles and Techniques and be fearless with your gemstone settings in 2012!
Do you have a "lucky" gemstone? What is it? Why is it lucky for you? Leave a comment and share your thoughts here on the Beading Daily blog!
Bead Happy,

Jennifer
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The string of figures is faceted like a gem stone, lending a glittering digital effect to the strange tower. Each iteration of the man is holding his hands over the eyes of the man who precedes him. Doug MacCash / The Times-Picayune 'Karma' by Korean artist Do Ho Suh.

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Bead Table Wednesday: Scatterbrained Beads

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I think this winter is finally starting to get to me. We've had lousy conditions for doing any of the fun things that I love to do in the winter up here: it hasn't been cold enough for any serious ice fishing, and there's definitely not enough snow anywhere nearby for us to take out our cross-country skis or snow shoes.
My bead table is a riot of seed beads and components today, all of which are reflecting my desert-inspired color palettes from Tucson!Since I got back from Tucson, I've been trying to keep myself busy with my beads and some new beading projects, but on this Bead Table Wednesday, I feel like the contents of my bead tray are accurately reflecting my feelings inside: mixed up and disorganized!
At the heart of my feelings of dissatisfaction surrounding my bead table today is the herringbone stitch bezel I've been trying to make for a crystal rivoli. The whole project was one of those ideas that just hits you and you know it's a fabulous design. I've used tubular herringbone stitch in other designs to surround cabochons and focals, but I've never used it to make a bezel. This one has been frustrating and disappointing, to say the least! Short of using double-sided tape to hold the rivoli inside the bezel (which I don't want to do for fear of ruining the foiled back of the rivoli), I just don't think that this one is going to work.
On the other hand, I'm pleased as punch with the way the ceramic cabochons by Marsha Hedrick have turned out. The three pink and brown ceramic cabochons you see (with the old-fashioned image of the woman in the center) were started way back in 2009. I don't know what inspired me to take them out and finish them, but I suspect it was those strands of vintage Czech glass pearls from the Beadin' Path that I found while I was in Tucson!

The ceramic dragon cabochon was also another Tucson find that I couldn't wait to get started. Working the peyote stitch bezel was easy for this one, but now I've got three different ideas for the neck strap, and I'm just not sure which one I like the best. At least if I can't decide right away, I can always use one of the other designs with a different cabochon. (And I brought back plenty of cabochons from Tucson, believe me!)
One thing I love about the beads that I've been using lately is the desert-inspired color palette of seed beads that I selected while I was shopping at Whimbeads and Beyond Beadery while I was in Tucson. I don't know what it is about those dramatic rust-colored mountains that moves me, but it certainly got right into the part of my brain that picks seed bead colors for my new beading projects.
What's on your bead table today? Take a quick picture and tell us about it in the Forums!
Bead Happy,

Jennifer
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How to choose personalized romantic jewelry

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Looking for a great romantic gift for your wife, girlfriend or boyfriend? Custom jewelry-recommended custom jewelry are a very romantic gift and may be personalized with different things, such as a name or initial. The gift recipient know how special it is, because the gift with your name or initial on it is just for them.
We have put together these tips to help you find the perfect piece of custom jewelry for that special woman in your life. Here are our tips to help you find that perfect custom jewelry:
Custom rings
Personalized rings make great gifts. Can a custom ring with different things. Personalized couples rings may include first initial or birthstones of both people in a couple.

Or, customize the ring just for you-there are many possibilities. Personalized with a birthstone rings are great, so are the initial ring (a ring personalized with your first initial), or name of rings, rings with his name on it.
Personalized necklaces and pendants
Personalized necklaces are very popular; Necklace personalized with a name of the wearer used to be all the rage a few years ago, and are still quite popular.
There are many different settings to choose from. You can take for the name must be written in regular letters or script letters, and you can take a birthstone necklace to be added. Custom necklaces and pendants come in many different styles and concepts. Take a look at some different ones and pick the one that reflects the style of the woman you love.
Custom wristbands
Custom bracelets are very popular and there are many to choose from. Some bracelets are personalized with the recipient's name. Others can be customized with both of your names. Yet, others can have her birthstone or some of your birthstones on it, making it one of a kind bracelet just for her.
Next time, when you are looking for a romantic gift for the one I love, get her a custom piece of jewelry. You'll be glad you did-you will love it!
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Beading Business: Tips for Setting Up and Running Your Online Jewelry Shop, Part 1

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Taking a look at the recent threads in the Beading Daily forums, I see the same question over and over: I just set up my online jewelry shop, but no one is ordering anything from me! What am I doing wrong? It's easy to look at successful sellers on Etsy, ArtFire and other sites like Big Cartel and think that all you have to do for your online jewelry business is list a few items and then watch the sales start rolling in.

In reality, setting up and running an online jewelry business takes a little bit of work, some persistence, and a lot of time. While it's true that some online sellers find success fairly easily, the rest of us have to make a serious effort at running our online jewelry business. The things you need to do to run a good online jewelry shop aren't necessarily difficult, but they do require a little bit of thought.

Tip #1: Before you set up shop! Before you even set up your online jewelry business, it pays to do your homework.Contact your local chamber of commerce to find out what you need to do to collect sales tax and obtain any required business licenses. Even if your jewelry business is just a hobby, you are most likely required to collect sales tax when selling jewelry and then will have to turn that tax over to the state. If you have any questions about collecting sales tax or business licenses, make an appointment to sit down with a small business adviser from your local chamber of commerce. You'll be thankful that you did!
Tip #2: Have clear store policies. This probably requires more thought than any of the other things you will do before you even set up your online shop! What are your store policies? Do you accept returns? Will you do custom work? What kind of deposits do you require? Will you set up lay-away payments for your customers? Take a look at the store policies of other online jewelry shops and make notes on what you like and what you don't. Think about what works best with your business model before writing up your own policies. You can always change them later if you find that your original set of policies doesn't work for you, but make sure that any changes in store policies are well-advertised.

Tip #3: Take great photographs. I can't stress enough how important photographs are as part of providing an excellent online shopping experience for your customer. No one is going to buy a piece of beaded jewelry if the photograph is fuzzy or underlit, or if it doesn't show enough detail. It takes practice to be able to take great photographs, but if you're serious about running a successful online jewelry business, it's a skill that you must learn. Poor photographs gives customers the impression that you are not serious about your work!

Tip #4: Write good descriptions. This is the part that seems to be difficult for many online sellers. Writing effective descriptions can be tough, but it's well worth the time you spend on it. Think about including popular keywords like "beaded necklace" or "beaded earrings" in your descriptions so that search engines can pick up on your listings. Include accurate measurements for necklaces and bracelets, and highlight any special gemstones, beads or other materials that you used when creating the piece. Have a little fun with your descriptions, too: I've seen (and written) some item descriptions that sound like a short story, revolving around that particular piece of beaded jewelry.
Tip #5: Maintain excellent communications with your customers! Keeping in communication with your customers lets them know that you take your online jewelry business seriously. When someone makes a purchase from your online shop, it's a great idea to send them a quick message to acknowledge the order, thank them, and let them know when the item will be shipped. If you ship with a confirmation number (which is always highly recommended), send that number to your customer so they can track their package, too. Buyers are more likely to come back when you stay in touch and communicate with them!
Running a successful online shop for your jewelry business doesn't have to take a lot of time, but some people find it easier to set aside a block of time every day to complete their tasks like updating inventory, adding new items and promoting through social media. Remember that it takes time for your online shop to get noticed, so don't feel bad if you set up your online shop and aren't suddenly overwhelmed with orders! Keep at your online promotion, offer superb customer service, and you just might find that your little "side business" is turning into a successful online jewelry business!
Have you looked at your product photos and decided that you need a little help? If you have an hour to spare, you can learn everything you need to know about taking great photographs of your finished beaded jewelry from professional photographer Jim Lawson. Jim has spent many years photographing the jewelry featured in Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine. In the new video How to Photograph Your Jewelry, Jim shows us how to create a professional photography setup, how to get the most out of photo editing software, and even how to achieve a professional graded background to bring out the best in your finished jewelry pieces!

Are you ready to learn more about photographing your finished jewelry? Download How to Photograph Your Jewelry onto your laptop or desktop computer and start learning what the pros know about taking great photographs of your finished jewelry. Since it's available for instant download, you can have your video ready to go in just minutes and start working on improving your photographs today!
Do you have an online jewelry business? What tips for running your online jewelry business would you recommend to someone just starting out? Did you find that your first sales took a while, or did you start seeing items selling right away? Share your tips, thoughts and comments here on the Beading Daily blog! (And if you have a link to your online shop, share that with us, too!)
Bead Happy,

Jennifer
P.S. Come back tomorrow for Part 2 with tips on organizing and managing the inventory on your online shop!
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