Great Dane Punk Out Bead This Great Dane bead has a lot of attitude and loves punk. He's decked out with a Mohawk, an earring and splashed in white paint. He's one cool dude. The bead is hand-sculpted from polymer clay -- bead is pierced vertically from top of head to bottom. Approximate size: 1" top to bottom 6/8" across ear to ear
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Have you ever wondered why the string of prayer beads used by Catholics is called a rosary? Well, the answer lies in the bush outside your window. Once, the beads in rosaries were made from rose petals. Many modern rosaries are made from wood, silver, or glass, but it is still possible to buy rose beads. Or, if you are a rose gardener, you can simply make your own. These beautiful and fragrant beads make unique jewelery and a wonderfully personalized gift.
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9/10ths of the beadweavers of my acquaintance recommend Carol Huber Cypher's Mastering Beadwork. I was a bit ambivalent. I love bead books but try not to collect every one ever printed in English. I subscribe to Bead&Button and Beadwork magazine, both of which focus on beadweaving. Even when I was strictly stringing I enjoyed those two which seemed to offer more than the eyecandy offered by Stringing or Step by Step Beads (which now has much more beadweaving than it used to). I even... Read Full Story
In the spirit of clearing the decks for the weekend, I realized that in addition to being behind (WAAAYYY behind) on the book review thing, I’m also way behind on the bead/jewelry picture posting thing. So, here’s some eye candy to get you through until Monday. Well, at least *I* think it’s eye candy – if it looks like eye vomit to you, well, sorry (oh, and don’t tell me, okay? I prefer to live in denial on anything having to do with vomit). My mind does tend to wander down the most... Read Full Story
Did you know Macy’s, a large department store chain with stores in 45 of 50 U.S. states, debuted jewelry made with recycled glass beads from Ghana’s Cedi Beads and TK Beads for Earth Day April 22? The two designers shipped beads to One World Products in February and March. We then consolidated them with tagua seed beads from Ecuador and recycled glass beads from Ghana to make globally inspired, environmentally friendly jewelry. Cedi Beads and TK Beads have received training and... Read Full Story
