September 8th, 2008
***FREE STUFF ALERT***FREE STUFF ALERT***
I’ve got an issue of Belle Armoire Jewelry to give away to one reader! It’s the Spring issue from this year, and it’s packed with everything from wire work projects, to crochet, to stone setting, polymer clay, and lots of alternative materials. If you’ve seen BA Jewelry magazine before, you know that this quarterly publication isn’t really tied to a particular season, so don’t decide not to enter the drawing just because it’s the spring issue. I believe that the Autumn issue is set to be released very soon, if it isn’t already on the newsstands.
So here’s the deal: simply leave me a comment below, telling me what’s the next technique on your wish list that you’d like to learn. This will help me to focus my blog posts towards what you want, and it just might win you a free magazine! I’ll be having the random number generator pick a winner next Monday! Good luck all :-)
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September 8th, 2008
Artist: Sigrid Soto
http://www.secretsbeadsnthings.com/
My favorite tool is a simple dish with lots of beads just tossed in and mixed. From that colors mix and shapes mix and from that it inspires me to create my wearable art jewelery.
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September 8th, 2008
Make Art Monday
Gypsy Magic
I didn’t take any process photos as I made this piece, but I’ll still try to give you some general guidelines for putting together a multi-strand necklace like this tomorrow, for Technique Tuesday.
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September 6th, 2008
Artist: Paul Bishop
http://www.bishopwireandbead.biz
Paul writes:
This piece is called “Pearls & Swirls”. The bracelet is made of pink pearls with Swarovski drops (the “swirls” – no idea what the package called them), and short lengths of fine chain.
Isn’t it gorgeous?!!
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September 5th, 2008
About.com Jewelry Making
Have you been to the Jewelry Making Forum lately? If not, no problem - here is the low-down about some recent jewelry discussions going on over there.
Art Bead Scene
Art Bead Scene is Sunny Side Up!
Bead&Button Magazine
Several projects percolating in Tea’s beading brain lead to a new creation
Katie’s Beading Blog
This week, free instructions for Katie’s Smoky Topaz necklace!
Suspended Leather Pendants
Carmi finds an easy way to suspend leather in wire.
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September 5th, 2008
Here’s mine! Yes, even for jewelry making. I love my pliers and my needles, but my camera is still #1 in my heart!
What’s yours? Send me a picture or even just a statement about your favorite, and I’ll post it along with a link to your work on your blog or website! Use the subject line J&B favorite tool, and email cyndi @ b5Media.com (remove the spaces).
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September 4th, 2008
Diane Von Furstenberg
Oh, the divine Ms Von Furstenberg! What a great challenge (finally) for the remaining designers. I felt a bit like Kenley…it almost made me tear up to think about this opportunity that they were getting. And for her to allow them free access (well, up to 10 yards, anyway) to any of her magnificent fabrics! It was hard to fathom why some of them (Suede, for example) picked what they did, and then wouldn’t even listen to Tim’s advice.
Spoilers ahead…don’t click unless you want to know the results of the challenge!
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September 4th, 2008
Lucky me! I’m one of them :-)
My bead-embroidered neckpiece, pictured below, won 1st place in the Pearls category.
Andromeda’s Pearls
To see the list of all the winners (they’re not pictured yet), and to see images of the Grand Prize winners, visit FMG’s website! I checked the Design Gallery too while I was there, and was surprised to find my winning pieces from the last two years in there with the materials lists. Who knew?
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September 4th, 2008
How could I ever say no to my friend Aileen Roberts? First she flatters me by asking me to participate in a collaborative project with other mixed media artists, some of whom I know and others whom I’d like to know, and then she tells me that the finished product will be auctioned off to benefit ovarian cancer research. How could I ever say no then? My own mother is an ovarian cancer survivor. I am honored and delighted to take part in the Ties That Bind project.
Our mission is simple in concept. Artists united in their creativity to benefit Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Our project: Ties That Bind. A hand made doll created with heart and soul, donning hand embellished men’s dress ties and hand born charms. 100% of the profit goes to the OCRF, in support of their mission to help ovarian cancer patients and their loved ones.
I made a charm to help embellish the torso of our doll, and am thinking about making another if more are still needed. Teal is the color for the ovarian cancer ribbon, so that’s why I chose these color accents. It’s called For RuthAnn (my mom):
Stay tuned! I’ll share updates as they become available.
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September 3rd, 2008
The Naughty Secretary Club
by Jennifer Perkins
Ohmygosh, never before have I wanted so much to leave my boring world of glass and gemstones and get into plastic and resin!! Jennifer Perkins has written a totally delightful book, full of naughty kitschy fun (naughty because she was making jewelry back when she was *supposed* to be collating and filing. Well, who can blame her? These projects are WAY more fun!
If you don’t have a sense of humor, leave this book right on the shelf. Jen invites us all to not take ourselves seriously, and I found it to be a breath of fresh air :-) Her projects are marked as to difficulty, and in an attempt to get my feet wet in kitsch, so to speak, I made this fun fun fun bracelet, which I have unimaginatively named Cloth and Sparkle. I’m boring, so sue me!
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