Make Every Project Your Own!
| | Special issue available now
Beaded Ornaments & Jewelry | | We've been working on it for months and it's finally printed, bound, and delivered! Our Beaded Ornaments & Jewelry special issue is on newsstands now and it's chock‑full of festive designs to make, display, and wear. From traditional beaded ornament covers to shimmering snowflakes, tiny trees, and cute critters, a host of delightful details will inspire you to make this a handmade holiday to remember. |
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| | | Top tips for better bead embroidery | | Prep and plan. Play and perfect. Learn these principles plus five go‑to bead embroidery stitches for outstanding results. |
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| Promotional Content | | Up to 75% OFF | | PandaHall offers over 700,000 beads & findings! You will find all kinds of loose beads and jewelry supplies at competitive prices. Visit our learning center for jewelry making inspiration. Click here for a FREE CATALOG! |
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| | Bead‑It‑Forward 2018 | | October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means it's a good time to talk about the Bead‑It‑Forward project, an initiative that gives beaders all over the world a way to support breast cancer research. Interested in finding out how your beadwork can be part of the solution? Find out five ways you can get involved. 2018 BIF theme: Butterflies! |
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| | A BUMP IN THE NIGHT design challenge | | Reminder! Join us for our October design challenge, A BUMP IN THE NIGHT, running through midnight on All Hallows' Eve (October 31)! Show us what sorts of fun, silly, or spooky jewelry you come up with this month! Just two more days to enter before voting begins! Boo! |
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| | October birthstone: Opal | | Boulder, Fire, and Peruvian blue — these are just a few of the many types of opal that are used in jewelry. Derived from the Greek "opallios," meaning "to see a change in color," the word "opal" refers to the way the stone refracts light, thereby affecting how it is perceived. Find out more. |
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| | FREE PROJECT
Set it right necklace | | Capture an art‑glass bead in a right‑angle weave bezel and then craft a lightweight and lacy neckpiece in herringbone stitch. |
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| | | Design Challenge winners | | For the September HARVEST MOON Design Challenge, we asked our readers to celebrate the autumn! Congratulations to our winners, Felice Trotter‑Wanner, Dawna Gillespie, Patricia Parker, and Cheryl Giffen, whose lovely "Falling Leaves" necklace is shown above. |
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| | | Getting ready for Halloween | | What do you make to decorate your home (or yourself!) for Halloween? We've pulled together our spookiest projects into one Pinterest board, so you can browse with ease. |
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