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Free project: Natural selection fall necklace |
Embrace the changing seasons by creating a fall necklace that could be plucked from the forest floor. Combine accent pendants with coin pearls, gemstone rondelles, and seed beads using wrapped loops. You’ll fall in love with this earthy necklace! |
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Tell us what you think — and win! |
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Have you read the October issue of Bead&Button? We'd love to know what you thought of it. Take our survey and while you're at it, enter to win this collection of beads! Included in this month’s gorgeous assortment: a 25 mm cabochon by Alexandra Sydorenko, fire-polished beads (in two colors!), Silky beads, Infinity beads, Amos par Puca beads, and seed beads (in three colors!). (The bead dish is not included.) A winner will be selected the week of November 30, 2019, and will be notified by email. No purchase necessary to win. The winner for the June 2019 issue survey bead giveaway is Katherine Brooks from Shelby, NC. Congrats! |
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No, I need to read the October issue. |
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SPONSORED BY: SHIPWRECK BEADS |
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Winners of the August Design Challenge |
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The fur flew as we chose the winners of August’s Design Challenge, THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER (AND CATS, TOO!). Submissions of tabbies, pugs, and ponies paraded in to be judged — all crafted into delightful jewelry. It was a charming collection of pampered pets, but we selected FOUR winners, including one submission that captured the hearts of readers. Hint: the featured pet doesn’t bark, but it does yodel. |
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Metal Detective: Can you identify silver from look-alikes? |
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Pick up your magnifying glass — and the other tools detailed in the story — as we explore ways to identify silver. Imagine that you’ve just inherited a large box of silver-colored jewelry. You’d like to know if any of it is real silver. This can be determined with a combination of six tests. (Note: a Sherlock Holmes’ cap is optional.) Silver insight → |
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The October Design Challenge |
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As we enter October, we are already surrounded by the changing of the seasons: the wind is sharper, the evenings shorter. But the greatest impression on our senses is color. The vibrant green on the trees and the grass is slowly giving way to beautiful browns, outrageous oranges, glorious reds, and golden yellows, and all of those colors can be found in beads and metal! What can you create in the AUTUMN COLORS? Challenging! → |
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2019 Halstead Grant awards announced |
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Have you heard? The Halstead Grant winners were just announced! If you’re not familiar with the award, it’s an annual grant for emerging silver jewelry artists. Applicants submit answers to 15 business questions in addition to their design portfolios. The experience is designed to help jewelry entrepreneurs create a strategy to kick-start their careers. Click to read about this year’s winners! Talented winners → |
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Come join us in Lake Tahoe! |
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We are so pleased to let you know about this inspiring jewelry-making retreat brought to you by the team behind the Bead&ButtonShow. Six wonderful instructors will each teach an immersive, technique-driven three-day jewelry-making class, sure to take your skills to the next level. Beaders like Sherry Serafini and Cindy Kinerson are among the instructors. It’s all taking place at the Granlibakken Tahoe Resort in the stunning mountain town of Tahoe City, California. |
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Free project: Adventures in color jewelry set |
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You’ll love the combination of textures that comes together in these delicate, multidimensional pieces. Start with a mixed-color gemstone strand and add pearls and crystals. This necklace and bracelet both include tourmaline briolettes, one with muted colors for a dressy fall necklace and one with rondelles and crystals for a bright and playful bracelet. |
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Free project: Flowers and berries necklace |
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This necklace looks like a bouquet of fall flowers. You’ll find the lovely components work up quickly using bead weaving techniques. Together, the compiled necklace uses a variety of shaped beads to make a blossoming accessory seeded with berries. |
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