Free Project: Autumn leaves brooch
Make this sculptural peyote brooch using wire as a frame. Once you master constructing the leaves, experiment to see what else you can create with them. This brooch easily converts to a necklace by adding it to a stitched neckband!
Tell us what you think – and win!
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 beautiful beads in a palette of coppers, blacks, ambers and oranges, with an extra-spooky surprise bead! Total retail value is approximately $55. No purchase necessary to win.
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Sponsored by: Shipwreck Beads
Shipwreck Beads Features Breathtaking Gemstones
Read more about the new selection of semi-previous gemstone rounds at Shipwreck Beads!
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Casting stories in silver: Carl Clasmeyer
This goldsmith and jeweler draws his customers into a whimsical, puzzling, and playful world of miniature clasps, toggles, and pendants. You will find yourself quickly captivated by this self-described “talker” and storyteller from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Learn about his highly-specialized work making exquisite jewelry findings.
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Bead Buzz
We would like to share two exciting opportunities with our jewelry-making friends: Bead&Button magazine is accepting applications for two positions on our editing staff. We’re looking for an experienced editor to lead the team, and an experienced bead-stitcher to fill a part-time position. If you or someone you know is interested, please read on!
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A misstep into a patch of poison ivy gave root to an award-winning idea for a beaded shoe (check out the picture!). After the shoe took first place in a contest, the concept grew into this multilayered bracelet for designer Linda Frechen.
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Later in this newsletter you’ll find an interview with Ksenia Korobko, the Grand Award winner of the 2018 BeadDreams Competition. Check out this slideshow of the work of the talented beaders who have won this prestigious award in the past.
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The October Design Challenge
The geometric shapes of the September Challenge made for some stunning jewelry, but for October, let’s get a little softer. Take your inspiration from raindrops falling on your head or from stones that are a girl’s best friend, or from the shapes that they represent. Teardrops are a very common shape for both beads and cabochons, and for classically-styled earrings. A diamond may glitter, but it is also the common geometric shape suitable for use in thousands of designs! Whether you use a precious gem or a delicate jewel in the shape of a teardrop, diamonds and teardrops are your call to jewelry-making action for this month’s Facet Design Challenge!
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A conversation with Ksenia Korobko
Learn more about the Grand Award Winner in the 2018 BeadDreams competition. She hails from Tver, Russia, and her winning piece is called “Golden Dragon.”
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Free project: Three times’ the fun multi-strand necklace
Love the look of bead crochet, but don’t know the stitch? Clusters of leaves, drops, and seed beads create a similar texture in this easy-to-make three-strand necklace. Just stitch a repeating pattern of embellishments over every fourth bead!
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