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Beading Articles
Browse our beading articles, offering tips, ideas, techniques and information on how to make and sell your beaded jewelry designs. Making jewelry is a process just like everything else. The more you work on it the better you will get. Hopefully these helpful readings will speed along this process and help transition you to the next level, whether you are a beginner or an advanced beader.
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Selling Your Work Without Selling Yourself Short
You pour so much into every piece you make that sometimes it is hard to let your jewelry go. Other times, you just don’t know what a reasonable person would pay for your creativity, imagination and—yes—your blood, sweat and tears...
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Showing Off: How to Have a Great Jewelry Show
I remember the first time I ever did a home show. I hadn’t been beading for very long and had just been experimenting with different materials and techniques. Mostly, I was just making pieces to go with...
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That’s My Style… And I’m Stickin’ To It!
I am one of those people. You know the kind: if I find a pair of shoes I love, I will buy them in every possible color. Same thing with jeans, T-shirts, tank tops—you name it! I am also that way with beads...
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Been There, Done That
In my last blog, I talked about the roots of what can only be described as a lifelong beading adventure. Having been a beader off and on for about 15 years now (and having more money...
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Tools of the Trade
When I first started beading, I am afraid to admit, I didn’t invest in any kind of beading tools. I just used common household tools to get the job done. Now that I have been beading for a while...
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