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Inspiration:Summer Woven Necklace

artigianati — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:57:46 +0000

by Lauren Sherman

It’s been two summers and I’m still really, really into anything that even remotely resembles a friendship bracelet.

Now, the wicked talented Erica Domesek–she of our favorite DIY website, PS- I Made This–has created a rope necklace that I just can’t resist.

Domesek partnered with adorable boutique Tauk–in Montauk, obviously–to release a limited edition run of the macrame necklaces she’s been wearing all summer. And yes, she made them. Each is handwoven with string, bright ropes, and ultra suede.

I’m partial to the navy, black, and white, but let’s be real, they’re all cute. I’m heading out to Montauk in two weeks, which means my first stop will be Tauk. And at $80, it won’t drain me of spending money.

SOURCE _ http://fashionista.com/2010/07/i-need-i-want-i-have-to-have-ps-i-made-this-summer-woven-necklace/

The Absolute Beginners Guide: Stringing Beaded Jewelry – DVD

artigianati — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:36:49 +0000

Learn the basics of making beautiful jewelry! This video class is a friendly and thorough demonstration of some of the most common skills you’ll need. Presented by Karin Buckingham, author of three books on crafting and jewelry making, and former associate editor of BeadStyle magazine.
This DVD covers:
• Materials & tools: Find out what you need to get started, from flexible beading wire and crimp tubes to pliers.
• Techniques: See demonstrations of the techniques you’ll use over and over
to create jewelry: crimping, wire basics, and knotting.
• Necklace project: Learn how to string beads on beading wire and attach a clasp to make an easy, beautiful necklace.
Look for the companion book to this class! The Absolute Beginners Guide: Stringing Beaded Jewelry offers similar projects and techniques to expand your skills. Winner of the 2010 IPPY Award.

Click here to purchase

How to:Ladybug Friendship Bracelet

artigianati — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:22:54 +0000

by DMC

Using two colors of DMC floss and ladybug and flower buttons you can create a nice looking friendship bracelet. Help the kids make this one for their friends. These are great for birthday parties or school activities.

Materials:

DMC Floss:
- 1 Skein of Lemon (#307)
- 1 Skein of Christmas Red (#321)
1 Ladybug button
2 Daisy flower buttons
Scissors
A ruler
Masking tape
A piece of heavy thread or dental floss

Steps:

(Before beginning, see drawings of Overhand Knot, Vertical Double Half Hitch and Easy Bead Threading that are used on this project.)

Cut two 30" lengths of Lemon floss, and two 30" lengths of Red floss. Line up ends of all strands and tie an overhand knot 2" from end. Tape the loop to the table.
For the first row, use one strand of Lemon floss to tie three vertical double half hitches. Repeat with another Lemon strand and then the two Red strands. Repeat this pattern for 2-1⁄4".
Thread a flower button onto the second strand of floss.
Repeat Step 2 for 1".
Thread the ladybug button onto the second strand of floss.
Repeat Step 2 for 1".
Thread a flower button onto the second strand of floss.
Repeat Step 2 for 2-1⁄4".
To end, using all strands, tie an overhand knot. Neatly trim both ends of the bracelet leaving 2" on each end.

SOURCE _ http://www.favecrafts.com/Bracelets/Ladybug-Friendship-Bracelet-from-DMC

How to:Easy Earrings for June

artigianati — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:59:07 +0000

A special treat for June -- this project is from our out-of-print 365 Earringsissue. Making your own findings is easy and economical - start with Associate editor Jane Konkel's design and then experiment with your own shapes. If you know anyone who would enjoy a free earring project every month, tell him/her to sign up for the newsletter at BeadStyleMag.com.
Step 1:On a decorative head pin, string a bead. Make the first half of a wrapped loop (Basics). Make three bead units.

Step 2:Cut a 3-in. (7.6 cm) piece of wire. Make a plain loop on one end (Basics). Place your roundnose pliers 1 in. (2.5 cm) from the loop, and pull the wire around the jaw to make a loop.

Step 3:Make another loop Ÿ in. (1.9 cm) from the previous loop. At the end of the wire, make a loop. Bend the wire into the desired shape.

Step 4:Attach a bead unit to each loop, completing the wraps as you go.

Step 5:Open the loop of an earring wire . Attach the dangle and close the loop. Make a second earring in the mirror image of the first.

Supplies: 6 6-9mm Beads

6 in. (15 cm) 20-gauge half-hard wire

6 1 1/2-in. (3.8 cm) decorative head pins

pair of earring wires

chainnose and roundnose pliers

diagonal wire cutters

SOURCE _ Bead Style Magazine

How to:Greek Leather Lariat

artigianati — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:08:37 +0000

by Ann Dillard for Beadalon

You will be the talk of the town with this fashionable design. Use Jadeite and Chinese character bone beads to make this hip necklace.

Materials:

55” - 2mm leather cord
1 - 10mm round Jadeite bead
2 - 6mm round Jadeite beads
2 - 10X6mm barrel Jadeite beads
2 - 6X4mm barrel jadeite beads
4 - 6X4mm carved barrel jadeite beads
8 - 6mm Chinese character bone beads
6 - large silver bead caps
14 - flat silver bead caps
4 - small silver bead caps
6 - medium silver spacers
2 - small silver spacers
2 leather cord ends
2 head pins
2 eye pins
Beadstorm™ Chain Nose Pliers
Beadstorm™ Round Nose Pliers
Nipper tool

Steps:

String one large silver bead cap, one 6mm Chinese bone bead, one medium silver spacer, one 10mm jadeite bead, 1 silver spacer, 1 Chinese bone bead and one larger silver bead cap. Center the beads onto the leather cord and tie a knot at each end to secure beads onto center of cord. Make sure knots are tight.
Measure 1” from knot at one end of the center group and tie a knot at this spot. String one silver flat bead cap, one 10X6mm barrel jadeite bead and one silver flat bead cap. Tie knot to secure.
Measure 1” from last knot and tie another knot at that spot. Measure 3” and tie another knot. Measure 3” and tie another knot. Measure another 3” and tie knot. Then string one flat silver bead cap, one 6mm round jadeite bead and one flat silver bead cap. Tie knot to secure.
Measure 1” and tie knot. Measure another 1” and tie knot. String one flat silver bead cap, one 6mm Chinese bead and one flat silver bead cap. Tie knot to secure.
Measure 1” and tie knot. String one large silver bead cap, one 10X4mm carved jadeite barrel bead, one silver spacer, one Chinese bead, one silver spacer, one 10X4mm carved jadeite barrel bead and one large silver bead cap. Tie knot to secure.
Measure 1” then cut leather cord. Using chain nose pliers, crimp on a cord end.
Repeat steps 2 thru 6 on opposite side of center grouping so that it is symmetrical.
Thread onto eye pin, one small bead cap, 1 10X4mm jadeite barrel bead and one small bead cap. Make loop to create charm. Repeat so that there are two identical charms. Attach to one to each cord end.
Thread onto head pin, one small silver spacer, one Chinese bead and one flat bead cap. Make loop to create charm. Repeat so that there are two identical charms. Attach to each eye pin to finish dangle.

Tip: Finished length – 43”. It is easier to make tight knots if you lubricate the leather cord with water prior to making the knots.

SOURCE _ http://www.favecrafts.com/Leather/Greek-Leather-Lariat#

Inspiration:Iris Necklace by BeaValdes

artigianati — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:11:24 +0000

For Bea Valdes, each piece is an exploration and the material her muse – the sway of glass drops, the sheen and shine of metals, ribbon's sensual embrace. Hand-made in the designer's native Philippines, these painstakingly conceived and executed compositions stand testament to her philosophy of 'Just one bead at a time'. Named after Iris, the ancient Greek's messenger of the gods, this necklace projects a divine charisma. Tiered discs of orange and gray agate are ringed with globular and tubular beads to form seven opalescent clusters, diminishing in size from the centre outwards. Joined to each end of this assembly, blackened metal links close the circle; faceted conical crystals provide sparkling accents. Use the extender section to adjust the necklace's length, then secure with the lobster-claw clasp.

All elements are finished with padded backs for a comfortable fit; flexible construction contours the design closely to your body. Piece is supplied in a sumptuous faux-lizard skin presentation box with silky fabric lining and Bea Valdes brass nameplate.

SOURCE _ http://www.couturelab.com/products/Iris_Necklace-5584-c253.html?utm_source=estyle&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bea

Jewelry made from trash in Africa finds value

artigianati — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:03:41 +0000

by Candice Shih

It’s not often one will stumble into a fashion design business while working with a charity in Uganda.

But it happened to Kallie Dovel, a 2008 graduate of Vanguard University in Costa Mesa.

Uganda is still recovering in many ways from a civil war, and Dovel met some of the women affected by the bloodshed in a refugee camp in Gulu in 2007.

She noticed they made necklaces from beads rolled from paper and trash and sold them to whoever might pass by.

When Dovel, now 23, returned home, she brought back boxes of the necklaces with her, sold them and sent the money back to these women.

“It got our minds rolling,” said Alli Swanson, a friend and now business partner. “How could we do this?”

Now Dovel, Swanson, Anna Nelson, Brooke Hodges and Jessie Simonson — all recent graduates of Vanguard — run a jewelry and shoe company called 31 Bits.

The name comes from the Bible’s Proverbs 31, which describes a woman providing for her family. The “bits” refers to the bits of paper from which the beads are made.

Having started out with six women in Gulu, 200 miles from Uganda’s capital of Kampala, 31 Bits now employs 60 women......

How to Make Shrink Plastic Jewelry

artigianati — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:22:21 +0000

by Helen Bradley

Make your own jewelry embellishments using this stamped shrink plastic technique, from Helen Bradley of http-design.
Materials:

* 1 sheet white shrink plastic
* Large detail background stamp
* Simple flower stamp
* Circle punch (larger than flower stamp shape)
* Colored pencils – Orange, Red and Yellow
* Adhesive crystals
* 20 approx, large jump rings
* Lobster clip
* Black Sharpie or other permanent marker
* Permanent ink – black and red

Tools:

* Heat embossing gun
* Wire working tools
* Adhesives
* Scissors
* 3mm (1/8in) hole punch

For instructions go to - http://www.favecrafts.com/Friendly-Plastic/How-to-Make-Shrink-Plastic-Jewelry

How to:Pink Passion Flower Earrings

artigianati — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:13:47 +0000

by Lauren Anderson, The Chain Maille Lady

The step-by-step photo project to make these stylish pink and black earrings comes to us from an expert in chain maille jewelry, Lauren, The Chain Maille Lady. The earrings have a bit of 80s chic, which is so hot right now.

Supplies:

28 Black EPDM 18g 3/16” (4.76mm) rubber jump rings
48 Pink Enamel Coated Copper, also known as Artistic Wire, 19g 1/8” (3.18mm) jump rings

For step-by-step instructions go to - http://www.favecrafts.com/Jewelry-Making/Guest-Project-Pink-Passion-Flower-Earrings

How to:Strawberry Patch Bracelet

artigianati — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:07:58 +0000

by Margot Potter for Beadalon

This bracelet is a study in dimension and color, inspired by vintage jewelry. The basic ideas can be utilized with any combination of beads and colors that appeal to your sensibilities.

Materials:
20 gauge ColourCraft wire, green
24 gauge ColourCraft wire, silver
5 - .75 in. (1.9cm) Large raspberry pink teardrop beads, hole drilled through top
6 - .5 in. (1.27cm) Striated green Czech glass windowpane beads
6 - 4mm Hot pink metallic Czech glass faceted round beads
1 - 3x14mm Magnetic tube clasp, silver plated
7 - 4mm Jum rings, silver plated
Designer round nose pliers
Designer chain nose pliers
Designer flush cutter
Safety glasses

For instructions go to - http://www.favecrafts.com/Jewelry-Making/Strawberry-Patch-Bracelet#