The Impatient Blogger
Bitten by the bead bug? Margot Potter gives you the straight you know what on the tools you’ll need to get started. This March post is part of her ongoing Adventures in Jewelry Making with the BQOTU (day) series.
Art Bead Scene
The Art Bead Scene announces their next monthly challenge, a Midsummer Night’s Dream. Think fairies, woodland/forest or starry nights for your next jewelry creation and enter to win over $100 in art beads!
   
Bead Arts
Using some turquoise that she picked up at a recent bead and gem show, Cyndi shows you how to make a simple summer necklace.
Katie’s Beading …read more

Naughty Secretary Club
Jennifer searches world wide for the bits that go into her revamped vintage jewelry. This past week she ventured to the Brimfield, Mass flea market. Read her blog and get the full report as well as a few online jewelry shopping suggestions she discovered on her trip!
Snap out of it, Jean! There’s beading to be done!
Mother’s bracelets are true classics! Jean was comissioned (by her husband Jim’s pal, Rob) to create a very pretty one for his wife, due in October. See what they created together by phone, and find out if the mother-to-be liked it or …read more

Bead therapy is not a new idea. Most beaders will tell you that the act of beading is a wonderful way to relax, that time and problems can slip away as you make jewelry. And I have to agree with this.
However, I’d like to take it a step further and suggest that it is also a way to feel good about yourself, especially if you have any sort of career related to bead and jewelry arts, and especially if you still have the “day job.” Granted, we’d all like to do our beading full-time, but even to dabble in it …read more

There’s a new wave hitting the Internet – Podcasting – and jewelry makers, beaders, and crafters in general are starting to join the podcast phenomenon.
To find out what the heck a podcast is and what it could possible have to do with jewelry maker, click on the link below.
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Here are a few other links you might find interesting in your podcast explorations.
How-Tos on Podcasting:
Podcasting and Audio Blogging
GarageBand.com
How To Create Your Own Podcast
Podcast Crafters:
CraftSanity
The Candie Cast
CraftyPod