I love, love, love, this pearl bracelet from Beadshop.com! It is one of their many freebie projects. As usual, this bead shop has perfect taste and the best of supplies when it comes to jewelry designs.

Along with some freebie projects listed under the Tips seciton of Beadshop.com’s web site, they also have a number of projects available to purchase (most are around $7.95) which you can also download.
They call them “handouts,” and basically they are step-by-step instructions (including lots of color photos of th steps) to make various types of jewelry designs, such as the Giftwrap Earrings pictured.
I love pearls and wire, so was drawn to this cool earring project, but they have a pretty large number of them for purchase, so if wire isn’t your thing (shame on you if it isn’t), you can …read more

Beadshop.com has some cool frame charms. Made of sterling silver, they come in three shapes, teardrop, round, and rectangle. I can so imagine a gorgeous gemstone or crystal bead dangling from the center of one of these.

No, this is not a necklace for nurses. It’s a necklace for those who nurse. b5media’s breastfeeding blogger, Angela White, author of Breastfeeding 1-2-3, has written a few posts about these popular mommy-type necklaces (one on how to make a nursing necklace and another on safety issues), and she asked me to see what I could come up with. So here goes. Oh, and to cover myself, I’m not a nurse, nor nursing, nor a mommy to humans, so don’t let your little ones stick any of this in their mouths.
You’ll need the following supplies:
10 – 12mm barrel-shaped onyx beads (I got …read more

Nothing beats making jewelry as a great way to have fun and also help others. That’s what’s happening in this picture from Beadshop.com – These jewelry makers are busy making bracelets for Community Breast Health Project.
Here’s what the finished bracelet looks like – stunning!
 

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a good way to get the word out is by making related jewelry to give to others and wear yourself. It’s kind of like a mini-billboard you can wear around, only a lot more attractive.
Lots of jewelry suppliers sell components that can help you make some jewelry that is related to this important issue.
For example, Jerry Smith Beads sells these cute little charms along with similar charms in all silver and even beads. You could easily whip up a pair of earrngs with two of these charms and a pair of ear wires.
D.D. …read more

Beadshop.com is having a bead blow out sale on glass beads from Aug. 14th through the 18th. Not lots of time, but if you’ve been drooling over some glass beads over there, now is the time. They are 65% off.

 
Just a few more days left for Beadshop.com’s glass bead sale. They’ve got a selection of glass beads 50% off for the next few days.

Yes, this is gorgeous, isn’t it? No big surprise this pearl jewelry piece was designed by Janice Parsons, CEO of Beadshop.com, who just also happens to be teaching a pearl bead knotting class this summer in Hawaii.
Okay, I’m jealous beacause (a) I’d love to go to Hawaii; (b) I’d love to not be so afraid of flying that I’d actually get on a plane and go there someday; (c) I’d love to take a class from her some day!
Find out more about this workshop, which includes some Yoga (can it get any better) on the Beadshop.com website.

 
Beadshop.com has their DVD Tricks of the Trade on sale. Normally, it retails or $34.95, but it’s now on sale for $19.95. They even have a video clip preview available on the site.
For a little more information, read the review I posted awhile ago: Tricks of the Trade Revealed.