Necklace making ideas beads

learn how to make a basic beaded necklace at home with this step by step guide.

Make a simple beaded necklace using colourful glass seed beads combined with freshwater pearls. Its so easy and fun to make your own.

Love handmade jewelry but always wished you could make your own? There is something deeply satisfying about putting on a piece of jewelry you’ve made yourself. And it’s fun to be able to gift someone a personal creation, too. These step-by-step tutorials are the perfect place to start.

Summer has officially begun and so has the heavy rotation of of playful, summery accessories – most favorably, jewelry. I’ve been collecting African trade beads, pearls and shells for almost a decade, so when I…

Love having fabulous jewelry that makes you smile every time you look in the mirror? So do we, and we also have to admit we love getting compliments on the handmade creations we make and wear. If you are also a fan of handmade jewelry, then you absolutely need to check out these 31 awesome

I don't know about you, but I hardly ever use all my beads. There's always a few stragglers at the end of a project just lingering on my desk. If there are two beads, I can use them in a pair of matching earrings. But if there's just one lonely bead, it tends to get tossed in a nearby bowl to be dealt with later. That bowl of random beads becomes what's known in the jewelry-making world as "bead soup". I'm not sure what everyone else does with their bead soup, but here's one way I like to…