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Artbeads Cafe Giveaway – Fun Czech Glass Shapes with Matching Pendants

Did you know we have over 6,000 different kinds of Czech glass beads on our website? That’s so many colors, shapes, and textures to play with in your jewelry designs. Our latest Artbeads Cafe episode was a special Facebook Live session all about Czech glass! In the episode, Cheri and Cynthia make jewelry on the […]

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How to Get Started Creating Necklaces

Easily learn everything you need to know to create eye-catching necklace designs with our brand new necklace tutorial page. This informative section offers step-by-step instructions guiding you through the creation of several different necklace styles, as well as telling you the essential products and tools you’ll need to complete the designs. It won’t be long […]

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Spring Rhapsody Necklace

I was inspired by Swedish spring and tried to incorporate two of the most common spring flowers – bluebells and liverwort. I’ve put some small birch leaves on the vines around the 3D RAW “branches” (called “musöron”, “mouse ears” in Swedish). And the huge Swarovski Fancy Oval is just representing the quintessence of Spring as […]

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Stringing Heavier Gemstones

Q: Hi Bailey I am starting to work with larger, heavier gemstones. However the last 2 necklaces I created fell apart! The stringing wire slipped out of the crimp! Is there a technique or material you could suggest to correct this? Paula A: Hi Paula, Thank you for your inquiry. When wire slips out of […]

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Stringing 2-3mm Rounds

Q: Any suggestions for what or how I string those tiny tiny 2-3mmm peridot rounds or the 2mm Tourmaline beads?  Is there a trick to threading those little holes? Terrified of taking them off the temp. string they came on- worried I’ll never get them threaded again. � A: For the 2-3mm rounds, they string […]

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