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Making Mini Beaded Chairs

Beads are fun to play with, whether you are making jewelry, home decor or some other kind of craft. Artbeads recently discovered the art of making miniature chairs with beads thanks to Noreen M, an Artbeads.com customer. Noreen has made many beaded chairs over the years and now her goal is to revive miniature beaded […]

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Beads in Crafting – A Royal Beauty Contest for Embellished Trinkets!

We here at Artbeads had some fun over the holidays! We found some fun little animal statues and handed them out to employees with the challenge of decorating them with flatbacks, beads and other embellishments. The results are absolutely superb. First, take a look at Princess Kitty, decorated by Artbeads employee Sheryl: Princess Kitty also […]

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Dried Out Gilders Paste? No Problem!

Gilders Paste is a great way to add new color to metal, wood, polymer clay, ceramic, wax and resin surfaces. It comes in lots colors and each container provides enough paste for many, many projects. We’ve used Gilders Paste in some of our Learning Center ideas and they all turned out fabulous! A little Gilders […]

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Donna’s Story

We’ve mentioned a few times on the Artbeads blog that we’d love to hear your stories about beading, whether it’s about the project that took on a mind of its own or simply what inspired you to start beading in the first place. This story is by Donna, and she talks a bit about her […]

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Beading Across America Book Winner

Congratulations to Julia, she won a copy of Beading Across America autographed by author Amy Katz! We randomly selected her comment using the True Random Number Service – numbers 1 through 64 (we received 64 comments over the weekend!) and it generated number 37. Julia, we will contact you with more information. Don’t forget to […]

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Blue Forest Bracelet

The Blue Forest Bracelet is all about color and sparkle. Inspired from images of floating mountains, brilliantly green forests and blue waters, this design uses crystal and glass beads that catch the light. The fluid lines of this bracelet create a sparkling ode to the beauty one finds in nature.You can create an exact replica […]

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Put Your Bead IQ to the Test

Are you a bead genius? Find out by taking Artbeads.com’s Bead IQ Trivia Quiz, featuring bead and jewelry trivia. Those who have tried so far have scored an average of 66%. See if you can do better! Once you’re done, enter the Bead IQ Trivia Sweepstakes for a chance to win a fabulous “Bead Genius” […]

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10th Anniversary Specials

The year 2010 marks Artbeads.com’s 10th Anniversary! To celebrate this incredible milestone, we are passing the savings on to you. You’ll find 10 new 10th Anniversary Specials every week, allowing you to save on some of our most highly sought after products. We’re offering these discounts to reward those of you who have been with […]

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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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New Findings

Check out more than 60 brand new findings. These jewelry making essentials range from bead caps and crimp tubes to earring findings and links. Coming in a variety of finishes from sterling silver to gold-plated pewter, these items will satisfy any aesthetic. Every jewelry designer needs findings, so stock up today and be the first […]

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