Forum Member Wins Swarovski Competition
Swarovski Create Your Style is a yearly competition where participants create unique and beautiful designs using, what else but, Swarovski crystals. A...

Upcoming Glass Art & Bead Festivals
Bead shows are big now! I remember back in the old days when you might have seen a bead show once a year - maybe. Now, we are so lucky......

Stringing Here to Stay
As part of my list of magazine reviews on this site, I wrote a review some time ago about Stringing magazine, which was then a special issue publicat...

Selling Seminar at Jewelry Arts Expo
If you are planning on attending the Jewelry Arts Expo this April in Wilmington, Delaware, then you may want to sign up for David Weiman's seminar, Th...

Jewelry Supplies as Valentine's Gifts
I received an email from someone's very thoughtful boyfriend. He was asking for advice concerning buying jewelry making supplies, specifically kits an...

Paper Clay Jewelry Journey
If you've been following my newsletter for a while, then you've noticed that I've been experimenting with paper clay a lot lately. If you are new (and...

Photographing Jewelry
Many jewelry makers eventually realize they want to take photographs of their jewelry. Even if you don't sell your finished jewelry, how else are you ...

Valentine's Jewelry: A Lot or a Little?
I'm in the full Valentine's Day jewelry swing, and as I'm in the middle of designing a bunch of new Valentine's Day jewelry projects for this site, I ...

Heart Jewelry Time
Valentine's Day is coming up - one of our busiest times of the year in the jewelry world. On a very similar note to Christmas, most women enjoy dress...

2007 Spring & Summer Jewelry Trends
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads has its latest jewelry trend color forecast and styles posted on its web site. If you have a color printer, you may want ...