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Jewelry Blog Links

A Bead A Day
Can you stand the temptation of vintage Swarovski crystals? Then it's safe for you to check these out!

Art Bead Scene
Ornamentea is hosting a fun charm shop! Visit the Art Bead Scene blog for links and info and see the beautiful charms that Erin Prais-Hintz created.

Beading Arts
Cyndi has some tagua nut beads to give away!

Resin Crafts!
Resin Crafts has a tutorial on resin layering.

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
The super fab Margot Potter interviewed Jean on Margot's new blog, Craft. You. What an honor! She is a love and so is this new blog! Join it! Wow it is informative and fun!

Give a Jewelry Hoot!

As promised, I finally came up with a jewelry tutorial for this adorable little owl charm. I waited and waited until I had the perfect combination of beads, and I am so glad I did because it turned out great. I have already had a few compliments on this guy, who I incorporated into a design I call Garnet Crystal and Owl Charm Necklace, and of course, I designed some earrings to match, Dangling Garnet and Silver Earrings. Check out both of these new jewelry tutorials!

Weekly Jewelry Blog Links

A Bead A Day
Looking for a quick and easy button bracelet project? Try using one BIG button and some contrasting rubber tubing!

Art Bead Scene
Marie shows off some creative and innovative uses for some beautiful artisan components

Beading Arts
Cyndi has lists of fabulous suppliers in all sorts of categories for jewelry makers and beaders. Do you have any faves you'd like to add? Maybe even yourself?

Beads & Books
Michelle shares a tip for writing beading project instructions.

Carmi's Art/Life World
Carmi receives two different gifts at CHA that result in one very pretty necklace!

Resin Crafts!
This week Resin Crafts had a big post featuring bezels and components available at Michaels!

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
Jean reviews the fabulous Jean Campbell's latest book, Creating Glamorous Jewelry with Swarovski Elements. You are SO going to want this great book! Wow!

Wire Tool Time

You can use lots of different tools for making wire jewelry, many of which can be used for other types of jewelry making such as bead stringing or metalsmithing. However, if you have wanted to try to learn how to make wire jewelry, my article "Get Started Making Wire Jewelry," discusses some of the basic tools and supplies you need to, well, get started!

New Ionic Jewelry Cleaners

In my article about ionic jewelry cleaners, entitled "Ionic Jewelry Cleaners: Science or Magic?", I talk about a very handy little gadget that cleans metal jewelry safely and easily. I actually got my ionic cleaner a few years ago and even bought a few and gave them as gifts to my mom and mother-in-law. I don't know about them, but I still use my ionic cleaner pretty regularly.

Recently, I received an email from one of the folks at SpeedBrite, which is the company that manufactures and sells these. Not only has the company updated the small one I have, but it has a number of other models available. So I thought I'd share the link to the SpeedBrite site for those who may not have one of these yet. Stuller and Gesswein are also two dealers who carry the SpeedBrite Ionic Cleaners.