Brazos Collection Suits All Your Bead Needs

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Often times during the day I catch myself thinking about beading and jewelry making. Sometimes I see something and think to myself, “Wow that  sure would look cool as a bead, I could really use a bead like that in my collection.”

If only there was a place where I could  shop for a wide variety of creatively designed beads that were both high quality and affordable.

Lucky for me it just so happens that there is! While browsing brazoscollection.com, I came across the new items that they had listed. It was almost as if they were reading my mind. They had everything from apples to roses to skulls to coins.

There were so many fresh and creative bead ideas. You should check them all out for yourself.

Happy Beading!

From Trash to Treasure

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

We recently wrote about how jewelry makers and beading pros can turn old or unwanted gifts into personalized new gifts for their family and friends this holiday season. Using old material to create new gifts got us thinking about recyclable material, and how we can use our craft skills to turn trash into treasure.

Try creating handmade jewelry using material that may otherwise have gone to waste. Using recyclable material in place of your traditional beading supplies is a great way to “go green” with your beading. There are plenty of ways to make cool jewelry with materials you most likely already have.

Two of our favorite “green beading” projects involve making handmade jewelry with supplies you already have around your home.  Paper beads and bottle cap jewelry are two examples of easy projects to get you started.

Below is a video from ThreadBanger that takes you step-by-step through how to make your own bottle cap earrings.

Also from ThreadBanger, the following video walks you through how to create beads using paper