by Gail DeLuca | Aug 1, 2017 | Products & Tools We Love (& How to Use Them), Tips
I was inspired to write this quick post when I was troubleshooting my batteries in my favorite thread burner, this little retractable edition from Beadsmith. I learned two great things in the process: My tip had become unseated and all I had to do was push it back...
by Gail DeLuca | Jul 20, 2017 | Products & Tools We Love (& How to Use Them), Projects & Cool Ideas, Tips
Essential oils have gotten incredibly popular over the last few years. People have taken to carrying certain mixtures with them; some even wearing particular scents on their person throughout the day. Oils can be used to help soothe headaches, to ease anxiety, or just...
by Gail DeLuca | Dec 4, 2014 | Miscellaneous Musings, Products & Tools We Love (& How to Use Them), Projects & Cool Ideas
Christmas Eve is officially twenty days away. Hanukkah is twelve days away. The winter solstice is seventeen days away. The holidays are sneaking up on us fast! Are you in need of quick, inexpensive gifts that don’t smell like strawberry-kiwi or come from the $5...
by Gail DeLuca | Oct 9, 2014 | Design Techniques & Tips for Pros, Products & Tools We Love (& How to Use Them), Projects & Cool Ideas
Check your holes! Any bead can get clogged with debris – but when you’re working with two holes, and the first hole is clear, you may do a lot of stitching before you get to use the second hole in a two-hole bead. And if it’s clogged? Frog stitch...
by Gail DeLuca | Sep 17, 2014 | Design Techniques & Tips for Pros, Products & Tools We Love (& How to Use Them)
or Why, after 10 years of shunning them for bracelet designs, I am now welcoming them back onto my arms. I have been making jewelry for well over 10 years now. Beautiful, time consuming designs, with those little tiny seed beads, each one stitched into place by hand....
by Gail DeLuca | Mar 26, 2014 | Design Techniques & Tips for Pros, Products & Tools We Love (& How to Use Them), Projects & Cool Ideas
If you’ve ever wanted to create your own pattern for your beadweaving projects, blackgiraffe.com is a great resource online for copyright-free graph paper! There are free, printable graph paper for peyote, peyote 2-drop, brick stitch, and three different kinds of...
