by Gail DeLuca | Sep 3, 2015 | Design Techniques & Tips for Pros
Are you just getting started stitching with beads? Here are some Fundamentals to help you finish every project with ease. (Or, at the very least, a minimum of swearing like a beader!) Adding Thread There are many ways to add thread – this one is quick, easy and...
by Gail DeLuca | Oct 15, 2014 | Design Techniques & Tips for Pros
Congratulations to all the winners! Class 89 – Jewelry Lot 01 – Wire Wrapped Katie Kinney Marcia Minton Kristal Ray Julia Sherman Donna J Calhoun – 1st Laurel Johnson – 2nd Christa Keyes – 3rd Lori Martin – 4th Lot 02 –...
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 | Aug 14, 2014 | Design Techniques & Tips for Pros
Getting into beading as a craft and getting to the point where you feel comfortable and confident in calling yourself a ‘beader’ can be quite the process. Beading and jewelry-making is a whole world unto itself, full of its own celebrities, history, lingo, and...
by Gail DeLuca | Jun 21, 2012 | Miscellaneous Musings, Projects & Cool Ideas
The top of my dresser is looking a lot neater today, since I added this pretty new organizer above it! I can now see my necklaces and bracelets, and they don’t get tangled anymore. You can do this tonight!To make and install your own you’ll need the...