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The Beading Gem's Journal
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A different kind of jewelry design blog. Inspirational and informative with a gallery of original beader designs.
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Red Hatter Earrings
A local chapter of the Red Hatters, the well known social group for women over 50, have come to workshops and beading parties to make jewelry especially for their outings together. Many of them have been busy designing the society's signature red and...
Electronic Sensing Jewelry : Real Mood Jewelry
Remember mood rings? You can still get them today. They are supposed to change colours with your moods. They couldn't really predict your emotional state but the hollow glass or quartz stone contains liquid crystals did change colour in response to t...
Lime Green and Black Lampwork Bracelet
I have featured Cathy's work before. She is a talented local jewelry artisan who loves experimenting with different techniques. She came to a beading party armed with this lovely lime green and black lamp work bead she had made hoping to find more b...
Cocktail Inspired Jewelry
Sometimes I am in awe of artisans who can see the potential in some pretty ordinary things and are able to create something from what would be thrown away. Maison Martin Magiela whose website is still under construction has a "lush" jewelry line or a...
Focused on Crystals
It's not wrong to use all the same material to make jewelry. A classic string of pearls is a good example. However, even if you do use exactly the same shape and size of beads, varying the colours does make the design pop. Joan loves crystals and she...
Comments & Reviews
This blog is currently rated a 9.50 out of a possible 10 based on 2 comments.
Capitola Girl Said:
Pearl writes a lot of interesting articles about jewelry, history, and other artists. A really great blog to visit.
George Ingraham Said:
I realy liked the article about The Beadwork of the Samburu.
Very Cool... Hope ya do not mind if I add it to my blog with a link back to your site.
The African people have some of the most beautiful artistic abilities ever.

