Preciosa Ornela, the manufacturers of beads in the Czech Republic, has just released a new seed bead called “twins.” They’re a two holed, 2.5X5mm oval seed bead. Currently, the only colors available in the US are crystal, crystal matte, jet and jet matte… and Dancing Beads has
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Last week a new show premiered on the Lifetime Network that is right up my alley. It’s called Project Accessory, and is based on the same premise as Project Runway. Thank goodness the full episodes are going to be running on the Lifetime Network website, because this
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You’d think, after all the beads, and all the years I’ve been surrounded by them my enthusiasm for a bead shopping opportunity would be somewhat lukewarm. Nothing could be further from reality. I love beads, and I get just as excited by them now as I did
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…on a Sunday night! From Bead&Button My head is swimming with ideas for ways to advertise/promote the shop. What it isn’t filled with is copy… dang it! I was online a bit ago looking for inspiration. I’m not certain what lead me to the Bead & Button
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Beaders who love to work with seed beads and crystals swear by a product sold by Berkley, a leader in the fishing industry called Fireline. Fireline is a thermally fused line that is incredibly thin, very strong, and smooth. It can be threaded through a size 12
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