Blog Catalog Blog Directory (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The blog contains information on how to become a jewelry designer, how to start your own jewelry business, tips on handcrafting and selling your jewelry. Cristina tells her story, from the beginning of her road in jewelry making business.
Blog Catalog Blog Directory (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Mostly about jewelry making with a touch of life thrown in.
Make It (Free subscription) | yesterday
I answered a few questions on Dabbled about my work and building my small business, check it out here. Speaking of interviews, I'm resurrecting a feature I used to have on this blog a few years ago, but I'm doing...
Lampwork Diva aka Cindy Gimbrone (Free subscription) | yesterday
The heat has gotten to me! Why do you ask? Because I've created TWO projects for this month's Ornament Thursday! It's not the first time I've gone a little OT nuts . Maybe that was the cold? This time, it's the heat? It's Color Week so I've paid particular attention to how I use color in the projects. Let's see how I do with next week's Ornament Thursday. Can't wait to show you!
Make It (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here are some pics Matt took a while ago of my work in Greenward, an eco-friendly shop in Cambridge. So fun to see my work in such good company, they carry alot of great lines there! The next step for...
Wise Craft (Free subscription) | yesterday
Good day to all! I just added some new fun pieces to the shop today. In case you may have wondered, I am loving this whole jewelry making detour my creative thoughts have taken. I really enjoy the process of...
The Impatient Blogger™ (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Uh, duh. I didn't mean to sound like there wasn't anything else cool at CHA! Plaid has a new line of jewelry making components that are really awesome but aren't on the site yet. Traci Bautista's Collage Pauge line is out and of course, I've blogged it before but it bears repeating Crafty Chica's new line kicks arse and is set to roll out at 450 Michael's stores nationwide in 9 days! Beadalon debuted...
Earthenwood Studio Bead Blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
So just a quick update here on the happenings here at the Studio. Woot, with a picture of a Bat pendant that I made last year. Yeah it was a one of a kind and sold it long ago, probably around Halloween. I think it's cute, I always meant to make more. Maybe someday I will. I am showing it as an ode to the Dark Knight movie I saw yesterday. It was lots of fun to go to the movies with friends, I cannot...
Lampwork Diva aka Cindy Gimbrone (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Here's a book y'all gotta get! Margie Deeb has outdone herself with The Beader's Color Palette. The book includes 220 palettes inspired by five diverse themes - a great companion text to Margie's podcasts. To give you an idea of how the book works, with the inspiration and color palettes, a blog post from Margie's blog shows an inspiration photo: A color palette based on the inspiration photo: A close...
West Coast Crafty (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Yesterday I had the honor of teaching a jewelry-making project at the last meeting of the Portland Church of Craft. It was a lovely get-together with lots of sparkly earrings to show for it, as well as some unexpected treats: fresh raspberries Sally brought from Dennison Farms and a bag full of vintage baby dresses [...]
Lampwork Diva aka Cindy Gimbrone (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Today is our play date. I'm playing with color in a different way, trying to think like beaders and jewelry designers rather than a glass beadmaker. I hoard beads like beaders do and am drawn to beads I don't know how I'll use them so you can imagine I have a HUGE stash of beads. For awhile now, I've had an idea of selling a grouping like you order take out, you know when you order, "I'll take a number...
Make It (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Art Beat has come and gone. It was H-O-T. Temperatures were supposed to be in the mid 90's and I believe it got up that high, though I never checked. Please learn from my mistake: Always have a tent at...
Genealogy@Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Subscribing to BellaOnline.com Jewelry Making Newsletter will keep you informed of new projects, reviews, what's going on in our forum and all kinds of great information.
Lampwork Diva aka Cindy Gimbrone (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
I read alot of blogs. My reader is full and now I've added color blogs. Here are a few that I found helpful for the color study done for Color Week. For general color theory here is the Queen of Color, Margie Deeb's Color for Bead Artists If you want your color study in a social networking site, there's the Color Lovers Blog For the glass beadmaker, Kandice Seeber writes a wonderful blog called Color...
Handmade Sterling Jewelry (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Ruby is the birthstone for July and the 15th and 40th wedding anniversary stone. Historically, the ruby is associated with royalty, love and vividness, passion and power. Thirteenth century medical literature from India tells us that a ruby could cure digestive disorders. In the Bible, only wisdom and a virtuous woman are more valuable [...]
