Beading Techniques and Tips

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Beading Techniques and Tips from Jewelry Artists:

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Keeping Your Knots in Place When you tie a knot in some strings they come loose again. So to keep them stiff just add a little bit of clear nail polish to the knot and wait until ...

Straightening Griffon Silk or Nylon Beading Cord Okay - I know Rena has asked us before to tell her what tools or other items we use in our beading / jewelry making in unconventional ways, and I wanted ...

Redesigning One Necklace into Two - To Err is Human I had an idea for a necklace that would incorporate several jewelry design techniques: bead weaving pearl knotting wire-working chain maille.
I ...

Challenges with a Copper Chain Bracelet This bracelet was fun to make. The copper reminds me of the sun and the crystals have a purple / midnight blue finish with a fiery splash of color.

I ...

How Would This Look if I Did it Another Way? Sometimes you finish a piece and it looks good, but then you think, "How would this look if I did it another way?"

I made a bead crochet bracelet with ...

"BeadTool" Bead Design Software Fun I love this new program, the BeadTool 4 ! I can "paint" forever and never tire of creating new designs to bead.

I love the ease of use and all the ...

Cha Cha Bracelet Tutorial
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Round Nose Pliers

Flat Nose Pliers

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String Small Size Pearls (or other beads) More Quickly Recently, I strung a five-strand pearl torsade necklace using 5-6mm size pearls. (That's a lot of pearls!)

While stringing the first strand, I discovered ...

Beading Thread Tip I used to get very frustrated when my Nymo (and other threads) would get tangled.

I do condition and stretch my thread prior to use, but was still having ...

Unique Way to Use Brass Connector on Seed Beaded Choker I am a seed bead jewelry artist and was given a brass connector, manufactured by Vintaj,to use in a jewelry contest sponsored by the Texas Beaders Group ...

Using Chain on Earrings One day I went out on a whim and bought Sterling chain of simple loops.

I didn't have enough to complete a full bracelet so I just cut the length and ...

A Better Bead Scoop I have an alternative to those narrow metal bead scoopers found in most jewelry supply stores.

I use drinking straws! They cost just about nothing and ...