Sunday, August 23, 2009

Dawno's Weekly Wanderings Around the Beadosphere



Welcome back! It's been a busy week out there in the beadosphere, and without further ado - read all about it:

  • Tish of Just a Tish explains the artist exchange she's launching at her blog & gives a tutorial on the earrings she's made for the Beading Daily earring exchange.

  • A two for one deal over on Lisa's Friday Bead a Day post about Melissa Lee's designs for Soft Flex Trios over on Strands

  • I'm not the only one wandering the beadosphere! Wendy T. Gibson at Craft Dinner does too, on Wendy's Wednesday Web.

  • A gorgeous Alice in Wonderland necklace from a fellow Artbeads Blogging for Beads partner Blanche at Sha-sha Handcrafted Jewelry Blog.

  • Janeen from Janeen's 365 grabbed a picture of this gorgeous plate with patterns and colors that could inspire all sorts of creative ideas for beadweaving, stringing or polymer clay designs.

  • Zoya Gutina has a blog called Gem and Beaded Jewelry where she's shared how the Artbeads picasso painted onyx pendant necklace inspired her.

  • Silver Parrot's fabulous bead haul - it's all wonderful, but those polymer clay beads are just *wow* -

  • Don't miss Lampwork Diva Cindy Gimbrone's gorgeous Art Nouveau bronze metal clay pendant either. If I had more free time I would so love to start working with the different metal clays.

  • Melanie Brooks at Earthenwood Studios did a Rings & Things 'product playtime' post featuring the R&T copper blanks and had Russ Troll standing by to check out the results.

  • Now and then I sneak in a blog that has nothing to do with beading but another artistic endeavor, like this picture posted by Nikon Sniper - what an inspiring palette of colors - I imagined this inspiring a design in Swarovski colors of padparadscha, golden shadow, chrysolite, olivine, light sapphire, light peach...


  • Magazine posts

  • Katie Hacker shares about her Beading Daily featured download necklace pattern

  • Great article from Bead and Button on using dyed beads

  • Lori Anderson talks about her Beadstyle Magazine 52 Bracelets feautred bracelet which she's now got on sale (as well as a version in coral and turquoise)


  • Suppliers & Manufacturers

  • Want to know more about the Swarovski Create Your Style Ambassadors?

  • Great pictures and story about the Rings & Things Alabaster Anniversary.

  • The Beadin' Path's Dara talks about how to buy vintage beads in this week's Weekly Beadditudes.

  • Sara the Soft Flex Girl with a great new Soft Flex online feature & a post featuring one of my recent re-work designs with Soft Flex Trios Romance colors. Thanks, Sara!
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