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The Beading Gem's Journal

The Beading Gem's Journal

http://www.beadinggem.com

A different kind of jewelry design blog - for creative geeks and those who are insatiably curious. Inspirational and informative with a gallery of original beader designs.

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  • The Vicereine\'s Jewels

    Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 06:00 in gemstone, biography, historical, tiara

    British Raj in India Part 2 of 2 Mary Victoria Leiter (1870-1906) later Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, was an American heiress (see my past post on Jewels for the Dollar Princesses) whose father was a partner in the Marshall Fields retail empire. Her...

  • Maharaja Exhibition: The Splendor of Indian Royal Courts

    Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 06:00 in historical, royalty, necklace, famous gemstone, museum exhibition

    British Raj in India Part 1 of 2 If you live anywhere close to London, England or are visiting, the Victoria and Albert Museum has a fantastic Maharaja exhibition: The Splendor of Indian Royal Courts on right now until January 17, 2010. It will then ...

  • Diagnosis : Bead Addiction!

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 06:00 in humor

    Definition A bead addiction is defined as an insatiable need to acquire beads. Sufferers are physically and psychologically dependent on beads. They need to work with and purchase beautiful beads and gemstones on a regular basis and will go into with...

  • Neutral jewelry designs

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 18:00 in earrings, necklace, beader design

    Yvonne was certainly in a neutral kind of mood for this workshop session. She picked some gorgeous irregular mother of pearl dagger beads and came up with the necklace design. Notice that she spaced them out with dark bronze seed beads. She then used...

  • Craftgawker site showcases craft photography

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 06:00 in tips and tricks, business tips

    Making jewelry is not nearly as hard as taking good pictures of them. Agreed? Indeed jewelry photography is often the first major obstacle for many a budding artisan. It was also a big issue for me when I first started this blog (check out my past po...

  • Double holed Sliders for Earrings

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 06:00 in earrings, tips and tricks, beader design

    Double holed Inspirations Part 2 of 2 Double holed crystal slider beads are usually used for bracelets. However many beginner beaders like them and have wanted them for earrings. We've always encouraged them to go for it. Shown here is Terri's soluti...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.75 out of a possible 5 based on 4 comments.

ReyRey

4 stars Rey Ybarra

Your blog reflects a person who is very passionate about thier craft! Keep up the good work. Please visit my jewelry blog and post.

Rey

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cacoles

5 stars Carla

I love your unique style thank you

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5 stars Capitola Girl

Pearl writes a lot of interesting articles about jewelry, history, and other artists. A really great blog to visit.

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Glyphman

5 stars George Ingraham

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.

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