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Bead & jewelry blogging round-up

by Cyndi Lavin

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About.com Jewelry Making
Simple but elegant, this green crystal necklace project is a perfect holiday treat.

Art Bead Scene
We here are Art Bead Scene are ready to wrap our holiday gifts and wrap up the year, so we chose All Wrapped Up as our monthly challenge theme for December. Enter the challenge with your best pieces that incorporate art beads wrapped up with unusual fibers, beadweaving, or knitting and crochet techniques.

Bead Arts
A new link to a clever holiday gift or decoration idea each and every week day from now until Christmas! As the month progresses, Bead Arts will be making the ideas faster and easier, so that as we come up against the Christmas eve deadline, you can still be squeezing in just one more great gift!

Jewelry & Beading
Champagne bubbles? No, not the drink, but a festive and elegant new necklace that you can make, just in time for holiday parties!

Naughty Secretary Club
Jen is the featured guest on Vickie Howell’s new podcast called Craft Rock Listen. Listen to the interview called Bringing Home the Crafty Bacon where Jen chats about tips for running your own business, getting editorial coverage, how to spend your advertising budget and more.

PearlEsq.
Robin has the info on Ranger’s 2008 Ranger U Schedule, for teachers, store owners and designers that want to learn all that there is to learn about Ranger products!

Savvy Crafter
Candie’s beading merry and bright this holiday season! This week’s bling for your Christmas tree celebrates peace, love, and thrifting!

Snap out of it , Jean! There’s beading to be done!
Jean has named her lovely chain maille necklace Steel Magnolias, as sugested by fellow bead blogger babe Margot Potter. See it here, and see it as well in Jean’s special chain maille gallery she is making in honor of her book, Links!

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Posted in Artist Communities, Wearable Art on December 7th, 2007

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  1. Artists Passion » Blog Archive » Taking time out to make a difference Says:
    December 7th, 2007 at 4:27 pm

    [...] away. For the most part, my own Christmas-type presents are wrapped and ready to go. And, Cyndi at Bead Arts has listed some sites with suggestions for gifts that sparkle with creativity. Did You Enjoy this [...]

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