Remember the gorgeous African bone beads For the Love of Beads sponsored some time ago?  The giveaway was won by Heather Cote of Azure Islands Jewelry. She was delighted to have won the cylindrical beads.  Heather said on her blog that it took..
Topics: gemstone, giveaway, necklace

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Food Inspirations Part 2 of 2 I've always admired the highly creative folks who work in ad agencies. They do come up with clever posters and ad ideas. One ad campaign by Bark Copenhagen for Waterfront Shopping in Denmark is a superb example....
Topics: gemstone

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Food inspirations Part 1 of 2 BaraSkit.se has the most delightful rings I have ever seen -all inspired by food and drinks. Are they practical? No. But they do show playfulness and a whole lot of creativity and individuality. The site does not mention...
Topics: rings, unusual jewelry

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Sabrina did a great job with her copper chain link bracelet because she played up the dark bands of the round tiger eye beads with very dark grey freshwater pearls. The overall effect of darker colors has been lightened with the used of silver tone jump..
Topics: beader design, bracelet

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Japanese Inspirations Part 3 of 3 The art of paper folding can be found in the traditions of different places like China, South America and parts of Europe. However, modern paper folding developments owe much to Japanese origami techniques, an art form...
Topics: earrings, tutorial, unusual jewelry, video tutorial

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