Jewelry and Beading News

Here are some quick updates and news items from some of the bead jewelry artists and bloggers I’ve featured on BeadJewelryBlog.com! I can’t possibly give updates on all the bloggers and beaders I’ve written about, but you can check out all the bead jewelry blogs I’ve featured (and follow those links to even more bead jewelry blogs!) by checking out all my Beading Blog posts!

Canadian Bead Artist and Blogger Extraordinaire “The Beading Gem” (her real name is Pearl!) recently celebrated her 790th beading and jewelry post over at …

I didn’t have time during the election to write about Sarah Palin’s choice of jewelry, but I figured I would now because she was still a major part of the election season and most people believe her political career has just begun! Earlier this year I wrote about Hillary Clinton’s choice of jewelry and I’ll eventually write about Michelle Obama’s jewelry style as well!

Sarah Palin’s choice of jewelry includes her famous Alaska earrings, flag lapel pin and rimless glasses!”
Sarah Palin’s …

A lot of people making jewelry at home are now gearing up for the big holiday and craft season by making as much holiday related jewelry as they can, but in order to really make some money at those craft shows you sometimes have to tweak your pieces to fit into the fashion and jewelry trends of the moment.

Here are some of the 2008/2009 Winter jewelry trends that a lot of people are talking about:

Dark and Warm Gemstone and Jewelry Colors: There are lots of different predictors of color pallette trends …

In addition to this blog about making bead jewelry I decide to start experimenting with other ways to spread the word about how easy it is to make jewelry with a little time, some beads and a little practice. I have started making some specialized “Squidoo” lenses (or pages) for different beading and jewelry topics.

Not sure what a Squidoo page is? It’s a site that allows you to set up your own web page very quickly and without knowing any HTML at all! It’s just drag and drop and you can build a …

With this year being an election year here in the United States it’s difficult to go anywhere without seeing a lot of political candidates. Hillary Clinton is the first woman presidential candidate we’ve had in a while, so I thought I would see what kind of jewelry she liked or if she liked bead jewelry at all. This is, of course, all in pure fun and not at all scientific or even particularly political, but I think we can say that Mrs. Clinton is definitely a fan of some types of bead jewelry!…