I know she says she “broke all the rules,” but I think that is precisely why I like this so very much! There is a sense of movement to this piece, as if the wind is picking up, that…
Tree House art bead by elukka My inspiration for today’s 2nd Day of Christmas tutorial is this art bead I purchased about a year ago from elukka The moment I saw it I knew I had to have…
Happy December everyone! Have you eaten all the chocolates from your advent calendar yet? Or are you celebrating the 2nd day of Chanukah today? Enjoying the build to the Winter Solstice? Or something else entirely? Perhaps you’re just beading…
This year we are bringing back our popular 12 Days of Christmas series! This is 12 free projects from our stellar Art Bead Scene contributors with jewelry and craft projects featuring art beads. Some will be holiday or winter…
Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you’ll leave comments! As an incentive, we offer a prize each…
It’s that time of the year! Time for the round up of sponsors for our Monthly Challenge. For the monthly challenge, a piece of art/theme is chosen to be used as inspiration to create jewelry using an art bead…
Our Wonderful sponsors for the December Challenge. We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month! Creative Impressions In Clay Tari Sasser of Creative Impressions In Clay creates ceramic buttons along with jewelry components and jewelry. Primarily an Art Button Artist,…
Paris Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, 1951 Oil on canvas, 12 7/8 x 18 (33 x 45.5) Inscribed on stretcher ‘A Rex avec toute l’amitié de Vieira’ and ‘à Vieira’ About the Art According to Guy Weelen, this picture ‘does…
Congratulations to the September Monthly Challenge winners! 1 winner was chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants. 1 winner was chosen randomly from the InLinkz blog entries. Winner of a month of advertising on ABS from the Monthly Challenge Bead category. Our First lucky winner is CNoble. She…
The colors dance and play on the wind in autumn, my favorite time of year. I oohed and aahed my way through the entries this month, as if walking on a sun-dappled pathway in the woods. I selected one…