Thanks to some of my beady Facebook friends I recently discovered the Etsy shop of Inviciti. A husband and wife beadmaker and jewelry designer team that creates work that is “a synthesis of styles including tribal, primitive, mystical, Gothic,…
Hello ABS-ers! It’s December…..I’m pretty sure I say this every month, but how on earth did that happen? How did we (almost) reach the end of 2014? I’m really not sure! I feel like I had so many more…
Inside the Studio – Mary Harding 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…
Hey friends, happy December! This month’s challenge piece is all about subtlety because there are two main colors you’re going to focus on: cool grays and warm browns. For the cool grays, you want to go as cool as…
Our Wonderful sponsors for the December Challenge. We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month! Stone Designs Sheila Davis of Stone Designs creates beautiful lampworked beads. Great colors and shapes perfect gifts for a friend or yourself. Sheila is donating a…
“Choir of Sint-Bavokerk, Haarlem” 1635 by Pieter Jansz Saenedam 37.1 x 48.2 cm” Oil on Oak Panel About the Art Passion for the purity of light and line, so strong an element in Dutch art, is found at its most…
Congratulations to this Month’s winners! 1 winners 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 Katherine Thompson. She has won…
Hello Bead Peeps! Sorry the recap is a bit late. I was off enjoying the usual holiday fun with my family and wasn’t near a computer until now. I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. On…
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 free prize each week…
You all know how I love boros, and since today’s Thanksgiving in the US, I thought I’d share this beautiful lampwork bead set from Juliyamrboro. Not only am I thankful to bead artists such as Yulia for creating amazing…