Beads & Jewelry Making Archive

  • Bead Art & Jewelry Supplies: Books & Magazines

    Bead Art & Jewelry Supplies: Books & Magazines

    If you take a few minutes to observe what it around you, you may find some supplies you can use. Everything has a use, and you can make masks with scissors and crayons or markers or use a large pizza box for a collage, decorating...

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  • Beads, Pearls & Charms: Beads

    Beads, Pearls & Charms: Beads

    As someone whose hobby is handmade crafts, particularly scrapbooks, I’ve learned firsthand how expensive art supply stores can be. This should give you some good ideas for ways to save on art supplies while still maintaining your creative edge. • That huge magazine stack that’s been...

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  • Bead Art & Jewelry Supplies: Tools, Boards & Trays

    Bead Art & Jewelry Supplies: Tools, Boards & Trays

    There are so many ways you can finally get some use out of that huge magazine stack that’s been collecting under your bed. Cutting out different sized and colored letters and making sayings or quotes is a technique I love. A cool, retro effect can...

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  • Bead Art & Jewelry Supplies: Cord, Thread & Wire

    Bead Art & Jewelry Supplies: Cord, Thread & Wire

    As someone whose hobby is handmade crafts, particularly scrapbooks, I’ve learned firsthand how expensive art supply stores can be. Being original and artistic shouldn’t stop you from taking advantage of the ways I’ve found to save on your supplies. 1. Should you decide to blow the...

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  • Beads & Jewelry Making: Bead Art & Jewelry Supplies

    Beads & Jewelry Making: Bead Art & Jewelry Supplies

    If you take a few minutes to observe what it around you, you may find some supplies you can use. Everything has a use, and you can make masks with scissors and crayons or markers or use a large pizza box for a collage, decorating...

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  • Beads & Jewelry Making

    Beads & Jewelry Making

    Not only am I an avid scrap-booker, but I also love creating homemade crafts. I know first-hand that purchasing supplies from art supply retail stores can get very expensive. Therefore, I’ll give here a list of my tricks for saving money on supplies while...

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  • Bead Art & Jewelry Supplies: Kits & Instructions

    Bead Art & Jewelry Supplies: Kits & Instructions

    Explore - You’ll find materials everywhere! You can showcase your creativity by making masks out of paper plates, embellishing them with markers and cutting eye holes with scissors. Perhaps you could transform an old pizza box, opened up, into a collage for your wall,...

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  • Beads, Pearls & Charms: Charms

    Beads, Pearls & Charms: Charms

    Supplies are all around you, all you have to do is look around! With scissors and markers, a pizza box can be cut up to make a big wall collage, dry pasta can be painted and glued on as a decoration paper plates can be...

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  • Beads, Pearls & Charms: Pendants

    Beads, Pearls & Charms: Pendants

    The cost of purchasing art supplies from retail outlets can be prohibitive for avid scrapbookers and crafters. You can still stand out and use your imagination while following these tips to save money. • There are so many ways you can finally get some use out...

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  • Beads, Pearls & Charms: Cultured & Freshwater Pearls

    Beads, Pearls & Charms: Cultured & Freshwater Pearls

    I am an avid scrap-booker and love creating homemade crafts, so I know that buying supplies from art supply retail stores can be quite expensive. Therefore, I’ll give here a list of my tricks for saving money on supplies while creating unique and artistic items. A:...

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