Valentine’s Day is coming up and here is a wonderful collection of beaded hearts from different talented designers. I found it hard to pick this selection as there were so many good ones.   First is the beautiful lacy heart tutorial for earrings or pendants shown above by Ruxandra of Margiques.  I have featured this talented Romanian […]

Known familiarly as “the Tucson Gem Shows,” this unique collection of 50+ gem, mineral, fossil, and bead shows takes place over a series of weeks in late January and early February each year. Members of the jewelry and gem business, rockhounds, mineral collectors, and beaders converge on this southwestern city for what is best described […]

Gemstones have been used to embellish many things, not just jewelry. British artisan, ClayFairyCeramics, creates her unique mugs by embedding gemstones into her beautiful designs.  She uses amethyst, tiger eye, opalites and so on in different shapes like hearts, butterflies, snowmen mushrooms to enhance her designs to great effect! Read more         Share Your Comment! Share Your […]

Japanese beadwork designers often create really pretty and elegant beaded bracelets. You know, the kind which packs a lot but are still on the dainty side. I once wrote about @TezukiNotes when I featured her dainty bicone bracelet tutorial. She is definitely one designer to follow. Shown here are three more of her tutorials from her large collection.   Please […]

We have some very exciting news to share! Beadaholique is thrilled to announce that the much-loved jewelry-making supplies company, GoodyBeads, is now part of the Beadaholique family! What this means is that over the next 8 weeks you will start to see GoodyBeads’ wonderful products and beading kits available for sale here at Beadaholique. New tools, incredible […]

Hurray, another anniversary! Grab a cuppa. This is a long one (as usual)! 2007 was a monumental year for innovations. It was the year the  iPhone launched, changing smartphones and how we use them forever. Facebook went global. Twitter, Android, AirBnB with many others, appeared. All that was possible due to advances in cloud computing.  […]

Hot off the digital press, the 2025 Tucson Show Guide (TSG) is now available for free download! Start planning your trip today, and once you’re in Tucson (shows are from January 18 to February 17, 2025), grab a printed copy at one of the 50+ shows. To download, simply add the TSG to your cart. […]

Have you ever wondered why there are so many dog breeds in the world? Why are there such a huge variety – from the tiny chihuahua to a huge mastiff?  Yet all dogs are descended from a single species – the gray wolf Canis lupus of Central Asia.  The incredible explosion of dog breeds occurred […]

Did you remember me mentioning a few months ago that I was going to be one of the mentors for the very first Teen Maker program at my local makerstudio? Well, I am so pleased to be able to update you all here. The short story is, they all did very well. Budding entrepreneurs, every […]

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone! It has been quite the year, and like many, I am very much looking forward to the new year beginning. I have been wrapping up things on my to-do list (like painting, cleaning, donating things) so that I can start 2025 off with a nice clean slate! There is something […]