This year’s new Tucson Show Guide is incredibly easy to read and is packed with so much information, it is the size of a phone book. Lapidary…
A few years ago, my jewelry-making girlfriend, Rita, introduced me to ULINE, a shipping supply catalogue. Although there are other suppliers online, ULINE was her favorite. Rita…
As the popularity of leather jewelry continues to grow, the market has responded with an abundance of leather jewelry-making supplies. Many of them are inspiring and fun…
The last few weeks my suitcase and I (along with lots of tools, beads, and jewelry-making materials) covered lots of miles. Most of these miles were contained…
Studio Notes – Jewelry Supplies, Part 1 If you are lucky enough to go to the big gem shows in Tucson, you probably aren’t thinking about eyelash…
When I first got started in beading, I never dreamed that I would have such a large collection of jewelry-making pliers, stringing wires, beading threads, crimps, clasps,…
Potions and torches, solutions and solders, wire, sheet, beads and gems—to jewelry makers, jewelry-making supplies are like candy for children. We want more and more, and, even…
The final Bead Fest for 2015 has come and gone, and it went out with a bang! Literally, if you happened to be there and walked through…
I love any chance to share favorite new jewelry making tools and supplies with you. You just never know when the right thing will come along that…