Janice Berkebile has CLASS!!!

Super-creative wire guru, Janice Berkebile was at the Beaducation Studios this week filming THREE classes for our online video class series.

Her classes will be posted in the next few months, starting with a FREE tutorial that Janice created just for us.

She is a natural in front of the camera and a great time was had by all. All I can say about her classes is that the projects are really beautiful and will add a new twist to your jewelry-making skills.

Stay tuned to the website, blog and newsletter for more information on Janice's upcoming classes.

Read more about Janice on our faculty page.

Update on Kismet upper and lowercase AND Gothic lower case stamp sets

Hey all,

We are powering through the Kismet lower case stamp set waiting list. More are coming tomorrow and we will move about 100 folks off the list. Early next week we are receiving our first batch of lowercase Gothic stamp sets. If you aren't already on the waiting list, click here to read how to add your name. This batch is only about 30 sets but they will be coming in regularly in batches of 60 or so every 10 days.

I have finally finished my artwork for the uppercase Kismet set. I love it!
Here it is....drumroll...


I hope that all those little spiral letter ends will translate well into a tiny stamp, we shall see. I really don't know when production on these will start. Hopefully in a few weeks. We will not start a wait list until we have received our first sample. Next, I will work on the numbers :)

RINGS!!!!

We got 'em and we'll show ya how to stamp 'em!

Check out our stamping on ring step-by-step product tip, here. Take a look at our easy to follow photo tutorial. You'll be stamping in no time.

Everyone loves rings and they make great, personalized gifts. Stamp the kids names, a special date or sentiment.

I called this design "The Cocktail Ring". You can find our "Cocktail Design Stamp" along with other design stamps over in our Shoppe.




You can also find a variety of ring blanks in our Shoppe.

I'll Tumble for Ya!

I couldn't resist... I just love using the tumbler for polishing large quantities of jewelry. It's fast, easy and the finished pieces come out looking great. The tumbler saves a lot of polishing time by hand.

We have had a few questions regarding the particulars of the tumbler.

You asked, we wrote.

Check out our new Product Tip on Using the Tumbler. We have a variety of tutorials to help you with our tools and products. If you haven't done so, check 'em all out in our FREE Tip Corner.

Do you have any ideas for tips or tutorials? Send 'em our way in the comments. We'd like to know what you'd like to know.

Have you tried resin?

Well, I have always wanted to. I have tried and tested a lot of different resin products with varying results.

Just when I thought that resin was to difficult, too smelly, too much of a pain in my jewelry butt...along comes ICE Resin.


I thought that I'd give it a whirl and it's changed my jewelry life. So simple to use, doesn't smell and cures crystal clear.

I tried it out and made this pendant. (That's my mom and I in there. We were both a bit younger!)

To get you started, I wrote up this tutorial that outlines the steps for creating your own pendant. The possibilities are endless with this technique. We have a couple more Design Tips featuring resin coming up soon. You can check out our newest one, here.


We also have these cool open backed pendants for resin.
They have a really industrial, modern look. I would pair them up with a Riveted Pendant. (Don' get me started on Riveting!)

This resin can also be mixed with pigments to tint it. Oil based paints work great. Check out the paint section at your local craft store. Remember to add color a drop at a time. (A little color goes a long way!) Think about how you would add food coloring to frosting.

Place found objects or texture like glitter, sand shells or any other interesting objects. (I did one with pearls and crystals embedded in the resin.)

Have a great time using this new product. I sure did!