HannahRachel
2017-02-01, 7:58pm
Its true. I have a fringe issue and a bead hoarding issue. I pretend that I can quit anytime I want, but I probably can't. I also pretend that its completely under control and that I don't quit because I don't WANT to quit, but when I started reworking my old tutorials, I could have just 'fessed up and said that I was just going to remake samples for all of my older tutorials WITH MORE FRINGE.
Anyhow, so when Karen Leonardo and Diane Woodall asked me to write a tutorial for the February issue of Artisan Jewelry Times I thought I'd try for something beginning level and without fringe. And there I remained, stuck FOR MONTHS.
I tried a macrame bracelet. And scrapped it.
I tried a braided bracelet. And scrapped it.
I tried a steampunk style necklace with some handmade beads. It was UGLY.
So I finally did what any crazy bead lady does when faced with a lack of inspiration and took out a cabochon Jodie McDougall gave me years ago and I've been hiding away to make something just for myself and decided to make something just for me.
But of course first I had to go bead shopping because this thing for me was going to have fringe and I didn't have the right beads! When it was done, I looked at it and thought, well, I'm not sure why I was making this so difficult. This thing is my current FAVORITE thing and it can be a tutorial. And so... here it is. The cover tutorial for the February issue of Artisan Jewelry Times!
You can get your magazine delivered right to your mailbox - its available for subscription at https://artisanjewelrytimes.com/
Back issues (if you are reading this after February 2017) are available at https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtisanJewelryTimes
Anyhow, so when Karen Leonardo and Diane Woodall asked me to write a tutorial for the February issue of Artisan Jewelry Times I thought I'd try for something beginning level and without fringe. And there I remained, stuck FOR MONTHS.
I tried a macrame bracelet. And scrapped it.
I tried a braided bracelet. And scrapped it.
I tried a steampunk style necklace with some handmade beads. It was UGLY.
So I finally did what any crazy bead lady does when faced with a lack of inspiration and took out a cabochon Jodie McDougall gave me years ago and I've been hiding away to make something just for myself and decided to make something just for me.
But of course first I had to go bead shopping because this thing for me was going to have fringe and I didn't have the right beads! When it was done, I looked at it and thought, well, I'm not sure why I was making this so difficult. This thing is my current FAVORITE thing and it can be a tutorial. And so... here it is. The cover tutorial for the February issue of Artisan Jewelry Times!
You can get your magazine delivered right to your mailbox - its available for subscription at https://artisanjewelrytimes.com/
Back issues (if you are reading this after February 2017) are available at https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtisanJewelryTimes