When I made the decision to be my own boss and that I was going to make jewelry full time, I thought my ultimate goal was to set faceted stones and work with gold & silver as a metalsmith. While I still might someday (because who doesn't like pretty fancy stones?) I've gotten lost in the land of beads and wire!
I have been a Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine subscriber for several years now. It's the only wire jewelry magazine I've seen. While it gives me some wonderful ideas, I figured out this year that I'm being drawn more toward beautiful lampwork beads (click here for THE BEST lampwork glass beads I've found) and even more drawn toward itty bitty seed beads. I've always loved the look of seed bead jewelry but for some reason I didn't have the confidence that I could do it myself.
No worries, my mother in law bought me a magazine with the russian spiral tutorial and ever since I've been looking for a seed bead support group! LOL So that brings me to my question... what beading magazines do you love?
I have bought several off the magazine rack over the year as I'm going to the checkout at the grocery store. I've received old copies from friends that are no longer making jewelry... some of these are true vintage from 1995 - WOW~ Those are some old school Bead & Button. I've seen stringing, and always try to scoop up the copy of whichever magazine I read my blogger friends are featured in. So I'm like a patchwork quilt... a little of everything.
How about you?
Make it a terrific day! {Hugs!}
Dawn
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