Peace, Love & Bead Bloggers!

It's time to share....

Sunday is the perfect time for sharing the bead blogger happenings from the past week. I also wanted to share my finished craft night necklace and earrings.

We all had a GREAT time and loved all the sparkle. We used bright silver beading wire and just flattened our crimp tubes for a very simple, but fabulous project that didn't require any special beading knowledge or skills. Just the ability to string beads and squeeze pliers.

I hope you all had a great weekend! If you have an extra couple minutes, check out the fun sites below.

About.com Jewelry Making Tammy is getting back to the basics, starting with jewelry making tools. What is your must have tool?
Art Bead Scene Gearing up for that big bead show coming up? ABS has the top ten tips for your bead buying trip!
Barbe Saint John - New Jewelry from Forgotten Artifacts Barbe is having a "City of Love" giveaway!!!
Beading Arts Chapter two of Cyndi's e-book is available for download! "Altered Surfaces" begins the exploration of the exchange between mixed media and bead embroidery!
Carmi's Art/Life World A handmade bezel results in a new necklace for Carmi called FAITHFUL.
Cindy Gimbrone aka Lampwork Diva A set of smokey quartz beads inspires a new necklace.
Earthenwood Studio Chronicles Melanie celebrates her 1000th blog post with Ten Days of Giveaways!
Jean Campbell Jean reviews Nathalie Mornu's Leather Jewelry, a bang-up book.
Katie's Beading Blog Get the 411 about BeadStyle's gorgeous All Star Issue!
Lorelei's Blog: Inside the Studio Lorelei has been answer some of her reader's questions from a previous giveaway post. Read up on what everyone wants to know!
Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done! Jean is thrilled to be in BeadStyle magazine's July All Star issue, with pals Tammy Powley, Heather Powers, and Katie Hacker who made the cover so beautiful! Come and see!
Strands of Beads It's Melissa's turn to review Kate McKinnon's fabulous Sculptural Metal Clay
The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton The prize for this week's Thursday Giveaway comes courtesy of Green Girl Studios! Find out how you can get ahold of these fine pewter beauties!
missficklemedia.com The Staples of Jewelry Making