Artistic Beading - Beading is common to every continent:

Beading is common to every continent and most cultures of the past and present. Basic beading of jewelry is a fairly easy to learn craft. Beading craft is a trend in fashion, accessories and home decor. If beading is nicely done, it creates an elegant fashion statement. Put simply, beading is more than a craft, but art and history as well. -

Uganda: Maka Helps Girls to Stay in School (AllAfrica.com)
Amid the noise of children playing in the afternoon sun is a softer sound - as a lady crushes fresh papyrus reeds into finer fibre with a hammer.

Hmong traditions kept alive with New Year celebration (The Oshkosh Northwestern)
Bao Vang drills holes into shimmering silver coins at her home in Oshkosh. She pulls out a needle and starts sewing beads onto a purse. Then, she slides the coins through the thread.

Holiday Gifts for Bead Jewelry Artists
Like a lot of people I've been pretty busy with the holidays, but I thought I would help out all you non-beaders with gift ideas for us bead-a-holics! Beadstoppers - I've featured these little lifesavers before, but I can't emphasis enough how amazingly useful these are, especially to the person who ...

Oregon Jewelery Designer Selected For Inclusion in Celebrity Stylist's Gift Bags (PR Web)
Oregonian Jewelry Designer, Faith Walmer, has been chosen by Madison & Mulholland, as one of the top gifts to give this holiday season. In addition, Walmer's jewelry, each a one of a kind, handcrafted wire- crocheted cuff adorned with beads, pearls and Swarovski crystals will be included in Madison & Mulholland's signature gift "boxes" which are being presented to the top Hollywood and NY ...

New Beads, Vintage Beads, Bead Facts and more at The Beadin? Path
I love bead stores that are more than just stores that sell the ordinary collection of new beads. I like stores that have some "character" and sell all sorts of interesting materials and tools and beads that I've never seen before. I haven't visited their store in person ...

Beading Resources - Beading is a Fun, Creative Craft for all Ages:

Beading Craft is a very interesting and self-fulfilling hobby. It is a great craft activity that is fun for people of all ages. Although beading is fun and easy to enjoy, it takes practice. A great number of people are now learning to bead for fun while some are turning this fun hobby into part-time or full-time jobs. Beading is today's focus; actual weaving of beads to create patterns and designs. Beading is the new scrap booking and magazine sales are strong. A great book for beginners to learn to bead is available at Beading. -

Learn How To Create Bead Jewelry With Kits from Beadsphere
One of over 250 bead jewelry kits available at Beadsphere.com A friend who is starting to get into stitch bead jewelry told me about this great site where you can get some really beautiful kits to help you learn how to make some amazing pieces with beads and stitching. It's ...

Holiday Gifts for Bead Jewelry Artists
Like a lot of people I've been pretty busy with the holidays, but I thought I would help out all you non-beaders with gift ideas for us bead-a-holics! Beadstoppers - I've featured these little lifesavers before, but I can't emphasis enough how amazingly useful these are, especially to the person who ...

Romy’s fashion show plays to packed crowd (Fort Morgan Times)
A packed crowd watched eagerly as Romy’s Closet models walked the stage in a fashion show Friday night at Cafe Lotus. “It was an awesome turnout,” said Sommer Bellender, owner of Romy’s in Fort Morgan.

A Quick Look At Beautiful Native American Bead Jewelry
With Thanksgiving coming up I began thinking about Native American Indians and how they could really be considered the first American bead fanatics! This is a no-brainer to lovers of Southwest art and design and people who live near Native American populations and reservations. Here on the East Coast we ...

Shop with a Cop/Firefighter brings holiday cheer (The Pleasant Prairie Sun)
Twenty-four giddy elementary school children roamed the local Wal-Mart flanked by uniformed paramedics, police officers, and firefighters the morning fo Dec. 2 as part of Pleasant Prairie's Shop with a Cop/Firefighter holiday event.

Winning words, art and music of four area veterans highlighted at a national arts festival (Rapid City Journal)
They are four western South Dakota veterans who served during different eras, who endured physical or emotional wounds and who come from a range of cultural and life experiences.

'Bygones' will soon be history (New Age Examiner)
TUNKHANNOCK - Bygones, an antique and collectibles shop located for 23 years on West Tioga St. in Tunkhannock, will close their doors on Christmas Day.

Beading Techniques - Beading is the new do-it-yourself Creative Craft:

Beading is a fun and rewarding and creative activity for people of all ages, background and experience. It is a hobby, craft, an art form and an ancient craft. Beading is the new do-it-yourself excitement for creative grown-ups. A beginner who doesn't know yet if beading is for them, certainly can just purchase this one book 'Beading For Beginners'. Beading is a fun hobby that many have turned into part-time or full-time jobs. Basic jewelry beading is a fairly easy to learn craft. Beading is a trend in fashion, accessories and home decor. If beading is nicely done, it creates an elegant fashion statement. Beading is America's fastest growing hobby, attracting women from ages 18 to 65 plus but especially those. So if you're sure that beading is for you, try my suggestion, and get the quality book, invest in this great beading book, a valuable resource to a wide range of readers. -

Our View: Talk of the town: bell-ringers and other big hearts (The Town Talk)
Beads: To the dedicated bell-ringers of the Salvation Army, a cadre of friendly people who are showing the rest of us the meaning of the season -- helping others.

Give the gift that's free from cruelty (Reno Gazette-Journal)
If you're looking for cruelty-free beauty brands and leather alternatives, go to alternativeoutfitters.com for products such as non-leather Poire cellphone holders and Alba Bontanic hair-care products. The site is a perfect place to find your vegan friends gifts. The site also has a good selection of T-shirts with sayings such as, "Real women wear fake fur."

Local looks to admire -- and how to get them (San Jose Mercury News)
Susanna Wargo 55-plus , of Cupertino. Couture sales associate at Neiman Marcus. Spotted taking a break at the Stanford Shopping Center. She describes her personal style as ``fashionable but individual.'' Also: ``I don't just follow the fashions just because it's in. If it doesn't look good on me, then I don't buy it.''

Entrepreneur — only age 9 — turns beading skill into cash (San Mateo County Times)
SAN CARLOS WITH golden-brown hair tucked behind her ears, Katherine Celotti focuses, head down, on her newest creation.

Winning words, art and music of four area veterans highlighted at a national arts festival (Rapid City Journal)
They are four western South Dakota veterans who served during different eras, who endured physical or emotional wounds and who come from a range of cultural and life experiences.

TODAY DEC. 10 (Peoria Journal Star)
The Peoria Rivermen take on the Houston Aeros at 4 p.m. at the Civic Center Arena. Tickets are $10.50, $12.50 and $17.50.

Latimer's parade rolls (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
Most people were bundled up for the cold weather, but Tucker Avenue was lined with people, waiting to catch beads and candy, and to see all the decorations.

Beading Basics - Reader�s would learn the Beading Basics

Reader�s would learn the basics of using Stretch Cord for beading and use this fun cord to make quick stretchy beaded bracelets or beautiful beaded illusion necklaces. This instructive book, teaches you the basics of beading and more. Beading For Beginners is a great book for anyone interested in starting out in beading. The new beading beginner should consider adding this terrific volume to their beading archives. -

Shopping for some razzle-dazzle (York Daily Record)
Dec 3, 2006 — Ten-year-old Alana Root studied a sparkly array of dichroic glass. The right piece could make an important addition to her zen garden, she said.

Learn How To Create Bead Jewelry With Kits from Beadsphere
One of over 250 bead jewelry kits available at Beadsphere.com A friend who is starting to get into stitch bead jewelry told me about this great site where you can get some really beautiful kits to help you learn how to make some amazing pieces with beads and stitching. It's ...

Fordham-McLawhorn (Kinston Free Press)
Sarah Beth Fordham of Greenville and John Beddard McLawhorn III of Hookerton were married at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 4, 2006, at First Presbyterian Church in Morehead City. The Rev. Frank Flowers of Pikeville performed the ceremony.

CRAFT OF THE WEEK (The Wichita Eagle)
Craft -- Beaded Christmas Tree What you need -- Pre-made silver wire tree, clear beading cord, a variety of beads, jump rings, head pins, needle-nose pliers and wire cutters, silver star for top of tree.

Local looks to admire -- and how to get them (San Jose Mercury News)
Susanna Wargo 55-plus , of Cupertino. Couture sales associate at Neiman Marcus. Spotted taking a break at the Stanford Shopping Center. She describes her personal style as ``fashionable but individual.'' Also: ``I don't just follow the fashions just because it's in. If it doesn't look good on me, then I don't buy it.''

New Beads, Vintage Beads, Bead Facts and more at The Beadin? Path
I love bead stores that are more than just stores that sell the ordinary collection of new beads. I like stores that have some "character" and sell all sorts of interesting materials and tools and beads that I've never seen before. I haven't visited their store in person ...