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Cindy’s Free Project Sunday with Links


Along with the Beady News is a free project by Cindy Gimbrone. It’s a fun pendant that recycles watch parts and uses sewing to create a trendy Steampunk flavor.

So take your Sunday paper with you and click on over toThe Deconstructed Watch Project: Materials and Step by Step!

Make sure once you’re done there, you check out the rest of the Beady News from our intrepid Bead Bloggers….

About.com Jewelry Making
Oy, may aching back! Tammy is de-stashing her jewelry and other craft supplies while on spring break. Here are de-stashing tips and places that need your jewelry supply orphans.

Art Bead Scene This month’s challenge is Botticelli’s Birth of Venus.

Barbe Saint John – New Jewelry from Forgotten Artifacts
Barbe talks about riveting & finding the right size drill bits.

Bead&Button magazine
Julia Gerlach talks about bead patterns and gifts.

Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
A splendid night out at the Smart Shop metalsmithing studio’s gallery crawl inspires Melanie

Jacket Corsage
Carmi sews a few hooked flowers and beads to create a jacket corsage.

Jewelry & Beading
Think that shell jewelry is just for kids? Take a look at Karen Sugarman’s designs, and I guarantee you’ll change your mind!

Katie’s Beading Blog
Check Out Katie’s Fun and Flowery Spring Inspiration!

Snap out of it, Jean! There’s beading to be done!
April is Austism Awareness Month. Express yourself creatively!

Strands of Beads
Melissa discusses the usefulness of the preliminary sketch in her design process

The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton
A new double-sided sugar skull pendant from Anne Choi, inspires Andrew to create this new bracelet.

Have you heard any good dirt in the beading world? We’d love for you to share!

Gossiped…errr…reported by Cindy Gimbrone, The Desperate ABS Editor.

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