Beading Basics: Put a Pearl on it!

Viviana Soler

Did you know that the oldest pearl necklace known to date is said to be 4,000 years old? Woah-Nelly! Oh, and did you know that women used to wear pearl necklaces to bed with the belief that said pearls would keep bad...

DIY You So Fancy Earrings

Viviana Soler

Hi there! The other day I discovered a jewelry designer on Instagram that completely blew my mind. Her name is Melissa, and she's both a teacher and an entrepreneur. Melissa is the founder of Shop Compliment. She created 

Quick! Head pins or Eye pins?

Viviana Soler

Quick! Heads or Tails?  I meeean: Head...pins or Eye pins? I'll admit, I used to make the decision of choosing one over the other based on availability. Pretty random, right? Now, I know better. Want to find out if you're using them the way you're 

How to make a Wire and Pearl Bracelet

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Can you believe it?  Today. is. THURSDAY!!  My new favorite day of the week. It's the day we get to serve you a big plate of inspiration with a side of beading knowledge. Yay! Cuz that's what it's all about.  Right? Right. So let's get to it. I don't...

How to Master Crimp Covers

Viviana Soler

You wouldn't put a building on a shoddy foundation...You shouldn't focus on the outside without working on the inside...You couldn't create a-ma-zing jewelry without adding crimp covers...

How Elle Woods would make a Kumihimo Necklace

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Remember Elle Woods? She's the really superficial and fashionable law student from Legally Blonde. {played by Reese Witherspoon} Full disclosure: I L.O.V.E this movie...

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How to use Basic Pliers & Why you don't need 2 out of the 3

Viviana Soler

Pliers... Love 'em or hate 'em they're an important part of creating jewelry. Truth be told, there are only a handful of pliers that are...

How to make a Wrap Around Bracelet

Viviana Soler

Merry Christmas! We're going to keep today's beading tutorial short seeing as it's Christmas Morning and all :) We're sure you want to go open presents!!!  But of coarse, we weren't going to leave you hanging.  We said we would publish a new DIY tutorial...

The Beading Technique Every DIY'er Needs To Master

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Have you ever received a long letter, and instead of reading it from the beginning you decide to skip to the end only to find out that you need to go back to the beginning to...

How to make a Knotted Gemstone and Tassle Necklace

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Before we dive into today's beading tutorial, we have some exciting news that we're dying to share with you.  A while back we asked our followers on social media to tell us wha.....

How to make a Three Strand Gemstone Necklace

Viviana Soler

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  Today is DIY Thursday and we couldn't be happier about the overlap with Thanksgiving.  Today, we're all going to spend our day reflecting on our blessings and all of the things...