I’ll never forget the moment my first batch of goodies from Nirvana Beads arrived. The box was small but quite heavy, and when I opened it I saw rows of teal and red, the glint of light on faceted beads. They took my…
Last month, we put out the call for your etched bead jewelry designs, and you answered! The submissions we received were all beautiful and original, so selecting a winner was no easy task. We chose this stunning necklace by designer…
JEWELRY BY MAGGIE DYKZEUL
When designing the dangle drop earrings, what was your process in designing them and what about them sparked your creativity?
Some beads are ever-ready wildflowers – rugged, hardy, and plentiful — while others are hothouse varieties, exquisite in their beauty but often temperamental and hard to handle. Don’t let the apparent delicacy and…
This is the first in Nirvana's occasional series sharing the inspiration and ideas of breakthrough designers. If you’d like us to consider your favorite designer – or you! — send us an…
As a bead designer who owns a wholesale bead company with my husband, I am surrounded by beads all day in my office. They stay with me mentally most other places as I work through designs in my head.
Under those circumstances, people…
By Cynthia Shanti Moralez
One of the best parts of our work is the excitement of opening the boxes of Czech buttons and beads when they arrive from the artisans…
June 03, 2019Last month we introduced you to our etched bead jewelry design contest winner, Sabrina Finch. We had so many amazing submissions that we can't…Continue Read
May 30, 2019I’ll never forget the moment my first batch of goodies from Nirvana Beads arrived. The box was small but quite heavy, and when I opened it I saw rows of teal and red, the glint of light on faceted beads. They took my…Continue Read
May 16, 2019Last month, we put out the call for your etched bead jewelry designs, and you answered! The submissions we received were all beautiful and original, so selecting a winner was no easy task. We chose this stunning necklace by designer…Continue Read
October 11, 2018JEWELRY BY MAGGIE DYKZEUL When designing the dangle drop earrings, what was your process in designing them and what about them sparked your creativity?Continue Read
March 01, 2017Some beads are ever-ready wildflowers – rugged, hardy, and plentiful — while others are hothouse varieties, exquisite in their beauty but often temperamental and hard to handle. Don’t let the apparent delicacy and…Continue Read
January 23, 2017This is the first in Nirvana's occasional series sharing the inspiration and ideas of breakthrough designers. If you’d like us to consider your favorite designer – or you! — send us an…Continue Read
December 07, 2016As a bead designer who owns a wholesale bead company with my husband, I am surrounded by beads all day in my office. They stay with me mentally most other places as I work through designs in my head. Under those circumstances, people…Continue Read
May 12, 2016By Cynthia Shanti Moralez One of the best parts of our work is the excitement of opening the boxes of Czech buttons and beads when they arrive from the artisans…Continue Read
August 11, 2014Categories: Jewelry DesignsDo you need ideas? Designed by CeceliaContinue Read
January 13, 2014Categories: Jewelry DesignsBY CATHY CEDERLIND, BENTARA CREATIONS, GOLD RIVER, CA Cathy Cederlind is a Northern California Bead Artist located in the Sacramento…Continue Read
January 10, 2014Categories: Jewelry DesignsBY LINDA GIEREK, GIEREK’S BEADS, SHIPSHEWANA, IN I am a free-spirited, simple gal, from a small community in Northern…Continue Read
January 10, 2014Categories: Jewelry DesignsBY LESLIE SILK-CHAMPAGNE,SILK-CHAMPAGNE DESIGNS, PORTSMOUTH, NH I made this necklace using the…Continue Read
January 08, 2014Categories: Jewelry DesignsSTERLING SILVER BLOOM EARRINGS By Sue Vachon - Bella Beads, Meredith, NH Website: www.bellabeadsnh.comContinue Read