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Jewelry, Craft, and Fashion in the NewsMaking beauty from beads gave reason to live News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA Melanie Haun strung together friends as easily as the beads she turned into necklaces and bracelets. Those who shopped at her Raleigh store, Bead Delite, came for more than just the selection of supplies. They also came for the company. "If you were a customer, you were a friend. That was Melanie," said Mary Hall, a regular at the store. "The first time I was in the store, I thought 'I could just stay here all day.' The atmosphere was awesome."... Young at Art Ellsworth American - Ellsworth,ME,USA So the pair of earrings with moss and blue-green glass beads and the sweet tag written in a young hand caught my eye. Plus, the price was right.You canÕt beat 10 bucks for designer jewelry. This was in 2004. At the time, come to find out, the colorful creations had been designed and made by then Bay School student Adrea Piazza. The 12-year-old had peddled her Venetian glass earrings at the Bay School Winter Faire and the positive response spurred her to approach New Cargoes store proprietor Peter Stremlau about carrying her work in his Main Street shop in Blue Hill. In the years since, the Blue Hill teen had developed a following of customers who faithfully seek out of her distinctive earrings from as far afield as Bangor and other parts. ... Bead-dazzled By Emily Main, thegreenguide.com Your Fresh Finds correspondent has never considered herself much of an art expert, but I have always admired the beautiful simplicity of folk art, especially when there's a story behind it. Monkeybiz was started in 1999 as a way to create jobs for unemployed women in Cape Town, South Africa, while at the same time reviving the indigenous art of South African beadwork. The company started with a group of four beaders, trained by one of the founders' mothers, and has since grown to 450, all of whom work from their homes (the most eco-friendly kind of commute). Many are the sole breadwinners for their families, such is the demand for their unique creations. ... Filling a need : Former dentist crafts jewelry as a way of giving back By Angie Fenton afenton@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal If you're lucky, you'll find a way to do what you love for a living. But if you're really lucky, says Louisville resident Cindy Borders, what you'll do for a living is to love. "I don't think God graces some and not others," Borders says of her decision to "love" people she's never met by donating the proceeds from the sales of her handcrafted jewelry. "I just got really lucky." In 2002, Borders walked away from a successful, albeit stressful, career as a dentist. ... Bead store offers crafty finds By Laura Ory, Herald/Review, SIERRA VISTA Sandi Simpson has had a gift for finding beautiful beads, gemstones and minerals, and opened her first shop last year. Barefootgirl's Bead Emporium has nearly every beading and jewelry making need imaginable, Simpson said. Collectible meteorites, minerals and gemstones are also on diplay, some of which she finds in the desert. One of her most recent finds was blue lace agate, but where she found it is something sheÕs keeping secret. Simpson began collecting beads growing up in the Virgin Islands, and itÕs a hobby sheÕs never grown tired of. She began selling jewelry and beads at gem shows but eventually wanted a permanent space protected from the natural elements. ... Blue Winds Dancing: The Whitecloud Collection of Native American Art Art Daily - 26 Dec 2007 Artists such as the Plains bead-workers Joyce and Juanita Growing Thunder and the Choctaw bead-worker Jerry Ingram demonstrate that Native American ... BeadforLife raises money for African villages Annapolis Capital, MD - 24 Dec 2007 Bernadette Zorio had no idea that the jewelry she bought this summer would help impoverished African villagers. But when the Riva resident learned about BeadforLife, an organization that sells beaded jewelry made by Ugandan villagers to help create sustainable life, she wanted to help out. Ms. Zorio has sold the products around town during World AIDS Day at St. John's College and at her home. She will send the money and return any leftover beads by the end of the year to the organization. ... It's all in the beads Regina Leader-Post Wearable works of art can be created -- and appreciated -- most anywhere. Small-town Saskatchewan, for instance. JoJo Beads is a prime example. On the main strip in the quaint village of Montmartre -- a community about 80 kilometres southeast of Regina, which has maintained a population of 'near 500' for 40 years, according to a message from its mayor on the village's Web site -- you'll find jewelry designer Jolene Dusyk in her studio transforming glass rods into fashionable one-of-a-kind beads. Mesmerized by the unique properties of glass, the 31-year-old artisan uses her handmade beads to create eye-catching necklaces, bracelets and earrings. ... The information presented and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Jewelry-Making.com and/or its partners. |
