Inspired by the square-stitched circles in the Seeds department of the June/July 2006 issue of Beadwork, designer Jamie Hogsett stitched this sparkly bracelet. Crystals add the perfect amount of shine to the muted palette of seed beads.

Customize this pretty barrette to match your flower girl's dress, or make an all white version for the bride. Using peyote stitch, create a base of white iridescent seed beads and edge it with imitation pearls. Then layer several resin flowers on top, adding white beads to the centers of the flowers. This project by the editor of Beading Daily was part of the Beadwork challenge for the February/March 2008 issue.

Amy made this start for her two-and-a-half daughter who loves to sing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star at the top of her lungs or in a little whisper. They’ll hang it on the Christmas tree—but it could also be a pendant or easily made into a pin to wear. A kit is available on sixswansflying.etsy.com. This is a Beading Daily exclusive project.

Learn how rubber stamps can be used to apply an inked image to the surface of raw or baked clay or to impress a textured image into soft clay. After the ink has dried, iridescent powders may be used to "paint" the beads. This project is from the book, Polymer Clay Beads by Carol Blackburn.

Project Tips from Author Carol Blackburn

Q: Do you have to use Fimo Puppen, or can you use another type of clay?

A: You can use any clay but Fimo Puppen clay gave a porcelain look which didn't need any finishing like sanding (and it was cheaper than regular polymer clay!)

Q: Do you have any special tips for controlling the iridescent powder? It seems to want to fly everywhere!

A: Just use a very little of the powder at a time and a small brush on the raw clay butterfly impression on the bead. After baking I coat the powdered areas with acrylic floor finish and, when dry, I applied another coat of the same finish to the whole bead.

Q: Do you use a certain type of ink for stamping on clay?

A: I use a water based Ranger Adirondack ink pad but I think any ink pad will do.

The Zulu Flowerette Chain is worked in rows up and down the length of the chain, usually with eight or nine rows of size 11° seed beads with size 6° seed beads shared by all rows, until the desired fullness is reached. It includes a button clasp. This bracelet project is from the book, Zulu Inspired Beadwork by Diane Fitzgerald.

Make your own head pins out of fine silver wire. Fine silver balls quickly and doesn’t require pickle or any extra finishing. Fine silver is more expensive than sterling, but it saves time. This project is from the editors of Step by Step Wire Jewelry.

These crochet earrings, from the book, Crochet Jewelry: 40 Beautiful and Unique Designs by Waejong Kim and Anna Pulvermakher, are a lot of fun both to crochet and to wear. They also make a unique handmade holiday gift for friends and family. Create matching snowmen earrings, or experiment with different yarns and colors for the hat and the scarf and give each snowman earring his own sense of style!

Mini torches can be ideal for many jewelry projects, including drawing beads, fusing high-karat gold and fine silver, and torch-firing some enamels and precious metal clays. Although mini torches can be used for some smaller-project soldering, care needs to be taken to purchase the appropriate heatproof materials to use with them. This article was written by a contributing editor of Step by Step Wire Jewelry.

This project, created by the editor of Beading Daily, is proof that the design process is not always a straightforward journey! Beginning as an asymmetrical bracelet and taking a brief detour as a pair of earrings, this wood and copper necklace emerged after much trial and error. The wooden focal piece is embellished with a copper dangle, copper spacers, and a removable bead embroidery insert.

This mixed media dragonfly pin by the editor of Beading Daily combines scrapbooking materials, paint, and bead embroidery. This project was part of the Beadwork magazine challenge for August/September 2007.