Friday, October 29, 2010

BAO Items of the Week (October 29 - November 4)

For this week, we have nine (9) of our Bead Art Originals members participating with Items of the Week. You can find details on each of these items and any specials available on them below. Unless otherwise noted, the specials below are valid until midnight on November 4.



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Free Shipping - Spiky Leaves Red and Green Bracelet

Receive free shipping when you purchase this bracelet.

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Monochromatic Teal

Receive free US shipping when you purchase this bracelet.

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Raku Heart Pendant Raku Ceramic Jewelry by MAKUstudio

Receive a free coordinating hand dyed ribbon if you mention "BAO" in the Notes to Seller when you purchase this heart pendant.

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Snow Princess Lariat Beadwoven Necklace

Receive 10% off (and free brownies with local pickup) if you mention "BAO" in the Notes to Seller when you purchase this lariat.

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Orange and Black Hollow Lentil Pendant

Receive a free gift and free US shipping when you purchase this pendant.

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Summer Breeze - Necklace - BAO Item of the Week

Receive 20% off and free worldwide shipping when you purchase this necklace.

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REDUCED PRICE Fairy Chrysalis Freeform Pendant -- Pink Piper

Receive 15% off if you mention "BAO" in the Notes to Seller when you purchase this pendant.

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Marrakesh - Necklace or Bracelet, Super Long Twisted Ndebele Rope (3163)

Receive 15% off when you purchase this necklace.

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Scalloped Blooming Bead in Turquoise and Bronze Pendant (2534)

Receive a 10% refund and free shipping if you mention "BOA" in the Notes to Seller when you purchase this pendant.


Be sure to check back here next Friday for an all new set of BAO Items of the Week.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Extra! Extra! Bead All About It!

Welcome to our weekly Bead Art Originals news update. Entries are listed in the order in which they are received in our newsroom. Our copy editors are on strike, so what you see here is what the artist submitted.


Sixteen BAO creations are featured in this Beads Beads Beads! treasury



My Star Pendant is published in the latest December issue of Bead & Button magazine (top right corner on the cover; p.48). A video instructing this project is available also on the B&B site:
I am celebrating my birthday on the 28th, so I decided to celebrate this day with my customers with a special tutorial sale. On Oct. 28, purchase two tutorials/patterns or more and note "Birthday Sale" in the 'notes to seller', and receive 20 (as my age is… ;P) percent refund through PayPal.

My new tutorial – Sparkling Wreath Pendant (two versions) is almost finished and will be listed in my shop, hopefully before the 28th , so you will be able to purchase in on sale as well.
A new medallion bracelet design - stitched in a new technique - will be published in the June-July 2011 issue of Beadwork magazine.



10 new items with 20% off.  Also, I've been working on a new product line - electroformed copper with polymer clay.
Copper and Polymer Earrings, Textured, Patinaed

Triz Designs was featured on The Jewelry Observer




Sand Fibers is working on new versions of her original Blooming Bead design. The beads themselves will be listed in her store within the next week; the tutorial will follow some time in November.


Please join us next Wednesday for another Bead Art Originals Extra! Extra!

Sunday, October 24, 2010

BAO Collaboration: Raku Olive Earrings

MAKUstudio created Raku Olive Earrings using polymer clay beads made by humblebeads.

Raku Olive Earrings  Handmade Jewelry  Artisan  Handmade by MAKUstudio

Friday, October 22, 2010

BAO Items of the Week (October 22-28)

For this week, we have ten (10) of our Bead Art Originals members participating with Items of the Week. You can find details on each of these items and any specials available on them below. Unless otherwise noted, the specials below are valid until midnight on October 28.



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Free Shipping - Mother of Pearl Hoops and Peyote Links Bracelet

Receive free shipping when you purchase this bracelet.

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Give Cancer the Raspberries Cuff

Receive free US shipping when you purchase this cuff.

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Mixed Media Raku and Fiber Earrings Jewelry Handmade     by MAKUstudio

Receive free shipping on your total order if you mention "BAO" in the Notes to Seller when you purchase these earrings.

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hands against time beadwoven cuff


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Neptunes Bride - Necklace - OOAK

Receive 15% off and free worldwide shipping when you purchase this necklace.

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The Tsarina's Opal Collar Necklace

Receive 10% off (and a delicious surprise with local pickup) if you mention "BAO" in the Notes to Seller when you purchase this necklace.

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Danced, Dancing in Green

Receive free shipping when you purchase this pendant.

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Copper Earrings, Waves, Patina, BAO ITEM OF THE WEEK

Receive free shipping when you purchase these earrings.

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Expansion Cuff in Blues, Greens and Purple

Receive a free gift and free shipping when you purchase this cuff.

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Totally Tropical Architecture Peyote Cuff Bracelet (2501)

Receive a 10% refund and free shipping if you mention "BAO" in the Notes to Seller when you purchase this cuff.



Be sure to check back here next Friday for an all new set of BAO Items of the Week.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

BAO Collaboration: Waiting for Autumn

triz created Waiting for Autumn using a raku cabochon by MAKUstudio:

Waiting for Autumn - OOAK Cuff

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Extra! Extra! Bead All About It!

Welcome to our weekly Bead Art Originals news update. Entries are listed in the order in which they are received in our newsroom. Our copy editors are on strike, so what you see here is what the artist submitted.


Sixteen BAO creations are featured in this The Beauty We Make treasury:




Now Available! Tutorial for a Pendant and Earrings using Miyuki Tila Beads




Melody Marie Murray of Salamander House Studio won the Gold Medal in the Wedding and Holiday category of Fire Mountain Gems' 2010 Contest.


She blogged about it here and the prize-winning necklace is available here:

The Tsarina's Opal Collar Necklace



Maldora's Skull Brooch was featured on the Skull A Day blog this week.

Skull Brooch



Naftali has put up a new set of 10 items that will be on sale for 20% off this week.





MaryLou will be teaching a class at Art on Depot in Waynesville, NC, on Saturday, October 23.  Students will learn how to make an ndebele rope bangle.  Visit the Art on Depot event page on Facebook for details.






Sand Fibers was featured on the Etsy Front Page on three separate occasions in the last week.







Her Red Bargello Hearts cuff was featured in the October 18th Bead & Button Newsletter


Please join us next Wednesday for another Bead Art Originals Extra! Extra!