June 2012
FEATURED PROJECTS
Michaelmas daisy
Stitch gorgeous flowers together and use them in a multitude of ways, including a pendant, earrings or trinket box decoration
Tides away
String a summertime selection of beach coloured beads to create a lovely long necklace and matching ring and earrings
Polymer porcelain
Create vintage shades by mixing polymer clay colours and turn into beautiful bracelet links
Knitted orchid
Wire mesh is a gorgeous and versatile material, we show you how to make a stunning flower design in this wirework tutorial
Jewelled nuggets
Make a twisty in this month’s lampwork design in lovely sky blue shades
Strawberry fayre
Use cork clay with silver clay to create these stunning hollow strawberry summer earrings!
Papillion pendant
Mix up your materials and use rivets to attach a pretty silver butterfly to a beautiful smooth wooden bead
Seashell surfer
Create cute sea themed shapes from resin in this quirky tutorial! Use your charms to make a lovely dangly bracelet
Ocean azure
Stunning strands of fabric and silks have been used together to create this multi stranded jewellery set featuring lovely handmade elements such as glass beads and a poppy clasp
Summer bouquet
An advanced wire project with a summery feel, try creating your own flower bouquet that you will treasure
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RUGULARS
Retail therapy
This month’s round up of the hottest new products and the latest trends
Inbox
We answer your emails and take a look at our favourite uploads to the readers gallery this month
Spotlight
Under the spotlight this month we have two books perfect for all abilities, a beautiful Tudor-inspired bracelet kit and the website and blog of the month
Meet and greet
This month we interviewed Raphaela Cornut, a designer from Manchester specialising in leather jewellery
Subscription offer
Check out this month’s fantastic subscription offer!
Shopping for…
Carved and ornate beads
Sneak preview
Take a look at what’s coming next month
Personal space
We take a peek around the workshop of Beads & Beyond contributor Aster Sadler
FEATURES
Recipes for... felt beads
We have eight different felt bead ideas for you to try in this month’s recipes feature
Jewellery Maker of the Year 2012
We announce the results of this year’s exciting competition!
Designer challenge
We send the same pack of beads to four different designers to see what lovely inspiring jewellery they can make
Katie’s Spellbound Appeal
Help The Spellbound Bead Company raise £10,000 for the QEHB Cyber Knife appeal
Top 10
This month we feature the Top 10 memory wire bracelets in seaside shades
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