Welcome to Beadaholique! If you're new to jewelry making, this should be your first stop before exploring our other techniques and guides, which include valuable "bead-ucation" resource pages such as Stringing 101, Bead Weaving 101 and more. Read on and...
Memory wire is a type of steel wire used in jewelry making that keeps its cold-forged shape. This characteristic helps keep wire designs in place after completion, making memory wire an excellent choice for quick and easy projects. Memory wire...
Learn about wire wrapping for jewelry making and find video instructions, project tutorials and product recommendations from the Beadaholique design team. What is Wire Wrapping? In simple terms, wire wrapping is taking wire and wrapping it around itself and/or beads...
A bead loom is a tool used to weave beads together. Beading looms all have the same basic design with weaving achieved by inserting the weft threads (side to side threads) over and under the stationary warp threads (up and...
Learn about using resin, an exciting and versatile medium, in your jewelry making with our free tutorials and instructional videos, then pick up some mixed media supplies and try this fun and rewarding technique yourself. Getting Started Working with Resin...
Learn about kumihimo with our free tutorials and instructional videos, then pick up some kumihimo supplies and try this fun and rewarding technique for yourself. What is Kumihimo? Kumihimo is an ancient Japanese form of braiding using multiple strands of...
Bead weaving is a beadwork technique in which seed beads are woven together using thread to create a flat "fabric" or a three-dimensional shape such as a ball, clasp or tube. You can bead weave an entire piece of jewelry,...
Learn how to do soutache bead embroidery for beading and jewelry making with our free tutorials and instructional videos, then pick up some soutache supplies and create your own soutache jewelry. What is Soutache? Soutache is a narrow, flat braid...
Bead stringing may be the most popular and universal of all jewelry making techniques. A pile of beads just screams to be strung together, and many of us may have played around with beads and sewing thread as children. Knowing...
