I've been thinking about jewelry-making lately. Not silversmithing, metal clay or fused-glass jewelry. Nothing that requires kilns or torches, drills or bits, stamps or blades. No goggles or fire ...

There is an art and skill to stringing beads. First, of course, is the selection of beads for a design, and the selection of the appropriate stringing material. Then is the selection of a clasp or ...

Belinda Defoor left her job as a mechanical engineer to turn her hobby of beading into a career. Along with her business partner and best friend, Alli Cormier, Ms. Defoor opened I Gotta Bead in Tyler ...