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Wire-Wrapping Class: Tensha Bead Pendant with Jem Hawkes
Today we're working with beautiful TENSHA beads and wire to create a lovely stylized Fan Drop Tensha Pendant. Jem will be using 18 and 26 gauge wires (her personal favorite for wire-wrapping projects) to create this beautiful pendant. Check out...
Go Your Own Way Swirl Drop Pendant with Jem Hawkes
Learn how to make beautiful drop style wire-wrapped pendants with wire-wrap wonder Jem Hawkes. Today Jem is showing us how to use Tensha beads to give our pendant a beautiful layered look. This project is perfect for wire-wrapping aficionados and...
Self-Love & SilverSilk with Deborah Perez
Today we're created a beautiful necklace featuring SilverSilk and a pop of pink with some beautiful beads from the Love Yourself collection. We'll be making a matching pair of earrings as well using some beautiful Czech glass, faceted glass, and...
Making a Front Toggle Focal Necklace with Thunderhorse Descendant
Hello Party People! Lets get this party started by beading a front toggle focal necklace! This necklace is pretty easy, quick, and fun! I hope you will give it a try if you have never done a front toggle clasp...
JJB Rising Stars - My Black Heart Wire-Wrapped Necklace Tutorial Feat. Rosanna Brafford
Today we're going to be creating a beautiful multi layered necklace using Beadalon German style wire, Japanese Tensha hearts, and some mixed beads from the Market Fresh Mini Mix Collection. Rosanna Brafford is back as our Rising Star to teach...
CELEBRITY SPOTLIGHT: Mardi Gras Jewelry with Nealay Patel
It's a Mardi Gras Party! SilverSilk and JJB are teaming up again for another knockout beading tutorial. This week, Nealay and Sarah are using a foam Kumihimo board to braid together SilverSilk chains. The stunning colors of SilverSilk chains are...
How-To Jewelry Tutorial: Autumnal Fairy Lariat Necklace
Step into Autumn with this beautiful necklace featuring antique metals, Japanese Tensha Beads, Fairy Silk, and leather cord. This Fall-themed necklace features antique metal chain and metal components to add the perfect Fall flavor to this bold and rich color necklace....
How-To Jewelry Tutorial: Secret Garden Tensha Earrings
We're bringing wire-wrap back with this fun and easy Tensha earrings. These earrings feature beautiful Japanese Tensha beads paired with seed beads and faceted glass dangles at the ends. Join us for a step by step tutorial to learn how to make...
How-To Jewelry Tutorial: Geisha Garden Tensha Necklace
Today we're diving in to the new Copper Garden Japanese Tensha Bead Mix and creating a beautiful necklace using components from this stunning bead mix from Jesse James Beads. This step by step Jewelry Making Tutorial will show you how...
Tassels are a fun and easy way to add a little personality to any project. From cotton to leather, each colorful tassel will sure to give your project an extra spark of color. Here are some of our favorite tassel...
We Love Tenshas (And What You Create With Them!)
We love our Japanese Tensha Beads! These stunning little beads feature delicate cut and hand-applied decals and protected with a sturdy layer of acrylic to prevent scratching and abrasion. The only thing we love more then these beauties are the beautiful creations made...
A new holiday, Mountain Day began in Japan as a public holiday in just 2016. Mountain Day was created as a day to celebrate nature, hiking and connection of person to terrain. We love nature at Jesse James Beads, many of...
So what exactly is a Tensha bead? These rare handcrafted beauties are each individually made and are imported all the way from Japan. Each bead features an intricate decorative pattern of flowers, swirling feathers or other organic nature. The patterns are...