Humblebeads: Check out the 2009 Bead Cruise design contest winners! 
Jean Campbell Jean Campbell finished off her new LeTemps Necklace design which marries bling to grunge. Hurray!
Lorelei’s Blog: Inside the Studio Lorelei has busted out of the studio and into the Museum of Art for a trunk show.
Snap out of it, Jean! There’s beading to be done! Jean reviews a different, colorful, and inspiring book called Glass, by Marlene Blessing and Jamie Hogsett
Strands of Beads Melissa talks about where to find reliable information on copyrights – the U.S. Copyright Office, of course!
The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton Challenging himself with a smaller scale, Andrew tackles doll jewelry. Check out five new designs with dolls in mind!
A Bead A Day Lisa’s “Swarovski Summer Picnic” project is progressing. The only thing missing are the crystally butterflies!!
About.com Jewelry Making School’s out for summer, but is it really? Nope, not when you can take one of these free jewelry making e-courses.
Art Bead Scene Art Bead Scene’s monthly challenge painting for July is the Lascaux Cave Paintings. Get your stash of beads out in ivory, red and brown to match the color palette of these ancient drawings.
Carmi’s Art/Life World Carmi attempts to create a necklace after a resin pouring disaster.
Cindy Gimbrone aka The Lampwork Diva Cindy shows off some new chain and realizes one should never shop for jeans on her lunch hour.
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