Before autumn officially ends, we here at Legendary Beads wanted to take advantage of the beautiful palette provided by this season. Here are some great examples of autumn or fall jewelry for inspiration. Also, check out our previous post about the pearls and leather bracelet for another great autum

Having a hard time finding inspiration for a jewelry piece to go with your costume? Well, we here at Legendary Beads have thought of some ideas for basic costumes, The Skeleton, The Pirate, and The Flapper. The Skeleton A wonderful costume that can be fun for the whole family gets a beady twist! Cer

With October here, the time to figure out your costume has come. More importantly, you have to come up with how to make it! No fret, those of us at Legendary Beads have come up with some spooky jewelry samples to inspire. From the macabre to the lighthearted, from elegant to goofy, we have found a w

Apparently, there is a “new” jewelry style out there that involves a lot of metal beads – metal beads are all the rage.   We have to admit that this necklace is pretty cool but the price is just not right.  We decided to try to knock one off and ended up with a price of $20 (with q

What is the biggest and most played-out trend these days (in our opinion) is feather jewelry.  Yes, they were cool when they first re-emerged on the scene, and yes we own some…but we are really ready for what’s next. Rather then ditch the trend all-together we thought that we would get a

Eyeglass chains are on the rise! We say these recommendations in an issue of InStyle Magazine and couldn’t believe our eyes. Being beaders, our first reaction was, “I can do that!”

We found this post on Lark Crafts. Always trying to bring you all an eclectic mix of not only beading projects, but jewelry projects as well. We really like the natural and organic feeling of these pieces! For artist credits/more info click on the image below.

We noticed this cover a few moths back and have been meaning to use it as inspiration. As soon as we made one, we made another, and then another…. These briolette necklaces are so pretty, so simple, and so elegant!

We saw these earrings a while back and something about them spoke to us. The nonsensical wire wrap reminds us of dream catchers we used to hang over our beds. Supplies   Directions Step 1 Cut the 22 gauge wire into two 6 inch pieces (each piece  will make one earring) Step 2 Aprox. 3/4 inch fro

Our stone sale is still on and at $5.95 per strand, it’s a real steal! We have been seeing a new necklace in the pages of style magazines called the “statement necklace.”  Basically, very large stand out pieces that are often made from chunky stone beads. Here are a few examples we