Hello Beautiful Beaders, This year at Riverside Beads I have decided to give as many handmade Christmas gifts as I have time to make. I love it when someone is kind enough to hand make me anything; jewellery; a card; some jam; a piece of knitting. Just wonderful. To help me on my gift making […]
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Ever wondered what the 925 stamp on silver means and what’s the difference between 9, 18 and 24 carat gold? Precious metals surround us every day in the jewellery making world, and this blog will delve into how they are created and what each marking means.ย Silver Have you noticed that your ring has a
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Shopping local is not a new craze, it is what it says in the tin; use your local shops rather than buy from larger nationalised companies. As a smaller business, we are extremely passionate about this and strongly believe that the service we provide as a local store, online and in person, is second to
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Hello Beautiful Beaders, It’s been a while since I talked about my favourite subject in the whole wide world, so this week I thought I’d treat you to a Kumihimo catch up! As most of you know I heard about Kumihimo, the Japanese art of braiding, around 10 years ago and have been braiding like
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Hello Beautiful Beaders, Now then my bridal beauties, do you recall a few weeks back I told you about all the latest trends for 2019? Nb. If you haven’t then be sure to catch up and read through our archived blogs here. Anyways if you did read it then you’ll remember that the next big
Hello Beautiful Beaders, What an amazing, award winning week we have had! Who’d have thought that our little craft shop would win not one, but TWO awards in the International craft awards?! International I say! We really are so proud to be the winner of the awards for best craft shop of the UK Midlands
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