More CHA New Stuff

Here are some earrings I made at the Craft & Hobby Association Show using new Fresh resin components from Plaid and new silver Quick Links™ from Beadalon.

Candie Cooper led a make-it-take-it at the Plaid booth using these resin components. She showed people how to glue the resin piece to a metal ring back and then add a few dangles for extra sparkle. Fresh will be widely available in craft stores later this year.

Margot Potter did a demo at the Beadalon booth using Quick Links and HHH Enterprises glass frame pendants with vintage magazine images inside. I love the substantial feel of the pendants!

Other new stuff:
Beadalon's new catalog is chock-full of new products, including metallic crinkle wire, sparkle crimp covers, tacky mats for seed beads, Scrimp™ findings for memory wire, metallic jewelry cable, and more!

Blue Moon Beads is introducing several new lines, all with the trendy, stylish look you'd expect. I'll have pix soon. In the meantime, check out their site for a look at Global Nomad, Reflections, Lost & Found and Enchanted Planet lines, all available in craft stores now.

There are also tons of great new Bead Gallery beads from Halcraft; a cool, light-up bead board called Beadglo from Artograph; keyhole elements that are great for jewelry making from Tim Holtz; and fair trade, recycled glass beads from Ghana: World Piece Emporium (wholesale only). All of these things will be coming soon to a craft store near you!

Read more about these and other new products at CHA on these fab blogs: Margot Potter, Claudine Hellmuth and Traci Bautista.