New Tutorial - Tulum Beach Fringe Earrings

New Tutorial - Garden Path Earrings

This pair of dangly earrings can be made to any length you prefer. I prefer to make them just long enough to show off some Elaine Ray beads...get the free PDF printout of the project right here.

Have you made something fab with Elaine Ray beads? Post a picture on our Facebook page and you could win a $25 gift certificate good in our Raleigh, NC store OR on line. Just visit our facebook page and you can enter or vote by clicking the Photo Contest tab in the header bar.

Elaine Ray Photo Contest on our facebook page

This photo by Susan Reynolds was posted in our Facebook photo contest. You can go vote for it. The winner of the contest will receive a $25 Ornamentea gift certificate.

The photo contest details are under the Photo Contest tab on the top of our page. You will need to 'like' Ornamentea to see them. Visit us here.

New Tutorial - Magnetic Charm Bracelet Instructions

This project first appeared as one of our Try-It-Tuesdays. The table was SUPER BUSY all day. A mix of two strands of leather and a few simple charms turns into a hip bracelet in just a few minutes.

Check out the full instructions for this project here.

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Art Bead Scene Challenge for the month

This beautiful Van Gogh painting is the theme for March's Art Bead Scene Challenge. The painting, with it's wirey trees, pops of blue and red and those neutral tones begs to be made into a piece of jewelry.

Get the contest details here. 

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Jon Pitts featured in Raleigh On The Rocks

Jon Pitts, our favorite local-boy wood carver is featured in a nice article over at Raleigh On The Rocks. This blog is one of my favorites; it brings back memories of those distant days when I had a regular bars-and-live-music habit. The posts are chatty and sometimes a bit rough, but I'm a big girl and I can take the occasional 4-letter word.

Click over here to read about Jon's work and stop in the store to see some of his newest items. There is a caffeine-molecule pendant that is calling my name...