An Excellent Introduction to Using Different Materials To Spice Up Your Chainmaille In this how-to book, author Kat Wisniewski shows how to add rubber and glass rings to traditional metal jump rings, creating eye-catching chainmaille designs for all levels. Disclaimer – I know Kat and consider her a friend. We worked together at Blue Buddha… Read more »
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A New Face at Blue Buddha: Welcome, Britt!
Please join us in welcoming our new Marketing Director, Britt Johnson! She’s just what the doctor ordered – a creative soul with strategy running through her veins. Britt oversees all of Blue Buddha’s marketing efforts, analyzing data and market trends to determine how to best meet our amazing customers’ needs. She is determined to help us prove… Read more »
What We’re Weaving With: Enameled Copper
One of the best things about chainmaille is the wide variety of metals you can weave with. Often, when maillers are looking for colored rings, they reach for the AA – but we like to switch it up a bit! We recently started carrying a new size of enameled copper jump rings that are the… Read more »
Free Holiday Jewelry Project: Red & Green Scale Maille Bracelet
The holidays find many crafters in a making frenzy and it seems like no matter how much you plan, there’s always that one last minute gift you end up discovering you need to make in a hurry. Below is a super-quick jewelry project that comes together easily but will still impress your recipient. (Plus, it’s… Read more »
Mystical Waterfall
I did not plan on submitting something to the fashion show at the One of a Kind Show this year, simply because with everything else going on, I didn’t think I’d have time to craft something worthy. However, when they invited me to submit something last week, I couldn’t say no. So over the holiday,… Read more »