Innovation Team Member Erin Prais-Hintz Featured on Jewelry Making Daily Innovation Team Member, Erin Prais-Hintz (2012-2013) created a great necklace that is featured today on Jewelry Making Daily (Make A Flowery Birds’ Nest Necklace). Erin wrote a bit of the backstory behind creating her necklace for Jewelry Making Daily. She writes: “I love the idea […]
I laughed out loud this week when I read what a person wrote under one of the free downloadable tutorials we had posted on Facebook. “NTS” it started, (“note to self”), “NTS, less downloading and more creating!” Isn’t that the truth? With all of the free downloads, free videos, free, free, free, you’d think I […]
Maybe it is living in a coastal seaside town that attracts me to the whole nautical look. Or maybe it is just from looking at too many issues of Coastal Living. Anyway, I’m crazy about this look. www.juicycouture.com: Nantucket Braided Rhinestone Cuff I came across a tutorial showing the step-by-step instructions for creating this look. […]
Erica and Lauren have been producing some amazing DIY projects on their site Honestly WTF. If you haven’t been following them, you might want to like their Facebook page. These two women were doing projects 2 years ago that are now showing up in today’s magazines! Their DIY Tutorials are very well done and easy […]
Nunn Design has several projects in Stringing Magazine’s Summer 2013 Issue. Learn three very different techniques with Innovation Team Members Karen McGovern, Erin Praiz-Hinz and Becky Nunn. Enjoy creating!
October 8-11, 2013, I will be teaching at Art Camp For Women in Colorado. To learn more about Art Camp For Women, sign up for their Newsletter entering you into a chance to win their Grand Prize Giveaway of 2014 Art Camp For Women session of your choice. To learn more about me and what […]
Melissa Williamson, Graphic Designer for the Nunn Design Team, Creates Jewelry with Upcycled Found Objects Melissa is the person responsible for all of the things you see graphically from Nunn Design. From our weekly newsletters, blog and Facebook posts, website, catalogue, postcard, collage sheets, to our packaging. Anything you see graphically designed – she is the […]
Artfest was a big event here in Port Townsend for many years. It has been sad to see the event no longer take place in our small town. Thanks to Anna Nasset, a local gallery owner of Artisans on Taylor, the tradition of inspiring and nurturing artisans will continue on with her first annual Artology Retreat. The […]
Create High End Hair Accessories That Are Uniquely Yours! A big fashion trend right now is high-end looking hair accessories. High-end looking doesn’t have to necessarily mean that they are expensive. Add a couple bead caps to a pearl bead, thread through a headpin and you’ve got yourself a great bauble to add to a […]
This is the week of seed beads and bangle bracelets! Innovation Team Member Marla Salezze did this series of bangles for Nunn Design. Thank you Marla! We love these projects! To see how to do something similar to Marla’s, check out Beadaholique’s latest video: How to Cover a Channel Bangle with Bead Weaving
The best part of this project is that it looks like it was super hard to create! There is something about a project that looks difficult to produce that makes it more desirable, don’t you think? Let me take the mystery out of this process. To create these bangles all you need: 1. Crystal Clay – White 2. Nunn Design Bangle […]
Thanks to Carl Becker of ETI and Resin Crafts for an excellent article in Bead & Button Magazine on Epoxy Clay and Resin safety! See the rest of the article on their blog: Our Expert Resin Safety Advice — If you are interested in learning how to use epoxy resin, we have taken the mystery out […]
Quarterly at Nunn Design, we drag all our toys out and spend the day playing. We are testing new prototypes, new techniques, learning to work with new tools. It is a great day that is had by all. We can’t wait for you to see what we are up to next!!! Christopher – Head Shipper Heather Thompson – […]
Button Shanks! Birthstone Charms! Glass! All In Stock and Shipping Now! Product development is a funny thing. Sometimes I will create items and hold on to them for years until just the right time. The new Spring Button Shanks are one of these products. In January, I had decided not to release the Button Shanks […]