Get inspired with thousands of design ideas, from extraordinary jewelry and accessories to scrapbooking pages, beading contest pieces and employee lifestyle photos. The Gallery of Designs is filled with accessories showcasing techniques, styles, color combinations and more — to encourage your creativity. Explore the Gallery of Designs and let your imagination run wild...
A wide variety of stylish earrings are on display here.
Captivating allure! An innovative collection of Swarovski® crystal creations that'll take your breath away.
From turquoise to glass beads, these bracelets are sure to give you inspiration for your own creations.
From your imagination to reality, Art Clay makes it happen. These imaginative designs show you what's possible with this fantastic innovation in precious metal jewelrymaking.
Bold looks, bright ideas...the best in men's jewelry design is right here.
Take a step beyond ready-to-wear: make your own stunning pendant designs. Here are a great variety of pendant designs to inspire you.
Beyond jewelry: these designs push the envelope for wearable beading art.
Ring inspirations for every personality and occasion - from wire-wrapping to Art Clay™, seed beads to clustered gemstones, and single, solitaire mountings...
Magnificent memories! Let your imagination run wild with these terrific scrapbook page ideas. Design tips, materials lists, and more.
See the versatility of seed beads from jewelry to clothing, bags to home décor. View hundreds of seed bead creations sure to spark your inspiration.
Find inspiration here! Browse the winner's and finalist's creations from Bead&Button Magazine's Bead Dreams contest.
Presenting the winners of the 2008 Bead Star Contest. View the 45 winning designs for creative inspiration. See Bead Star winning designs here.
Over 8,000 Design Ideas
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Necklace designs from the simple to the extravagant, single-strand to multi-strand. Some with matching bracelets and/or earrings.
Designs and instructions featuring chandelier earrings. See how these beautiful earrings are made and shop for the materials to make your own.
The beautiful beads donated for the Circle of Hope Necklaces were crafted to raise funds for breast cancer research.
Pure elegance! Drop earrings catch the eye with movement and sparkle. The possibilities are endless.
Crowning glories! Browse these innovative hairpins, hairsticks, and other headwear accessories.
Classic elegance to funky fashion: this collection of pin and brooch designs covers a wide range of styles.
Terrific timepieces bring high style. Go beyond your wrist and see how watch components are used on necklaces and more.
There's more to the Gallery of Designs than jewelry! Step outside the box with us and view some amazing beaded décor right here.
Packed full of fun and surprising artistic treasures, this freeform beaded art collection offers conversational pieces to brighten your day.
Customer Snapshots
Your creativity on display. Fabulous designs directly from Fire Mountain Gems and Beads customers... the best beaders in the world!
We'd love to see what you've been making, submit your designs and keep up the extraordinary work!
Beading Lifestyles
These Lifestyle Views feature vibrant photography that will show you how the finished design can be incorporated into terrific, fashion-forward looks. Featuring our stylin' staff here at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads!
Celebrated Jewelry Artist Gallery
This new gallery features your artwork as seen in actual Fire Mountain Gems and Beads’ advertisements from leading jewelry-making and industry-related magazine catalog covers and other published works of ours. Each gallery page offers a zoom feature for the advertisement, magazine name and published date, as well as your name and contact information.
Simple and Easy Design Ideas
View a collection of fun and easy-to-make design ideas for your creative inspiration. Simple to make, sell and wear and great for jewelry-making classes and craft bazaars. It’s easy to substitute different product, colors and more to make the featured design idea your own.
Beading Contest Winners
Be the next $1,000 grand prize winner! Enter the Fire Mountain Gems and Beads beading contests, offered throughout the year with themed categories to give you more chances to win. View the contest guidelines and entry details here plus, view all the winning and finalist designs since 2003.
Contact Information
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads is proud to feature your artwork, and we invite you to submit images of your favorite projects to the Customer Snapshot section. Here's how you can be included:
- Email your name and attached image to designs@firemtn.com
- Please describe your project (ie: necklace, bracelet, home décor) and include the main components of your design, if known.
- If you've named your piece, please let us know!
- Photos should be a minimum of 500x500 pixels (or 6.94 inches)
- To best showcase your artwork, place dark designs on a light background and light artwork on a dark background.
- For additional photography tips, click here.
