Seasonal & Holiday Resources | Fire Mountain Gems and Beads

Triple-Strand Bracelet

Here we go a-tasseling among the beads and bling! The classic blend of golden lava with crystal blues is grand during the holiday season and wears beautifully into the following year, too.

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Ornament

Create your personalized rendition of this minimalist angel by incorporating Czech fire-polished glass beads, colored wire and your preferred selection of seed and bugle beads. The possibilities are endless!

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Rogue Winterfest

Discover how Fire Mountain Gems supports three local mental health organizations through their involvement in Rogue Winterfest.

Bracelet

Wide spacer bars and gemstone beads warm up the cool silvery tones of this bold bracelet design, while the toggle clasp gives it a secure finish.

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Single-Strand Necklace

Add a touch of grace and elegance with this exquisite gold-plated brass necklace and earring set. The set features delicate dragonfly charms and a stunning alphabet letter 'A' charm, suspended from a chain crafted in gold-finished brass with faceted ball and crimped rondelle accents, imparting a sophisticated allure to your ensemble.

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Earrings

Preciosa Czech crystals in red, green and iridescent clear add seasonal splendor to these swinging drop earrings.

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10 Handcrafted Holiday Party Gifts

Hosting a party (or three) this holiday season? Give your guests a handmade gift to make the occasion even more festive and heartfelt.

Single-Strand Necklace

Want a quick and stylish necklace? It's as simple as adding a charm to a finished chain. Just use a jump ring or bail to attach your favorite focal point, and voilà – your necklace is ready in no time!

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Earrings

Elegantly embrace the holiday spirit with beautiful earrings featuring Crystal Passions® majestic green rivolis and Siam beads framed in gold for a festive but classic look.

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Flight of the Bumblebee

Bees are popping up in fashion and jewelry trends. Check out ideas for adding bumblebees to jewelry designs for a happy buzz.

Summer Camp Jewelry

Capture the magic of a childhood summer with this nostalgia-drenched jewelry trend. Learn how the basic techniques of your camp craft table are making their way into modern fashion.

Memory Wire Bracelet

Style takes wing with this coiled memory wire bracelet. Featuring sparkling Crystal Passions® round beads in bright spring colors, this design ends with a gleaming golden butterfly charm.

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Bracelet and Earring Set

Add a touch of holiday magic to your look with this enchanting bracelet and earring set. Green Druzy stars add sparkle alongside festive red Czech fire-polished glass.

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Earrings

Get into the festive spirit with these Christmas earrings featuring a Santa hat design in red, white, and clear glass and acrylic, complete with a whimsical fishhook ear wire adorned with a charming star.

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Memory Wire Bracelet

Transform your festive look with our stunning Christmas charm bracelet, beautifully embellished with glistening Czech pearl-coated glass druk beads.

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Earrings

Transform your style with these captivating earrings, showcasing Czech pressed glass beads in a mesmerizing swirl pattern, intertwining shades of light blue and metallic blue-black, accented by elegant silver-plated touches.

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Earrings

Turn back time with the captivating brilliance of Crystal Passions® rhinestones and the timeless elegance of majestic green crystals in these stunning dangle earrings.

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Bracelet and Earring Set

Translucent pastels bring the understated glitter of ice flake quartz into a springtime look, while antiqued finishes on silver beads and findings add a vintage vibe.

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Bracelet and Earring Set

Elevate your style with our exquisite earrings and bracelet featuring stunning lilac stone and yellow calcite beads, accented with silver-plated brass for a touch of elegance.

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Ask the Experts Wire Gauge Q&A

Q: What gauge of metal wire should I use for making a beaded Christmas tree with size 11/0 seed beads? The wire needs to be strong enough to support the weight of many glass seed beads, plus miniature ornaments of metal and glass, but it also needs to be narrow enough to fit through the seed bead holes. Thanks for your help!

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Christmas Tree Earrings

Gold wire swirls around sparkling Crystal Passions® beads to create the perfect holiday silhouette. This understated earring design needs only three shapes of crystal beads to make a lightweight design.

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Earrings

Add a touch of holiday spirit to your look with our Christmas earrings featuring jolly Santa Claus charms, intricate lampworked glass beads, Crystal Passions®-enhanced lustrous Pearls, and dazzling elements.

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Bracelet

There are hearts a-plenty in this romantic charm bracelet. Even the sterling silver base chain has heart-shaped links for the ultimate love-themed accessory!

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Earrings

These dazzling Crystal Passions® beads and drops allow this beautiful earring set to fully capture the light and reflect a dazzling array of colors.

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Bracelet

Icy blue coated glass and crystal clear fire-polished beads coil around the wrist alongside two styles of silver-plated beads. This quick-and-easy winter bracelet design ends with an intricate snowflake charm for seasonal style.

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Earrings

Like classic ornaments, these beautiful earrings feature Christmas reds and greens framed in fashionable copper beads and elegantly woven copper wire.

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Earrings

Make a majestic holiday tree by stacking up three sizes of Crystal Passions faceted margarita flower beads in majestic green. Add elegance with smooth golden findings, stardust beads and shining Preciosa crystal-set rondelles.

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Ornaments

You can never make too many Christmas designs. This tutorial from Preciosa teaches how to make a seed bead net to place over and dress up glass baubles.

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Bell Ornament

Ring in some holiday décor designs with this beaded wire project from Preciosa®. Seed beads strung on high gauge wireworking wire forms the shape and supports the structure of this bell ornament.

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Queen's Link Chainmaille

Add elegant detail to chainmaille jewelry using the queen's link chainmaille technique.

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Décor

Branch out into holiday décor designs with this beaded wire project from Preciosa®. Seed beads strung on high gauge wireworking wire forms the shape of this holly branch. Add Preciosa’s pearls as red holly berries or white mistletoe!

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Ornament

Stitch a glittering snowflake net over a round round Christmas ornament. Make this holiday treasure with full step-by-step instructions from Preciosa®.

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Ornament

Use off-loom beading stitches to create this lacy embellishment for a Christmas tree ornament using our full step-by-step instructions, courtesy of Preciosa®.

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Memory Wire Bracelet

A stunning memory wire bracelet adorned with a harmonious blend of natural wood, captivating gemstones, and elegant sterling silver charms and beads.

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Bracelet and Earrings Set

Complete your ensemble with our elegant 3-strand bracelet and matching earrings, adorned with Preciosa Czech rose and Labrador crystal beads, beautifully complemented by antique silver-plated pewter accents.

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Earrings

This pair of earrings featuring majestic green Crystal Passions® crystals add a simple and stately accent to any outfit.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Caring for kids takes a village. That's why we love supporting organizations that do just that. The Boy and Girls Clubs of America have been providing a safe place for the kids the serve for over 100 years. Support your favorite organization and help a kid on the path to a great future.

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Ornament Hanger

Using an elegant ornament hanger, anything with a loop can become a beautiful ornament!

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Earrings

These charming polymer clay popsicles are dripping with style.

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Cotton Filled Gift Box

Experience the enchantment of the holidays with our Christmas gift box, featuring ribbon charms and festive trinkets.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Mother-of-pearl shell meets the dramatic flashes of Czech fire-polished glass for a striking necklace and earrings set that is just as at home on the seaside as the dance floor.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

This holly-day-inspired necklace and earring set in glistening crystal is sure to add the Christmas spirit to any outfit this season.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

An eclectic mix of shapes and colors, this necklace and earring set is perfect for welcoming spring with a dash of drama.

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Christmas Wind Chime

Ring in the season with a cheerful wind chime. Skillfully shaped ParaWire™ forms a warm Christmas greeting, accented with Asfour crystal and festive colored beads.

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Earrings

Add a bit of fairytale whimsy to your outfit with these delicate flower-themed earrings. Lightweight acrylic flower components make enchanting focal points, and their frosted finish beautifully contrasts with shiny metallics and glistening crystals.

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Ornament

Create glittering snowflake ornaments like this one with ornament frames, crystal beads and a few other craft supplies.

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Bib-Style Necklace and Earring Set

Bursting with vibrant shades of blue, this jewelry set this jewelry set commands attention with its bold and striking presence.

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Single-Strand Necklace

Sheila Schwede's The Sting combines fine details with simplicity in this honey of a necklace. The eye-catching metal clay pendant is the absolute bee's knees!

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Christmas Tree Earrings

Make the season merry and bright with these festive Christmas tree earrings. Customize the design with different colors to suit everyone on your list.

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Christmas Tree Earrings

Whether you make these classic Christmas tree earrings for yourself, your customers or people on your gift list, they're sure to spread good cheer all season long.

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Gift Box

Unwrap a world of elegance and sophistication with an exquisite gift box adorned with decorated brass bookmark, and delicate ribbon.

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Gift Box

Unwrap the magic of Christmas, an enchanting gift box featuring Celestial Crystal® beads, a handcrafted Sculpey® PREMO Polymer Clay gingerbread man, and elegant Satinique™ Cord.

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Christmas Gift Box

Unwrap the magic of the season with an exquisite Christmas gift box adorned with handcrafted Czech glass beads.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Bring the luck in nature's grace with our single-strand necklace and earring set featuring exquisite magnesite, snow quartz, and mountain jade gemstone beads, accentuated by a delicate four-leaf clover charm.

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Earrings

Christmas canes in green and red make for holly-jolly dangles in this simple and elegant earring pair.

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Single-Strand Necklace

Lois Blake shares her love through beautiful metalworked copper with her Take My Heart necklace.

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Lanyard

Personalized and playful, this lanyard features colorful acrylic letter beads strung for a fun, perfect for keys, badges, or everyday carry.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Get ready for spring with this easy-to-make jewelry set bursting with the cheery greens and yellows of the first daffodils.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Like a cozy campfire on a summer night, these Celestial Crystal® fire briolettes bring a bright spark to this beautiful necklace and earring set.

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Angel Pin

A beautiful Crystal Passions™ gem is the centerpiece of this beautiful Let There Be Light Angel pin by Anita M. Russell.

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Gift Box

Unwrap the beauty of nature with gift boxes adorned with stunning silk floral décor. Green Taiwanese cheesewood beads and ParaWire™ mimic trailing vines in this design.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earrings Set

Large-hole beads with cutouts make perfect frames for small beads in this spring-ready set.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Experience the beauty of sunstone in this necklace that shines bright. Named 'The Schiller Effect,' this piece is sure to be a customer favorite.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Becky Miller's piece, "Pearls and Gold" is a lustrous floral accessory ideal for weddings or any formal occasion.

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Bracelet

Silver-toned findings complement the oceanic blues of sodalite, while the off-white leather cord highlights the white streaks in this lapis lazuli lookalike.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earrings Set

Green aventurine and honey-colored citrine complement gold-filled tube beads for a stately, understated necklace and earring set.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Enhance your elegance with this exquisite single-strand necklace and earring set. Adorned with beautifully crafted glass and lampworked glass beads.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Creating a patriotic look with red, white, and blue Czech glass beads is a wonderful way to show your national pride.

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Bracelet

Display your favorite Crystal Passions® love heart beads or other heart-shaped beads in a classic "pewter" bead frame. Add a pop of romantic red color with matching seed beads and an adjustable bracelet component to wear your heart on your sleeve.

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Christmas Tree Earrings

Why let reality limit your imagination? These beautiful earrings evoke Christmas spirit with a fantastical flair.

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Christmas Tree Earrings

Resembling a Douglas fir Christmas tree, these crystal bead earrings are a delightful and festive accessory, capturing the joyful and celebratory ambiance of the holiday season.

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Angel Earrings

Combine the classic angel earring design with Christmas tree-like beads to create a sparkling pair of holiday earrings.

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Stretch Bracelet

Make your own Powercord® energy bracelets with gemstone beads for fast-selling designs.

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Earring and Brooch Set

Life is short--make it sweet with a bold pair of earrings. Colorful Toho Beads® give sparkling detail to the wire knit flowers and forms of this design titled "Dolce Vita".

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Single-Strand Necklace

This necklace featuring metal clay beads and an enamel-filled focal is a true celebration of craftsmanship and creativity. It captures the essence of the harvest season with its colors, textures, and intricate details.

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Bracelet

This metal clay bracelet featuring a fairy garden and fairy garden doors is a wearable work of art. Its intricacies, magical themes, and attention to detail make it a stunning and captivating piece that brings the wonders of a fairy garden to life...

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Double-Strand Necklace

Accentuate the shapes of pendants with wirework lines. In this necklace design, wire is used to trace and accentuate the veins of the amber butterfly wing.

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Bib-Style Necklace

Discover the Geometry of Elegance with this design. Crystal Passions® beads and interlocking jump rings create a magnificent necklace to spice up any cocktail party or gala.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

This Easter necklace and earring set celebrates style and grace with pastel Czech fire-polished glass beads and sweet bird charms for a touch of springtime.

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Bracelet

Beautiful seed bead baubles in blues and gold make for a bracelet with a truly striking sense of texture and motion.

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Bracelet

Discover the perfect harmony of Czech glass and a dragonfly-adorned brass button, elegantly intertwined with anodized aluminum gold chain and woven cord in this enchanting bracelet.

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Triple-Strand Bracelet

Celebrate the holiday season in style with a triple-strand bracelet featuring festive Czech fire-polished glass Beads. The festive colors and playful charms are perfect for adding a touch of Christmas cheer to your ensemble.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Green and pink tourmaline stand side-by-side as gorgeous complimentary colors in this fashionably mirrored necklace and earring set.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Is seed beading in your DNA? Use the full step-by-step instructions with this spiral helix necklace and earring design and test the theory for yourself.

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Bib-Style Necklace and Earring Set

The blues of apatite and amazonite lend this necklace and earring set an icy feeling, while tassels of dripping silver chain complete the imagery of "Meltwater."

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Six shapes of mother-of-pearl shimmer in this dynamic necklace and earring project featuring cool whites and fresh greens. Use the full step-by-step instructions to create your own springtime set!

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Indulge in the richness of bordeaux-hued pearls, gracefully complemented by emerald rondelle beads for an enchanting touch of glamour.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

Let your creativity take flight with this jewelry set that's fluttering with wood and shell beads and an eye-catching butterfly focal.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set

The captivating depth of labradorite adds a stylish dimension to this statement necklace and stud earrings. Easily create this design with the step-by-step instructions provided.

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Earrings

Beautiful teal and vitrail Czech fire-polished glass beads in gorgeous earrings prove that sparkle never goes out of style.

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Single-Strand Necklace and Earrings Set

This stunning labradorite jewelry set is sure to turn heads with its otherworldly iridescence and captivating glow.

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Bracelet

Loom with square seed beads to create new and exciting looks. The square shape gives this bracelet project a modern feel despite using an ancient technique.

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