Contributors - Stringing Magazine

Stringing Contributor Guidelines Stringing magazine is published quarterly. Each issue of Stringing includes more than 100 beautifully strung accessories, accompanied by clear step-by-step instructions and spreads that give beaders ideas and inspiration. The projects range from quick but intriguing necklaces, bracelets, and earrings that can be accomplished in an hour to more complex patterns that may take an entire weekend to complete. Stringing Contributor Guidelines
Contributors
The following artists contributed projects to Stringing Summer 2008. Artists are listed alphabetically by last name. If you would like to submit your designs for a future issue of Stringing, please see our contributor guidelines above.
	Kelly Angeley lives, beads, and teaches beading in Florence, Oregon. She can be reached through her website, www.kellyangeleybeadologie.com.
	Rupa Balachandar, designs and creates attention-drawing jewelry, incorporating semiprecious gemstones and various metal beads and pendants that she sources from all over the world. She can be reached at www.rupab.com.
	Vanessa Blevins is a stay-at-home mom who enjoys beading in her "spare" time. She has been beading for five years and is currently an instructor at On the Rocks in Georgia.
	Jenna Colyar-Cooper has been beading since she was a little girl. Since graduating from college at Western Washington University, she has continued to pursue her love of beads and currently works for FusionBeads.com.
	For more than twenty years Nina Cooper has designed innovative silver jewelry and jewelry parts for Nina Designs. Her mission is to inspire other designers while maintaining a commitment to pay fair wages to her talented silversmiths.
	Heather DeSimone has worked in the jewelry design and component industry for over eighteen years. She is co-owner of The Beadin’ Path and resides in coastal Maine with her husband, Chris, and two boys, Max and Alex.
	Mari Eriksson lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband, Curtis; son, Slate; daughter, Marina; and two dogs. She started beading at an early age and has worked for Fusion Beads for the past ten years.
	Mary Flynn a Brooklyn-born denizen of California’s wine country, will have a glass of red, thank you, while deciding what to make next. Can’t decide? Buy more beads and decide in the morning!
	Barb Fritz grew up in a creative family and loves to bead, knit, and sew. She also designs and makes one-of-akind beaded costumes for her other passion: competitive figure skating!
	Jan Ketza Harris is a co-owner of Galena Beads. Her "Love Gives Wings" necklace graced the cover of Fall 2006 Stringing magazine. She is an avid painter, and her abstract art is on display at Galena Beads. See her artwork at www.JanKetzaHarris.com.
	Jennifer Heynen loves playing with new colors and combinations. She is the artist behind Jangles ceramic beads and finds that options for colors and designs are limitless. You can see more of her designs on her website, www.jangles.net.
	Allie Hoffmann lives in Seattle, Washington, where she enjoys being with friends and family (especially her son, Eligh), painting, and beading her little heart out. She currently works for Fusion Beads.
	Jeanne Holland's love of designing jewelry started with a box of antique glass beads and broken necklaces given to her by her grandmother and eventually led her to be a cofounder of Vintaj Natural Brass Co.
	Trish Italia is a co-owner of Galena Beads "serving creativity," where she also designs and sells her jewelry. Her daughter, Jess Italia-Lincoln, taught her how to make jewelry for fun, and it began a life of its own.
	Much of Jess Italia-Lincoln’s favorite time is spent designing jewelry with her husband, Todd. The natural beauty of the outdoors is an inspiration. Jess and Todd profess their dream is to live on an island and design jewelry on the beach all day long
	Karen Johnston creates jewelry in the Wood River Valley of Idaho, where she is inspired by nature and vivid images from international travel. She holds a BA in jewelry design from Western Washington University.
	Danish designer Camilla Jorgensen started creating jewelry two years ago to help distract her friend while she was undergoing cancer treatment. She now has a growing business, Micalla Jewelry and Designs (www.micalla.com), but never forgets why she started and gives to charities in her community.
	Traci Kawaguchi is a wife and mother of four boys with a career in civil engineering. Beading and jewelry making provide a creative outlet for her feminine side in an otherwise male-dominated world!
	A maker of porcelain beads and jewelry components for her business, Earthenwood Studio, Melanie Brooks Lukacs has been designing jewelry for more than ten years. She sells her beads, charms, and buttons at www.earthenwoodstudio.com.
	Michelle Mach is the editor of Beading Daily, beadingdaily.com. When she’s not beading, she enjoys reading, writing, and seeking out the best brownie recipe ever!
	Denise Yezbak Moore lives in Orange County, California, with her husband, “Rusty,” and their two beautiful children. Her one-of-a-kind pieces are influenced by her fascination with antique jewelry. You can contact her at www.rustyroxx.com.
	Leslie A. Pope is a beader and the owner of Twisted Sistah Beads & Fibers, a business that combines her love of beads and textiles. Leslie produces, publishes, and sells her bead-related patterns on her website, www.twistedsistahbeads.com, and in area shops.
	Molly Schaller is a designer and writer who loves cooking and crafting with kids. She raises her two favorite kids in Muncie, Indiana. Send your favorite cookie recipe to her at mollyschaller@mac.com.
	Jennie Stephens lives in Seattle and works in the creative department at FusionBeads.com while designing and selling jewelry for her own company, Majik Designs. When not beading, she enjoys Seattle’s many fine eateries and its rich cultural and music scene with her beau.
	Ricky Ann Talmage lives in Delmar, New York, with her husband and three young children. She often beads alongside her children, who provide inspiration and energy.
	Pam and Angie Thien made jewelry as soon as they could hold a bead. Pam currently designs silver pieces while Angie searches for new materials to play with.
	Andrew Thornton is a professional fine artist who lives in New York City. Andrew works part-time with his family at Green Girl Studios. Visit his blog at http://andrew-thornton.blogstpot.com.
	Katie Wall has been a beadworker for fourteen years. She works at Fusion Beads in Seattle, Washington.
	Sara Wybourn is a full-fledged Bead Diva of Galena and enjoys teaching workshops to new designers at Galena Beads. Her greatest creation is her family—husband, Curk, and kids, Gracie, Ella, and Ethan.

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