While science and crafting may seem disparate, Lawther — the owner of String Bead, a beading and jewelry-making supply store in Chico — said there’s more commonality between the two than one would ...

Tired of tinsel? Try this tree-trimming trick instead. Looking for a tinsel alternative that’s easier to hang (and less likely to be devoured by your pets)? Strings of beads are the way to go. They’re ...

Jeri Bellini-Bicking wasn’t quite sure how a store full of beads would go over. Indeed, the bead guru from whom she sought advice in early October 1997 told her — in no uncertain terms — that the ...

Beading has a very long artistic and cultural history among the Indigenous people in Canada. At least 8,000 years before Europeans came to Canada, First Nations people were using beads in elaborate ...