There are some fabulous designs in Beads & Beyond Magazine’s Jewellery Maker of the Year awards. This year’s standard seems extremely high and we’d like to congratulate all who have reached the shortlist, what an achievement!

These wonderful awards really help us to see what a wealth of jewellery making talent we have in the UK and beyond. From chain maille to wirework, mixed media, metal clay, stringing & linking and bead stitching, all categories are filled with top quality work. We feel proud to be part of such a creative and talented community who just keep pushing the boundaries of jewellery making.

We’re also extremely proud to have been nominated in the ‘Bead Website’ category. We hope that those of you who have enjoyed our website and service will spare a thought for us when you cast your vote for your favourite jewellery items.

If you’d like to vote for your favourites visit Beads & Beyond’s website today. Do hurry though, voting closes on 1st April.

Good luck to all nominated jewellery artists! xxx

POST UPDATE 17/05/12:

The Jewellery Maker of the Year results have been announced and Beads Direct are extremely pleased to have been voted the Reader’s Favourite Online Bead Store. We’d like to thank everyone who voted for us!

If you want to find out why we are the reader’s favourite for beads online, visit Beads Direct today for all your jewellery making needs!