No one does beads quite like Susan Alexandra, the eponymous accessory line of candy-colored earrings and handbags strung with the kind of acrylic orbs you made friendship bracelets with as a kid.

GAYLORD — Beaded jewelry maker Carolyn Monarch has been doing arts and crafts of one kind or another for most of her life. "I started studying art back in elementary school and learned dimensional ...

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE — Former female prisoners in Sierra Leone are finding creative ways to incorporate themselves back into society. They are making beaded jewelry that is not only giving them ...