I will not be shipping orders from Friday Nov. 20th to Tuesday Dec. 1st, due to family vacation. If you place an order, it will be held until Wednesday, Dec. 2nd. I will ship out order as soon as possible after that.

Check out the Summer Preview Issue of Step by Step Wire Jewelry

The Gridlock Chain kit, feature in Step By Step Wire Jewelry, has been added to the Kits page! I am working on some fun kits, so keep checking back for updates.

Welcome!

Welcome to my web site! All products are lovingly handcrafted by me, Deanna Kittrell. I offer Chainmaille jewelry kits, jump rings and finished jewelry for sale. I make all the jumps rings as well. Please browse the site, and check back often; new items will be added often!

News

Teaching: I am traveling all over the country in 2009!

May 7th to 9th I will be teaching for the Great Lakes Beadworker's Guild May 7th through 9th. Check out their website, http://www.greatlakesbeadworkersguild.org for more info.

May 31 to June 7th, I will be teaching at The Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee! I am teaching a variation of Wedding Knot Chain, Chained Crystals, Verterbrae Chain, Sunrise Chain, Japanese Lace Chain, and Orbital Chain. Check out the Bead and Button Show website for all the classes and show information. I will also be sharing a booth at the show with my good friend Gretchen Schueller, owner of Piece of Mind Bead and Jewelry Studio. We will be at booth #1217; so if you are at the show, come check us out! I will have kits and jump rings, as well as some fabulous new pliers. Piece of Mind will have unusual beads, micro macrame supplies, and more! I had a blast at the Bead and Button Show last year and can't wait until Bead and Button Show 2009!

July 10th-12th I will be at the Puget Sound Bead Festival. I will be teaching Byzantine Bling, Chained Crystals, Japanese Lace, and Sunrise Chain. This is my first time at this show, and I am thrilled to be teaching there. Click here for the Puget Sound Bead Festival website.

August 20th-23rd, I will be returning to Bead Fest Philadelphia. I will be teaching Turkish round Chain, Chained Crystals, Sunrise Chain and Orbital Chain. Click here for the Bead Fest website and more information. This was a great show last year, I got to meet so many talented people. I am really looking forward to this year's shows.

And, as always, I am teaching classes throughout the year at my favorite store, Piece of Mind Bead and Jewelry Studio in Sacramento, CA. Piece of Mind offers over 80 classes every 3 monthes! We have one of the more extensive class offerings on the West Coast. Piece of Mind offers classes in Seed beads, wire work, chainmaille (of course), stringing, Art Clay Silver, Micro Macrame, metal stamping, and more! click here for the Piece of Mind website and a list of classes currrently being offered.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at dsdesigns@surewest.net. If you are in the Sacramento area and are interested in jewelry or chainmaille classes, check out Piece of Mind Bead and Jewelry Studio for wonderful classes and a fabulous bead store.

I have finally figured out this whole website updating thing, so I will be adding new kits and jump ring sizes soon, so check back often!