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

Price increase Due to the drastic increase in the price of sterling silver and other metals, I have had to raise the prices on jump rings and kits. I have put off this step as much as possible; but metal costs continue to rise and I had no choice but to raise prices.

New kits!! The Orbital Chain Bracelet Kit, featured in the Fall Step by Step Wire Jewelry; has been added to the Kits page! Also, Large Ring Wedding Knot Chain Bracelet kit and Tryzantine Chain Bracelet kit have been added to the Kits page. I will be adding several more kits over the next few months, so be sure to check back.

Teaching: I had a great time and the Bead and Button show! It wa sso much fun treaching, working the booth and seeing all the incredible jewelry! It was such a great experience being surrounded by so many people that love beads as much as I do. I will also be teaching at Bead Fest Philadelphia; August 21-24th. I wil be teaching Orbital Chain, Chained Crystals, Turkish Round Chain, and Crystal Double Vertebrae Cuff. Check out beadfest.com for more information.

Looking for the kit to the Wedding Knot Chain Bracelet in the December 2007 issuse of Bead and Button? Click here to go to the kits page. It is the Large Wedding Knot Chain Bracelet Kit. The kit is available with directions or just jump rings and clasp only. Orbital Chain Bracelet is fetured in the Fall 2007 issue of Step by Step Wire jewelry, be sure to check it out! Also check out the February 2007 issue of Bead & Button magazine for the Clearly Crystals project featuring my design and jump rings. The jump rings for this project are available on the jump ring page and kits are available on the kit page.

I had a great time at Bead Expo in Portland, OR. I taught Tryzantine Chain, Chained Crystals, and Japanese Lace Chain. I also took Lisa Niven Kelly's Fiesta Pendant Class. Bead Expo was a lot of fun. I love being around so many people that are just as crazy about beading as I am!

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!