It is Carnival season in New Orleans. That means gazillions of plastic green, gold and purple beads are being tossed to crowds.

Tutorial for making simple jewelry from copper wire, stone and bead from LanAnhHandmade. The method is simple, easy to understand and completely free, so you can do it yourself at home. In this video, ...

Twelfth Night is over, king cake sales are skyrocketing and attention has shifted to upcoming Mardi Gras parades and the highly coveted beads and trinkets thrown by the krewes. This is also a busy ...

NEW ORLEANS — Caught a ton of throws at the parade? Don’t know what to do with all the unwanted beads? New Orleans residents and visitors can recycle or donate those Mardi Gras beads and throws ...

As Carnival season ramps up across Acadiana, one local bead store is doing much more than supplying parade throws. Mardi Gras Beads-n-More operates as a LARC Enterprise, creating meaningful jobs and ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers found over 270,000 beads in a tomb in Spain, and it could be the largest collection ever recorded. The beads were made out of shells, ...

Researchers found over 270,000 beads in a tomb in Spain, and it could be the largest collection ever recorded. The beads were made out of shells, stone, and animal bone, and it likely took months to ...

The handcraft known as “Pindou” (Perler beads) is surging across social platforms, amassing close to 2 billion topic views. Creators place 2.6 mm or 5 mm plastic beads onto a pegboard to form ...