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Tutorial of an Animal Print Bracelet   Animal Print is a great trend right now and we've had quite some success with the bracelets we made for our Christmas Collections.

So we had the idea ...

All About Precious Metal Clay with Moondog Treasures  PMC is Precious Metal Clay. This material was created by the Mitsubishi Corporation in the early 1990s as a way to recover silver, gold, and platinum ...

I'm in a pinch with crimps! Suggestions?  Whenever I use crimp beads or tubes, my piece of jewelry breaks within a matter of days.

To avoid using crimps, I've worked with French wire, wire ...

From Pipes & Wire Necklace   A few weeks ago, a friend of mine gave me some sections of copper pipe and circle spacers from a construction job he had salvaged. How great was that!...

Need a Good Name for This Jewelry Item, Please  I can't seem to come up with a good name for this piece of jewelry, any ideas?

This item comes in different colors. Should I just name them by their ...

Fabric Covered Button Ring Tutorial  This fabric covered button ring tutorial is the neatest idea!

One day I was going through a huge old box of antique buttons. I was drawn to the fabric ...

A Struggling Artist - Gorgeous Giveaways  Last March I created a necklace which sold in a nanosecond (pictured above). I think a lot of the credit goes to Laurel Steven's magnificent polymer clay ...

Polymer Clay Backed Glass Tile Pendant Tutorial  I love the look of glass tile pendants, but not so much the lack of backing. Most tutorials I have found have you seal back of the paper with whatever ...

How to Make Hemp Bracelets - a Tutorial  Here's how to make hemp bracelets with a sparkle of beads and the simplest of crochet stitches - the chain stitch.

These are so fast and easy to make ...

Question about jewelry findings  I would appreciate some insight on jewelry findings. I cannot afford gold or silver findings at this time, and my question is-what is the next best quality ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry - UPDATE  Update: This update is for the multi-part tutorial that begins on the Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 1 page.
I've experimented a bit with metal ...

Collecting Sea Glass  Sea glass has become popular the world over recently. There's just something so soothing and so appealing about finding a beautiful frosty piece of glass ...

Smashed Copper Tube Bead  I've written of my love of all things copper lately. My brother recently brought me a gift... a roll of 1/4 inch copper tubing.

After reading on the ...

Keep Your Beads Organised  Some of the handiest devices I have in my studio are ICE CUBE TRAYS.

They are brilliant for sorting and storing beads, charms and findings. You can ...

Secret Meanings of Key Jewelry  Jewelry can have an expression or meaning to the wearer that is unique to the individual.

Key jewelry has become very popular over the last two years ...

Jewelry Color Inspiration from an Unlikely Source  As I was born in Italy, on the beautiful Riviera, I always liked vibrant colors. As a child I spent hours coloring and whenever I received as a gift a ...

What to Do with Your Jewellery Supply "Left-Overs"  Hemalyke and siam crystal bangle by Helen White.

Making jewellery inevitably produces waste - you end up with left over threads, beading ...

More Hardware Store Finds  I too love to investigate hardware stores for materials for jewelry.

Haven't had much luck though in finding copper washers. If anyone has a source,...

Liver of Sulfur Patina Tutorial  Creating incredible layers of color on your handmade jewelry is easily achieved with the use of liver of sulfur.

This wondrous chemical compound oxidizes ...

Charm Jewelry Making Ideas  Charm - a small trinket on a bracelet or chain. Amulet, dangle, ornament. Charms with customized images are great components for creating jewelry ...

Get Your Jewelry Noticed - Distinguishing Yourself from the Pack 
Getting consumers to pay attention to what you have to offer is crucial in establishing a successful jewelry business. There are so many interesting ...

Making Tiny Journals to Wear, Using Origami  Paper Demon Jewelry is about taking leaps of faith and believing in yourself. I decided to make a piece of jewelry that expresses that, and of course ...

Where Do You Get Steampunk Jewelry Supplies?  Hi, I love this Steampunk style but where can you buy supplies to make the jewellery if you don't have the old gadgets hanging around?

Thanks!

Bev ...

Designing Your Own Special Piece of Jewelry  Ideas and Suggestions to Guide You from Imagination to Reality
How often I have heard "I know in my imagination what I want, I can picture it, but ...

How to Make Steampunk Jewelry  Steampunk jewelry is a fun and fascinating style to work with. It combines vintage, hardware, imagination, gadgetry, and science fiction.

What is ...

Tutorial: Swarovski Crystal and Sterling Silver Butterfly Pendant Necklace - Part 2  . . . Continued from Part 1 .

Creating the Butterfly in Wire:

So, once I sketched out how I wanted my butterfly to look, I decided to use ...

Tutorial: Swarovski Crystal and Sterling Silver Butterfly Pendant Necklace  Today I am going to give a how-to on the process of making my butterfly necklace.

Methods and Materials
Preparing to Solder:

There are many ...

Making Patera Jewelry  I was introduced to Patera findings from a friend of mine who attended the huge jewelry and gem show in Arizona.

"Patera" means small shallow dish, and ...

Clay Stamps - How to Design Your Own  Designing Your Own Unique Stamps for Metal Clay or Polymer Clay Jewelry
Would you like to create clay stamps featuring your own original textures and ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 4b  Acid Etching Metal Jewelry Part 4b: Etching on Silver Using Ferric Nitrate . . . Continued from Part 4a
HERE IS WHERE I BLEW IT!

A 50/...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 4a  Acid Etching Metal Jewelry

Part 4a: Etching on Silver
Using Ferric Nitrate

Part 1 of this Acid Etching Metal Jewelry series covered how to ...

Metal Stamps - Tips and Techniques  Metal stamps are fun, creative jewelry making tools.

These tips and techniques show you how to get great results, from the very first time you try metal ...

Making a Jewelry Clasp Using a Mercury Dime  In designing jewelry using "found" objects, an interesting way of creating a clasp is with a rare Mercury dime, button-and-loop combination.

Mercury ...

Portable Petroglyph - Micro Pecking Technique, Part 2  In Micro Pecking Technique, Part 1 we discussed some background info on the origins and making of my Petroglyph Pendants.

Here in Part 2 we'll take ...

Portable Petroglyph - Micro Pecking Technique  As requested, here is some background info on the origins and making of my Petroglyph Pendants.

In 1990 I was looking for a new craft to explore that ...

Testing Bakelite  Testing Bakelite by heating it to check for a smell is no longer considered an adequate test alone.


What is Bakelite?

It's an early form of ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 3c  Acid Etching Brass and Copper Jewelry

Part 3c: Ferric Chloride Acid Bath

. . . Continued from Part 3b

How Do You Know When the Etching ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 3b  Acid Etching Brass and Copper Jewelry

Part 3b: Ferric Chloride Acid Bath

. . . Continued from Part 3a

This messy looking picture is my ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 3a  Acid Etching Brass and Copper Jewelry

Part 3a: Ferric Chloride Acid Bath

So far in this 4-part series of articles, we've covered two different ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 2  Acid Etching Brass and Copper Jewelry

Part 2: Hand-Drawing Designs on Brass and Copper for Acid Etching
(My unscientific, but personally tested ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 1  Acid Etching Brass, Copper and Silver Jewelry

Part 1: Design Transfer

What is your favorite design? Wish you could transform it into a series ...

Jewelry Supplies Storage  I found that the best storage units for beads and findings are the nuts and bolts storage found at ACE Hardware.

The drawers come in different sizes,...

How to Create Multiple Valentine Jewelry Hearts Quickly - Using a Hydraulic Press  Would you like to create a line of jewelry that looks professional with a very limited amount of tools?

Investing in a hydraulic press can save you ...

Reclaiming Dry Art Clay Silver Before Firing  As I was new to Art Clay Silver, I had a few pieces which broke or I'd lost interest in once they were completely dry.

You can imagine my disappointment ...

You Don't Need Expensive Tools to Make Beautiful Jewelry 

Are you looking for a way to make some extra income?  Do you like to create beaded jewelry?  Perhaps you would rather work with precious metals,...

What Does the Mirror Image Show?  This is a very simple, yet often forgotten tip.

If you are working on a hand-drawn or computer generated design, it's a good idea to first copy it on ...

Liver of Sulphur and Silver Clay in Glorious Color  Silver clay has become my latest passion and as quickly as I can afford it, I get a new envelope of clay and a new lesson on what I can and cannot do with ...

Jewelry Supplies from Hardware Stores  Got to love hardware stores for jewelry supplies. Everything from PVC pipe for rollers to whatever.

Just keep your eyes open.

Fireline is cheaper ...

How to make a glass tile pendant  Things you will need:


Glass tile
Image for back of tile
Exacto knife
Adhesive(Liquitex Matte Gel makes & excellent glue, it dries transparent ...

Help - How to Give Gold-Plated Jewelry an Antique Finish?  Thank you for your Newsletter - it has been a great help over the years!

I am looking for a product that gives an antique finish to my gold plated ...