You can make a lot of jewelry without any hammers at all, but if you’ve decided you’d like to get into wire working then you’ll definitely want to get yourself a chasing hammer. In upcoming videos I’ll talk about other hammers that you may…
For this week’s jewelry project I show you how to take any two colors of seed beads and blend them together into a beautiful necklace. I’ve been on a turquoise and copper kick lately and I absolutely LOVE how this came out. If you were…
If you enjoy using small beads in your projects but don’t enjoy all the time it takes to string them, you might want to check out a bead spinner. It’s a rather clever tool based on an old technology and it makes quick work…
Although this mosaic turquoise donut looks great all by itself it’s accented by all the dangles on top. The rustic cord just adds to the Southwestern vibe. Even though you have to wire wrap 2 dozen dangles, this project goes fairly quickly because you…
In today’s video I tell you all about a wonderful little tool, my Brass Caliper Gauge. When working in jewelry and the small sizes we use, you need a tool like this. It’s not very expensive and does the job well. Just be sure…
Wow! I can’t believe my YouTube channel just reached 10,000 subscribers! That’s amazing! So now, it’s time for a giveaway. TWO lucky winners will receive packages of handcrafted jewelry worth at least $100 each! And I’m going to do this every month. Watch…
I have shown you guys how to make a lot of different kinds of jewelry (there are over 200 videos on my YouTube channel!) and I’ve even shown you how to make your own beads such as in the Faux Sea Glass Bead Tutorial…
In today’s video I show you a basic and very helpful polymer clay technique. It’s called the Skinner blend and it’s a wonderful way to get shadings of different colors. In the video I go from blue to yellow and my cane turns…
We often use these large hole beads in bracelets and sometimes in necklaces but not very often in earrings. This is a fun way to display just a couple of pretty sparkly large hole beads. Choosing large enough spacers to snugly fit into…
The tool that I tell you about today is called split ring pliers. If you must use split rings in your jewelry making, then you really need this tool to help you manage them. In fact, as I show in the video I…