These earrings use just a few beads and spacers. Rather than wire work, which is how I make most earrings, these beads are strung onto bead stringing wire and finished with crimps and wire protectors. Iolite is a pretty stone, and was…
Today’s video is another Friday Findings video in my series on jewelry making tools. This week I’m talking about flush cutters. When you’re first starting jewelry making you can get away with using regular old wire cutters, and then just use a…
Today’s bracelet in juicy, summer colors is quick & easy and uses only minimal supplies: beads, spacer bars, memory wire, wire cutters & round nose pliers. I love the rather unexpected combination of sparkling crystals with these bright beads, but I can…
This week’s tool is one that once I got them I didn’t know how I ever lived without them. The nylon jaw pliers are indispensable for straightening out wire. They’re also great for holding onto things that you don’t want to mark up with…
In today’s earrings I show you how easy it is to not only make your own wire frames, but how you can construct your own chain. It’s so simple you’ll be amazed you didn’t think it of before! These dangly earrings combine…
In this week’s Friday Findings video I tell you all about one of my favorite tools, flat nose pliers. Flat nose pliers aren’t strictly necessary in jewelry making but I’ve found them to be really useful. In the video I show you a couple…
Asymmetrical designs are always interesting to look at, more difficult to do than mirrored designs, but always rewarding. I thought these art glass headpins by Carol Bugarin deserved a different approach than usual. The goal was to use slightly different elements in each earring,…
Today’s video is the first part in a series on basic jewelry-making tools. If you’re going to make jewelry, you need chain nose pliers. I give you the details on what you want in your pliers and talk about the different shapes…
Last week I showed you how to wire wrap an ammonite so it could be used as a pendant. This week we’re finishing up the necklace by adding tourmaline beads and Swarovski crystal dangles to the bottom of the ammonite, plus more tourmaline beads, brass…
In two previous videos I showed you how to do a simple kumihimo braid, as well as how to add beads to your braid. I hope you’ve enjoyed the tutorials and maybe even given the technique a try! In today’s video I…