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    Make a DIY Necklace in Under 30 Minutes–Beginner Friendly!

    April 29, 2025 by Sandy
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    3 NEXT LEVEL Tips For How To Work With Polymer Clay

    January 28, 2025 by Sandy
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    December 3, 2024 by Sandy
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    July 30, 2024 by Sandy
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Beads & Jewelry Tutorials Videos 

Friday Findings-Split Ring Double Loops

April 29, 2016 by Sandy

Here’s another very basic technique for holding together your jewelry. It’s quicker than wrapped loops and more secure than simple loops. All you need to make these double, or split ring, loops is a pair of Round Nose Pliers and some Wire Cutters. It’s not…

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Friday Findings-Bead Stringing Wire

December 4, 2015 by Sandy

Bead stringing wire is a basic staple in our jewelry making, our beads and jewelry literally hang from it! So it’s important to know just what it is you’re using to get the nicest looking and strongest piece of jewelry that you can. In…

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Just Chattin' Tutorials Videos 

Friday Findings-Split Ring Pliers

July 17, 2015 by Sandy

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…

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Beads & Jewelry Polymer Clay What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday 

WOYWW – Spinning Beads

July 7, 2015 by Sandy

Welcome to another What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone! On my workdesk today are two major projects. The first one, as is common on these What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesdays, is that I am working on Thursday’s dragon. There are bits and pieces of that project on the…

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Beads & Jewelry Tutorials Videos 

Friday Findings-Simple Loops

May 1, 2015 by Sandy

Simple loops seem like they should be, well… simple, and they are. But if you want your beads and jewelry to hold together securely, there are a few things you need to know, especially how to choose the right wire. In the…

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Moonglow Wire Wrapped Earrings Video Tutorial

March 30, 2015 by Sandy

In these earrings, the wire wraps aren’t just holding it all together, they play a part in the design. Wire spirals make bead caps for the crackled glass beads and funky messy wraps almost have the appearance of another bead above the grey oval…

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Beads & Jewelry What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday 

WOYWW- Copper “S” Clasp

February 24, 2015 by Sandy

Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone! Today I’m finishing a necklace using techniques from Abby Hook’s Wire Jewelry Masterclass. Last week I showed you the figure eight chain in progress, plus the pendant. This week I’m putting it all together by making hook clasps….

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Beads & Jewelry Tutorials Videos 

Friday Findings-Tassel Focals Video Tutorial

February 6, 2015 by Sandy

Here’s a quick and fun way to use bits of chain to create jewelry tassels that can be used as accents or focal points. You can make them as big or small as you like, use all the same chain or a mixture…

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Crystal Snowflake Earrings Video Tutorial

December 8, 2014 by Sandy

Truly, nothing sparkles like a Swarovski, and I fell in love with these crystal snowflakes at a bead show I attended recently. Since they are clear, you could match them with just about any color beads you like. However, these light blue glass bicones…

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Blue Skies Bead Bracelet Video Tutorial

October 27, 2014 by Sandy

I LOVE the colors in these blue sky jasper beads and copper seemed like the perfect accent for them. This stringing project is a little more involved than many I’ve done, but the results are well worth it. Enjoy the video and…

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