This bracelet started, as many of them do, with the focal beads. I just love the colors and the summery images. This set was purchased at a bead show, sorry I can’t remember the name of the vendor. However, you will be…
Bead caps are wonderful little jewelry findings that can really dress up a bead and make a piece much more fancy. They come in just about every finish and style that you can imagine, but did you know that you can do…
Hello and welcome to the 19th in my year-long series of polymer clay dragons! Meet Qīnglóng (pronounced “chíng-long”) the second dragon encountered in Tiger’s Voyage. Click on any of the photos for a closer look. He is an ocean dragon and has a…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday once again. Today I’m working on prep for an upcoming video tutorial on kumihimo braiding with beads. I first gave this technique a try over a year ago and decided it was time to add a couple…
These earrings use wire wrapping in a rather different way, to create shapes surrounding our beads. You can use as many beads and wires as you like, perhaps even use larger beads and longer wires to make a pendant. How about changing up…
In today’s video I explain the basics of wire gauge. It’s fairly easy to understand once you get used to it. 🙂 This Jewelers Wire Gauge is similar to the measuring tool I show in the video. It measures from 0 to…
My dragon for this week is a character in a favorite book series of mine. Meet Lóngūn, the star dragon. (His name is pronounced “long-gín.”) Check out this post on Errol, dragon #1, for the details on why I’ve challenged myself to make a dragon every…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone! Today’s desk finds me working on dragon #18 in my year-long series of polymer clay dragons. This week I’m attempting to create a dragon who is a character in favorite book series of mine. If any of…
These earrings get their unique shape from an unexpected jewelry supply: Memory Wire. I think just a couple sparkly Swarovski bicones on each “swoosh” is quite elegant, but as I mention in the video, you could fill them up with beads if…
Wrapped loops are a staple of jewelry making. They are perfect to use when your wire is finer than 22 gauge as anything less than that will not make a strong simple loop. I love wrapped loops not only for their strength…
