These little 2-hole sliders make it easy to put together a double strand necklace. You could also use them to make multi-strand bracelets. What creates the scallops is that you use more beads on the lower strand than on the upper. You can design…
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…
Sorry folks for the late dragon post this week. My youngest son recently moved back home and we now are back to a full house. It’s not a bad thing, but it certainly has messed up my equilibrium. I really need to…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone and yay Patriots! (In case you’re wondering who the Patriots are, they’re an American football team who just won the championship. I apologize for all of America that they call themselves world champs. I don’t understand it…
Whenever you make a piece of jewelry with a multitude of elements, like this bracelet with its 63 pearl dangles, there needs to be some kind of unifying factor. In this case it’s shape and finish, as they are all round pearls, plus…
Today’s Friday Findings is a short one that shows a simple, but very effective technique: twisting wire. I show you three different ways to twist wire, including my favorite, with a power drill! Some things you can do with twisted wire: make…
Meet Armida, dragon #4 in my year-long series. She’s tiny but tough, and to judge by the state of that cage, she’ll be busting out any time now. Click on any of the photos for a closer look. To learn why I’m making a dragon…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday, everyone. I’m writing this post today in the midst of a blizzard. It makes one very thankful to have a warm home. Electricity and internet are a bonus! My workdesk today is in its attempted cat-proof state while…
I’ve been meaning to make a bracelet like this one for quite some time, with all the coils and coiled coil beads. The original plan was to use sterling silver filled wire and give it a Liver of Sulfur patina. However, this bracelet uses…
Have you ever come across an interesting object that you thought would be nice in a piece of jewelry but it didn’t have a stringing hole and you didn’t know how to make it work? In today’s video I show you how…
