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…
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…
Every time I look at these stick pearls all I can think is “Dragon’s Teeth.” Not sure why, but that’s where my mind goes, so there you have it. I suppose I could have named it “Spiky Stick Pearl Necklace” but that wouldn’t have…
The 1-Step Looper is a tool I spotted in a magazine a while back, went online and watched the demo video and immediately said, “WANT!” But then my practical (and frugal) nature kicked in and I reminded myself that I know very well how to…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone! Today’s desk shows me starting work on a new class over at CraftArtEdu.com. That white box in the top left is where I take the photos for each step-by-step shot. I love my mini Gorilla-pod tripod for my…
This would be a great project to make for a guy. Depending on your choice of materials it could be quite masculine. Of course, adding some pearls or crystals would bring it back over to the girly side. 🙂 I hope you…
So the hubs got me a bunch of tools for Christmas. He did well, out of nine things, only one was something I already had. I’ve returned that and gotten the One Step Looper, so I’ll be doing a review of that next week. 🙂…
For a while now I’ve been thinking about doing some sort of creative challenge. We all need to stretch ourselves in order to grow, and sometimes it’s too easy just to watch another YouTube video rather than go make something myself. Know what…
