In today’s video I tell you all about a wonderful little tool, my Brass Caliper Gauge. When working in jewelry and the small sizes we use, you need a tool like this. It’s not very expensive and does the job well. Just be sure…
Wow! I can’t believe my YouTube channel just reached 10,000 subscribers! That’s amazing! So now, it’s time for a giveaway. TWO lucky winners will receive packages of handcrafted jewelry worth at least $100 each! And I’m going to do this every month. Watch…
I have shown you guys how to make a lot of different kinds of jewelry (there are over 200 videos on my YouTube channel!) and I’ve even shown you how to make your own beads such as in the Faux Sea Glass Bead Tutorial…
In today’s video I show you a basic and very helpful polymer clay technique. It’s called the Skinner blend and it’s a wonderful way to get shadings of different colors. In the video I go from blue to yellow and my cane turns…
We often use these large hole beads in bracelets and sometimes in necklaces but not very often in earrings. This is a fun way to display just a couple of pretty sparkly large hole beads. Choosing large enough spacers to snugly fit into…
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…
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…