{"id":8924,"date":"2015-11-20T09:56:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T14:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=8924"},"modified":"2015-11-20T09:56:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T14:56:58","slug":"friday-findings-crimp-beads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Findings-Crimp Beads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/tutorial-steps\/ff-crimp-beads.JPG\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/tutorial-steps\/ff-crimp-beads.JPG\" alt=\"ff crimp beads\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crimp beads are\u00a0one of those most basic of jewelry making supplies. They are used to hold together most strung pieces of jewelry, whether they be necklaces or bracelets, and can even be used to hold\u00a0together earrings.<\/p>\n<p>Crimps\u00a0are key components in illusion or floating bead necklaces, and are\u00a0also a great way to reduce multiple strands down to a single strand. You&#8217;ve seen me use them quite a lot and in\u00a0many different ways in my jewelry making videos.<\/p>\n<p>In this video I will show you three different ways to use crimps\u00a0to secure your jewelry.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the tools that I use:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000XZUCPK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000XZUCPK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=secroforgapeo-20&amp;linkId=TW4WJY57HC7TUPHC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Crimping Pliers <\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=secroforgapeo-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000XZUCPK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B009CFY78U\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B009CFY78U&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=secroforgapeo-20&amp;linkId=G2IQX6QZRIFHGDB7\" target=\"_blank\">Chain Nose Pliers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bead Buddy One Step Crimper Tool\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0053ZJDOG\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0053ZJDOG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=secroforgapeo-20&amp;linkId=NVLXAJDFWOUM5F5O\" target=\"_blank\">One Step Crimper<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=secroforgapeo-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0053ZJDOG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy the video and happy creating!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cY16425yr3s\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cY16425yr3s\" target=\"_blank\">Friday Findings-Crimp Beads<\/a> video over at YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crimp beads are\u00a0one of those most basic of jewelry making supplies. They are used to hold together most strung pieces of jewelry, whether they be necklaces or bracelets, and can even be used to hold\u00a0together earrings. Crimps\u00a0are key components in illusion or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,186,644],"tags":[1587,1586,2030,2031,2033,2032],"class_list":["post-8924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beads-jewelry","category-tutorials","category-videos","tag-crimping","tag-how-to-crimp","tag-how-to-use-crimp-beads","tag-how-to-use-crimping-pliers","tag-how-to-use-crimps","tag-how-to-use-one-step-crimpers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Friday Findings-Crimp Beads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today I&#039;ll show you three ways to use crimp beads, one of the basics of jewelry making. Crimps are used to hold together most strung pieces of jewelry.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sandy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sandy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83a364fc2641e96eb1d1af37a92142cc\"},\"headline\":\"Friday Findings-Crimp Beads\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-20T14:56:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/\"},\"wordCount\":133,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83a364fc2641e96eb1d1af37a92142cc\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/tutorial-steps\/ff-crimp-beads.JPG\",\"keywords\":[\"crimping\",\"how to crimp\",\"how to use crimp beads\",\"how to use crimping pliers\",\"how to use crimps\",\"how to use one step crimpers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Beads &amp; Jewelry\",\"Tutorials\",\"Videos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/\",\"name\":\"Friday Findings-Crimp Beads\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/tutorial-steps\/ff-crimp-beads.JPG\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-20T14:56:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"Today I'll show you three ways to use crimp beads, one of the basics of jewelry making. Crimps are used to hold together most strung pieces of jewelry.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/tutorial-steps\/ff-crimp-beads.JPG\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/tutorial-steps\/ff-crimp-beads.JPG\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Friday Findings-Crimp Beads\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Keepsake Crafts\",\"description\":\"Creative Tutorials That Inspire!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83a364fc2641e96eb1d1af37a92142cc\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83a364fc2641e96eb1d1af37a92142cc\",\"name\":\"Sandy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/channel-icon-800x800-flattened.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/channel-icon-800x800-flattened.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Sandy\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"I\u2019ve rarely met a craft I didn\u2019t like, and have all the gadgetry to prove it. \ud83d\ude42 You\u2019ll often find me in my studio where I design and make polymer clay &amp; jewelry tutorials, sculpt polymer clay figures, dragons, beads, charms and dolls, sew garments, quilts &amp; home decor and even make the occasional scrapbook page, card or paper craft. Crafting, sewing and making things with my hands have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I\u2019ve often been asked to teach my crafts, and have found I love doing so. My online tutorials, in PDF and video, as far as I\u2019m concerned, are the ultimate teaching tools. Be sure to subscribe so you don\u2019t miss a thing. It\u2019s my hope that with every post you will come away enriched and inspired to take what you\u2019ve learned and make it your own. If I do that, I consider myself successful.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/KeepsakeCraftsCreate\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sandysewin\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/sandysewin\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/keepsakecraftssandyhuntress\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Friday Findings-Crimp Beads","description":"Today I'll show you three ways to use crimp beads, one of the basics of jewelry making. Crimps are used to hold together most strung pieces of jewelry.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sandy","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/"},"author":{"name":"Sandy","@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83a364fc2641e96eb1d1af37a92142cc"},"headline":"Friday Findings-Crimp Beads","datePublished":"2015-11-20T14:56:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/"},"wordCount":133,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83a364fc2641e96eb1d1af37a92142cc"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/tutorial-steps\/ff-crimp-beads.JPG","keywords":["crimping","how to crimp","how to use crimp beads","how to use crimping pliers","how to use crimps","how to use one step crimpers"],"articleSection":["Beads &amp; Jewelry","Tutorials","Videos"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/","url":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/","name":"Friday Findings-Crimp Beads","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/tutorial-steps\/ff-crimp-beads.JPG","datePublished":"2015-11-20T14:56:58+00:00","description":"Today I'll show you three ways to use crimp beads, one of the basics of jewelry making. Crimps are used to hold together most strung pieces of jewelry.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/tutorial-steps\/ff-crimp-beads.JPG","contentUrl":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/tutorial-steps\/ff-crimp-beads.JPG"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-findings-crimp-beads\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Friday Findings-Crimp Beads"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/","name":"Keepsake Crafts","description":"Creative Tutorials That Inspire!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83a364fc2641e96eb1d1af37a92142cc"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83a364fc2641e96eb1d1af37a92142cc","name":"Sandy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/channel-icon-800x800-flattened.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/channel-icon-800x800-flattened.jpg","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Sandy"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"I\u2019ve rarely met a craft I didn\u2019t like, and have all the gadgetry to prove it. \ud83d\ude42 You\u2019ll often find me in my studio where I design and make polymer clay &amp; jewelry tutorials, sculpt polymer clay figures, dragons, beads, charms and dolls, sew garments, quilts &amp; home decor and even make the occasional scrapbook page, card or paper craft. Crafting, sewing and making things with my hands have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I\u2019ve often been asked to teach my crafts, and have found I love doing so. My online tutorials, in PDF and video, as far as I\u2019m concerned, are the ultimate teaching tools. Be sure to subscribe so you don\u2019t miss a thing. It\u2019s my hope that with every post you will come away enriched and inspired to take what you\u2019ve learned and make it your own. If I do that, I consider myself successful.","sameAs":["http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/KeepsakeCraftsCreate\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sandysewin","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/sandysewin","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/keepsakecraftssandyhuntress"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8926,"href":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8924\/revisions\/8926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}