Jewelry Making

Jewelry Making

How to Use Your Polished Stones in Jewelry

Polished stones can be used to create attractive, natural-looking jewelry. Steps: 1. For earrings and a necklace set, use stones that are as similar as feasible. 2. Decide whether you want to wear post or wire earrings. 3. Use a clear-drying glue or epoxy to attach the stone to an earring post. 4. Glue a […]

Beading, Jewelry Making

Jewelry Making & Beading Project: Caged Focal Bead Pin

Create a bold pin from bead and wire. Spiraled silver wire and colorful accent beads showcase a spectacular focal bead. This unique brooch is a challenging and rewarding project. This project provides: A list of the materials and tools you’ll need Complete step-by-step instructions Helpful how-to illustrations Getting Started Making this beautiful brooch involves shaping […]

Beading, Jewelry Making

Jewelry Making & Beading Project: Bead & Wire Chandelier Earrings

Make a pair of sparkling crystal bead earrings. Attach crystal bead dangles onto a handmade wire frame to create these dazzling chandelier earrings. This project provides: Step-by-step instructions Helpful diagrams and illustrations A list of everything you’ll need To make this project, you’ll need a wireworking jig. They’re available at most craft stores and jewelry […]

Jewelry Making

How To Make Wrapped-Loop Necklace or Bracelet

This necklace or bracelet consists of a series of beaded wrapped loops and a closure made up of a quadruple-loop eye and a triple-loop hook. How to Size a Bracelet or Necklace The first step in making a bracelet or necklace is to size it so you can be sure to buy the right amount […]

Jewelry Making

Wire Jewelry Embellishments

Though you can make beautiful jewelry using only wire, you can also embellish it with beads, charms, stones, cabochons, and all sorts of other materials. Beads and Wire Jewelry Beads can be threaded onto the wire jewelry or findings you create, or they can be dangled from other stringing materials such as cord or thread […]

How to Create Wraps in Wire Work
Jewelry Making

How to Create Wraps in Wire Work

Adding wrapped sections of wire to your jewelry components can serve a number of purposes. For instance, it: Provides a professional-looking flourish Gives you a practical way to camouflage cut ends Offers a way to anchor beads or other embellishments How to Add a Wrapped Loop A wrapped loop can be created in many types […]

Jewelry Making

How to Make Basic Hooks and Eyes

Hooks and eyes consist of two pieces that join together, making them excellent closures for necklaces, bracelets, and anklets. The size of the hook and eye can vary depending on the size and scale of your project. They can be linked to a piece of jewelry by knotting or with jump rings. How to Make […]

How to Make Earring Hooks
Jewelry Making

How to Make Earring Hooks

Earring hooks, also called ear wires, are hook-shaped findings that fit through the hole in a pierced ear and support dangling wire, eye pins, and other components. Earring hooks can be created from eye pins by shaping the pins into hooks using round-nose pliers or an ear wire form. How to Make Ear Hooks with […]

How to Make Eye Pins For Jewelry
Jewelry Making

How to Make Eye Pins For Jewelry

Eye pins are long, thin wires with an eye at one end. Beads or other embellishments are stacked on the “eye” end of the eye pin. Pliers are then used to shape the top of the pin into a hook that can be connected to a jump ring or threaded to an earring hook or […]

How to Make Jump Rings For Jewelry
Jewelry Making

How to Make Jump Rings For Jewelry

Jump rings are C-shaped wires that come in multiple sizes and can be closed to form an “O” by pressing the ends together. Jump rings are used primarily as a means of attaching different parts of a piece of jewelry. For instance, jump rings are often used to attach clasps or other findings to the […]

Jewelry Making

Jewelry Forms & Jigs Ideas

A jewelry form is any object that can help you shape wire into loops, rings, necklaces, or any other fixed shape. Though you can shape wire using pliers, jewelry forms often make the process easier, particularly when it comes to making decorative shapes that require many twists and turns. The primary form used in making […]

Jewelry Making

Choosing Wire For Jewellery Making

Any metal wire that can be twisted or bent and then hold its new shape can be used to make wire jewelry. Wire comes in a variety of metals, shapes, and sizes. The type you use depends on your personal preference and the demands of each project. Most jewelry wire is sold by the ounce, […]