by Lynda Carson. (Spring Valley) Do you have old belts hanging in your closet that no long fit today’s styles? This happened to me…my old belts were made to buckle at my waist, but today’s pants’ styles button well below my waist, so the belts are too short to buckle!! What to do?? Turn them […]
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by Kathy Zee. (Fiddletown, CA) I had a customer ask me to make her ten fan pulls – 5 with elephants and 5 with turtles. Sizes were 4 inches, 5 inches and 6 inch fan pulls. I felt limited with the four inch ones as there are not that many beads I can put on […]
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by Michelle Maple. (Dover NH USA) Several years ago I was asked to teach a class on making tree of life pendants. I had never made one so did some research. I have enjoyed teaching and making trees of life since then!! Michelle Maple Ladybug Jewelry
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by Denise Bellinger. (Riverside, Ca.) I love the vintage look of these crochet necklaces. I took 4mm bronze metal beads and had so much fun watching them come to life on these beautiful colors of S-Lon nylon cord. These necklaces are lightweight, very versatile, and can be worn many ways. You can wear it as […]
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by Mary Warren. (North Carolina) I purchased this stone on a bolo tie and want to make a pendant from it. But I do not know what kind of stone it is. The seller said ‘malachite’ but I don’t think so. It is highly polished and smooth, not like turquoise. If anyone can help with […]
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by Sherry Day. (Pointe aux Barques, Michigan) I love chunky but not heavy jewelry! Larger pieces are more in proportion for my 5’11” frame. Once I discovered porcelain beads, I could create the perfect pieces of jewelry. Porcelain is a very strong ceramic material. The first items were necklaces (which were featured here earlier – […]
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by Tj. Help please – I have done casting once in someone else’s shop with no problem. Now that I have my own equipment I have not been able to do one good cast. I’m using the same methods and equipment but with terrible results. If you have any idea of what I’m doing wrong, […]
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by Lee Backker. (Northern Ireland) I wanted to make a bead and jump ring bracelet. But on my first attempt, the 10mm beads I used for my project kept falling out of the 12mm jump ring cages. I used 2mm larger size jump rings for my beads that were 10mm. I even tried using smaller […]
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by Denise Bellinger. (Riverside, Ca) I love adding Agate slices to my jewelry to give it that extra eye appeal. I had so much fun creating this lovely necklace. I took black S-Lon nylon cord and used 4mm green Hematite beads on this long necklace. So I was wondering what can I do to really […]
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by Elizabeth Reid. (Rockville, MD) I wanted to learn a new bezel setting technique, i.e., back-setting. I looked through my stones appropriate for this process, and chose a Unakaite stone. It reminded me of an impressionist spring water lily painting. Thus the name “Monet”. The stone is set from behind on sterling silver. The cut […]
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by Karen Escalera. (Richmond, VA) I’m getting inventory ready to open a new Etsy shop. I create paper bead jewelry and use various methods for coloring materials. I eventually want to be able to sell these materials with my jewelry. How would I go about contacting these manufacturing companies to acquire appropriate licenses? Karen Escalera
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by Dawn Carpino. (Ruby, NY) I am relatively new to jewelry making. I have some of my jewelry at two shops on consignment. One won’t take anything with charms or pre-made things like keys. Another only takes my flower earrings. I want to be able to make and sell what I want to make. I […]
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