by Bernadine Makins. (England) This is my first ring that I made using gold coloured copper wire and moonstones. I previously hadn’t usually gold coloured or gold plated wire as I am a silver person. But whilst on holiday in New Orleans I found a craft shop that only sold gold coloured wire and I’m […]
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by Shala. My Lava beads bleed. I tried washing it , soaking it, vinegar, oxi clean, olive oil. Nothing works. It seems to bleed from inside the hole with thread. Does anyone know what to do? Thank you in advance for your help. Shala.
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by Regina Pickering. (Laurel, MS) I had been looking at these pretty green peridot chips beads for a while and was having issues on just how to use them. Then I received some beautiful deep purple amethyst beads, followed by a message from a friend which inspired me to put the peridot chips and the […]
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Jaika J Klein. My grown daughter asked me to make a bracelet that is a long strand, wrapped around her wrist about 8 times, using tiny beads. Not sure how to measure for that. She doesn’t want me to make it stretchy or to make it with a clasp. Thank you. Jaika J Klein
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by Lynda. (Spring Valley, CA) Like many others, I thought PMC was just too pricey for me to use. However, I just finished a 25 g. package of PMC+ and I’m here to tell you that I was so surprised to find that I got six very nice fine silver pendants to use in designing […]
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by Kathy Zee. (Fiddletown, CA) My sales have been flat last month. One sale on Etsy (sigh). I have so many necklaces that have not sold. So I came up with an idea: Have an auction. I sent out two necklace pictures, told people on Facebook and my email list of customers that I am […]
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by Linda. (Trinidad) These jewelry pieces are designed for persons who are bridemaids, or for special occasions. Linda Beauty Gift Items
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Does anyone have a tip for straightening tubing? Thank you. Carolyn
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by Dianne Jacques. (United States) The enamel obsession continues! A while back I became enamored with enamel work and have continued to explore, experiment and play with different types of enamel work. For my Lichen series I begin with a layer of opaque enamel, then apply a layer of crackle followed by another coat of […]
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by Denise Bellinger. (Riverside, Ca.) I am so in love how this necklace turned out, I need to share with you all! This is a blown cross with Czech glass beads crocheted beaded necklace. I use S-Lon nylon cord on all my crochet necklaces. I thought the beads and the cross on black nylon cord […]
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by Kathy Zee. (Fiddletown, CA) Hi everyone, I was playing with my 22 g wire and made three pair of earrings that I wanted to share with you. I used 3mm Czech glass glisten beads, metal spacer beads and a Czech flower on the turquoise ones. The second one is 4mm red Czech glass beads, […]
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by Kathy. (United States – Florida) I have found that after several craft shows my cabs begin to fade. Is this due to repeated exposure to the sun and changes in temperature? Or something I’m doing? Or products I’m using? Please help, I’m throwing away a lot of product because of this. Thank you. Kathy […]
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