Comments on: Keeping Prices Affordable https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/keeping-prices-affordable/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: Gail Colwick https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/keeping-prices-affordable/#comment-427214 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:53:32 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=8780#comment-427214 Is the silverware in these examples all silver? I tried silver plate and the steele underneath the silver plate was so hard I couldn’t bend it.

]]> By: Sandy https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/keeping-prices-affordable/#comment-6192 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:52:19 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=8780#comment-6192 Thanks for the tips, Tracy! I just took a class on making your own wire clasps and now I know a great and cheap way to purchase copper wire. (I never would have thought of Home Depot!) I also love repurposing broken bits of jewelry into new pieces. Sometimes a little vintage ‘flair’ is just the thing to make a piece unique, timeless and a little funky! Cheers and best of luck to everyone in your creative endeavors.

]]> By: Cheryl https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/keeping-prices-affordable/#comment-671 Fri, 11 May 2012 18:28:19 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=8780#comment-671 When I am at flea markets and trade shows I meet the other vendors and try to learn a little more about them. I buy or trade for many bargains through these meetings.

I visited with a lady at a trade show who sadly told me that her eyesight had gotten so bad that she could no longer use her smaller gemstones.

I also dabble in leather hides and had a small hide that this lady loved. I went to her house and we went through her beads. She traded 8 divided plastic containers of wonderful beads for my hide and one of my necklaces.

It was a wonderful trade for both of us and I am still using these wonderful beads in my designs as well as the great plastic containers.

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