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Looking for a way to add some interest to your polymer clay creations? This Layered Inks tutorial by Tonja Lenderman  on Polka Dot Creations will do the trick! It creates some really beautiful backgrounds and I think I’m gonna pull…

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My fave and probably the most extensive jewelry manufacturing methods and techniques mailing list is: The Ganoksin Project. Whenever I have a question, all I have to do is search on the archives. If I can’t find it, I post it…

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 Theres still a good 24 hours left to whip up a few Christmas Spiders to pin onto a gift or stocking!  This easy tutorial in polymer clay is on Polka Dot Creations by Adria Filion . If you are out of…

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Studioheath.com offers some gorgeous, high quality wirework tutorials on the website for instant download, like the Enciente Earrings pictured above.

There aren’t many tutorials up yet, but they ones that are up are very affordable and really interesting. A few them are free too!  The…

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Santa Claus is coming to town-did you give him your jewelrymaking wish list???

Heres whats on mine:

The AllerAir 5000 Vocarb Air Purifier.   With all the fumes from resin, soldering, sanding as well as fumes from glue & paint from artwork and…

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Bead up some Holiday Earrings in Brickstitch for quick gifts! From beadwork.about.com -  Santa, Kwanzaa corn, Candle and more!!!

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Kwanzaa Corn Pin

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A very easy Corn pin to make to give for Kwanzaa from crafts.kaboose.com. Made from precut wood shapes that are available in craft stores, this would be a great kids project too.

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Beaded Angel Pendant

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You’ve seen the tiny beaded Witch doll from Beadwork.About.com I had up for Halloween? Well, that pattern also makes a perfect little Beaded Angel! Like the witch, its quick to stitch up!

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Polymer clay is so versatile and a great product for beginning jewelry makers as well as experienced jewelry artists.

Heres a cute little polymer clay wreath project I found over at Polymer Clay Express. I would probably use red beads for the…

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Star of David Beads

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Lanin Thomasma over at Polymer Clay Central  shows us how to make a Star of David cane. Just slice and you have lots of beautiful beads. Make pendants, earrings or glue to a ring base and give as Hanukkah gifts.

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The fun people over at Rings and Things have a tutorial up for wire snowflakes. You can make these in a multitude of sizes depending on the size of beads you use. Make tiny snowflakes as earrings, larger ones as…

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Bead Fest – WIRE is moving to the Valley Forge Convention Center (just outside of
Philadelphia) for 2008! Now in its third year, this one-of-a-kind Wire event features fabulous wire jewelry classes with the best instructors in the country plus vendors offering…

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Jessica from Future Momo has put up another easy to do tutorial, this time for a floating bead necklace.  While this is a great project for adults, I think it would also be a fun project for kids to make…

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Rings & Things is one of my fave and most used jewelry supplier. Their prices are near wholesale and they ship quickly and always have stuff in stock.

For your holiday crafting needs, they have a section setup of Winter Holiday Supplies. like the…

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Holidaze!!!

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Well, the beginning of December, so that means the holiday season is upon us full force. While I would like to say I have all my gift making/buying done…I don’t! I will be super busy this week m And I love…

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