I love whipping up wire rings as last minute gifts or suprise gifts to tuck into packages. Prismera does it again, with this easy to follow wire ring tutorial on Youtube.com
Also on Youtube.com is a Bling Bling Ring tutorial … Read More ...
Make your own jump rings
There are lots of ways to make jump rings. Time is money, and it makes sense to buy base metal average size rings rather than make them. But sometimes you need a special size you can’t buy or you just … Read More ...
Fortune Cookie Charm Tutorial
Tedsieland has a great tutorial on making polymer clay Fortune Cookie Charms on her Deviant Art account. This is an easy project that any skill level can do, and they make cute charms for bracelets, earrings, cellphones, dog collars or … Read More ...
Advanced Wirewrapped Facetted Pendant
 Rock and Gem Online has a gorgeous tutorial for a wire wrapped, facetted pendant. I WISH I could do wire wrapping like this….seriously, its gorgeous! For some reasons, wires want to dance and get wriggly whenever I try this … Read More ...
Doing the Wire Wig Jig!
If you don’t have a Wig Jig, you should get one. They are inexpensive, and you can make so many things with it. The WigJig website has a “Wig Jig University” with a TON of free (yes FREE!) … Read More ...
Displays made easy
Jewelry displays can be another expensive part of having a store or doing shows. This link shows how to make a nice neck bust display for alot less than buying one. You could cover it in different fabrics to make … Read More ...
Photographing Jewelry on the cheap
Taking photos of jewelry is hard. If you want to sell online or to have pictures for show/gallery submissions to shows you need quality photos.
Having a light tent or cloud dome gives more professional results, but those items are … Read More ...
Jewelry Business Tips Blog
 Jewelry Business Blog is a nice blog with all kinds of info on running your jewelry business. … Read More ...
Big Sale at Fire Mountain Gems!!!
Fire Mountain Gems is having a $1 sale on LOTS of things!
Check out their website for tons of deals and stock up for your holiday jewelrymaking!… Read More ...
Gorgeous Polymer Clay Jewelry
Dayle Doroshow is an amazing polymer clay artist. Her work is reminiscent of ancient treasures found at archeological sites . Her work shows how versatile polymer clay can be and how it can mimic natural materials like ivory, gemstones and … Read More ...
Domino Effect #2-Domino Book Pendant
The super crafty Tim Holtz shows us how to make a clever book/diary pendant with embellished dominos on the DIY Network Website
You could make this as mini scrapbooks and tailor them to however you give them too. I think … Read More ...
Get a colorful domino effect.
When I first got involved with making [tag]found object jewelry[/tag] , I got hooked on dominoes. Working with dominoes and other game pieces was instant gratification. Used as a blank canvas for stamping, collaging and embellishing, you can create little … Read More ...
More Felt Jewelry inspiration
This gorgeous garland necklace was done by Swiss artist Karin Wagner. You can see more of her work here. Be sure to click thru all the pictures. I find her work so inspirational and just plain gorgeous.
 [tags]felt jewelry, … Read More ...
Won’t you let me take you on a Bead Cruise?
 
I’ve never been on a cruise, because I’m not the kind of person who wants to lounge by the pool all day. I need to do stuff, I’m not good at sitting still.
IF I were to go on … Read More ...
Lost Wax & Cuttlefish Casting
If the last post got you excited about casting, here’s another pictorial look at lost wax casting.Â
A REALLY easy, low tech casting method is by using cuttlefish. Its easy, inexpensive and home studio friendly. Cuttlefish are soft and easy … Read More ...