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    How to Make Handmade Jewelry: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Making Handmade Jewelry
    How to Make Handmade Jewelry: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Making Handmade Jewelry
    How to Make Handmade Jewelry: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Making Handmade Jewelry
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    How to Make Handmade Jewelry: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Making Handmade Jewelry

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    Ever wanted to make your own jewelry? Well now you can with this detailed and instructive guide. You’ll amaze your friends and family when you tell them that amazing jewelry piece was made by you. Complete with full color photos the author guides you through step-by-step. Even if you’ve done some jewelry making before this guide is chock full of great information. In this guide you will:
    - Learn the tools of the trade and the correct and incorrect way to use them. As well as safety precautions you should take when dealing with certain materials or tools.
    - Learn how to incorporate different materials into your jewelry such as clay, buttons, sequins and chains.
    - Learn how to make and use your own beading loom.
    - Learn to bead off the loom using both large and teeny tiny beads.
    - Make earrings, necklaces, bracelets, anklets, rings, pins, and pendants.
    The guide is specifically designed so you can jump right in to a specific project or start from the beginning. The author even gives you a list of places to find specific tools and supplies that you may need, as well as tips to help you save money in your jewelry making endeavors.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHowExpert
    Release dateNov 5, 2011
    ISBN9781465824059
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      How to Make Handmade Jewelry - HowExpert

      How to Make Handmade Jewelry

      Your Step-By-Step Guide to Making Handmade Jewelry

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      HowExpert Press & Genny Wilson

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Introduction

      What do I need?

      Should I sell my Jewelry?

      Knowing Your Tools

      Being Cost Effective: a Hot Topic- Crystal Beads

      Where to get reasonably priced supplies

      Chapter 1: Knots and Jewelry

      Easy Hemp Earrings

      Fun Colorful Bracelet

      Daisy Necklace

      Chapter Review

      Chapter Key Points

      Chapter 2: Using Sequins

      Simple Sequin Earrings

      Braided Charm Anklet

      Chapter Review

      Chapter Key Points

      Chapter 3 Working with Clay

      Clay Bead Bracelet

      Beaded Flag Pin

      Clay Flower Pendant

      Chapter Review

      Chapter Key Points

      Chapter 4 Thinking Outside The Box

      Wire Wrapped Sea Glass Pendant Necklace

      Chain Necklace

      Chapter Review

      Chapter Key Points

      Chapter 5 Loom Work

      Loom Work

      Making a Loom

      Threading your loom

      Creating your design

      Beaded Zig Zag Earrings

      Chapter Review

      Chapter Key Points

      Chapter 6 Beading

      Faux Crystal Bicone Invisible Thread Necklace

      Stretch Ring

      Loopy Seed Bead Necklace

      Chapter Review

      About the Expert

      Recommended Resources

      INTRODUCTION

      Every girl likes to wear pretty things, and if you make a pretty wearable item yourself, then it makes wearing it that much more satisfying. The sense of accomplishment and pride you feel from making something with your own two hands is something you can’t buy at a store. While there are thousands of ways to get creative and make your own clothing and fashion accessories; one of the most popular and most versatile ways is by making your own jewelry. Whether it’s for a hobby or for profit; making jewelry is a very rewarding pastime and it allows you to use your creativity freely to make an original and wearable piece of art.

      It’s important to remember there is no right or wrong way to make jewelry. When making handmade jewelry of your own design you are only limited by your imagination and creativity. While some jewelry makers can just whip out a piece off the cuff, others (myself included) often need to develop original design ideas over time.

      Often, I get ideas while I’m doing something else- usually another piece I am creating. If you find that you often become inspired while doing something else it is very important to have a notebook or paper of some kind handy. I always recommend that beginners do this because you never know when an idea will just pop into your head and you want to be able to either write it down or if you are like me, sketch the piece so when you are free you can collect the supplies and make it.

      There are many reasons people decide to make jewelry. Often I find that people see a piece somewhere else and they want to make something similar because they like the design so much. Sometimes people just want to dabble and see if jewelry making is right for them. I have even met people that already have a main outlet for their creativity but feel they want to do more than one kind of artistic activity.

      I have at times recommended to others to try jewelry making as an outlet for stress relief, as I have found it to be a GREAT stress reliever. It helps you to concentrate on something other than whatever is causing you stress. When you are having a bad day, take a little break, breath and work on a jewelry piece for a couple of minutes. Don’t think about anything but the project in front of you. When you are done, you’ll be calm, collected, and ready to face the rest of your day.

      WHAT DO I NEED?

      You don’t need to go out and spend a fortune on materials for your jewelry making needs. While it is a good idea to buy specific things like Modge Podge, jump rings, and jeweler’s pliers (I use the pliers on every project). A lot of times you can use things you have around the house to make gorgeous jewelry pieces. Items such as like left over sequins from last year’s Halloween costume, scraps of fabric, or even pop tops from soda cans can provide supplies for some fantastic original pieces. In addition discount or dollar stores are a great place to get supplies without spending a bunch of money. This is especially great if you plan to sell your creations, as you can maximize your profit.

      SHOULD I SELL MY JEWELRY?

      It can be very rewarding to sell your jewelry creations. Unfortunately, it can also be very difficult because there are so many sellers of jewelry both in real world market places and on the

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