Posts filed under 'Jewelry Making'
Great Book for Beginning Jewelry Makers
Findings and Finishings (Beadwork How-To Series)
Stringing the beads for a jewelry piece is only part of the equation for making a beautiful piece. It’s also important to find just the right findings and finishings for the project to make it have that polished look when it’s finished. This book goes over the basics of choosing the findings and finishings for your next project.
Technorati tags: wearable art, jewelry design, jewelry, beading
2 comments October 3, 2006
This Watch Bracelet Won’t Give You the Blues
This Watch Bracelet Won’t Give You the Blues
This lovely watch bracelet is made from dazzling clear AB & blue 4 mm Swarovski crystals. The watch face is sterling silver and the clasp is a beautiful sterling silver toggle.
Technorati tags: wearable art, jewelry design, jewelry, beading
Add comment September 28, 2006
Lovely Freshwater Pearl & Swarovski Crystal Charm Bracelet
Lovely Freshwater Pearl & Swarovski Crystal Charm Bracelet
This beautiful sterling silver charm bracelet is adorned with white and pink freshwater pearls, 4 mm Swarovski crystals, etched glass beads and sterling silver beads. It has a cute heart shaped sterling silver charm at the clasp and even has a safety clasp.
Technorati tags: wearable art, jewelry design, jewelry, beading
1 comment September 27, 2006
Happiness, Long Life and Good Luck Earrings
Happiness, Long Life and Good Luck Earrings
These handmade, one-of-a-kind fine silver (99.9% pure silver) earring charms are embellished with the Chinese symbols for Happiness and Long Life. The red Swarovski crystals signify good luck! These earrings are finished off with sterling silver ear wires.
Technorati tags: wearable art, jewelry design, jewelry, metal clay
Add comment September 22, 2006
More Book Recommendations
A good crafter can never have enough good reference books. They give us inspiration, teach us new techniques and supply us with an endless number of new ideas for projects to tackle.
Here are three that I highly recommend:
Crochet with Wire
Crocheted Wire Jewelry: Innovative Designs & Projects by Leading Artists
Bead and Wire Art Jewelry: Techniques And designs for All Skill Levels
Technorati tags: wearable art, jewelry design, jewelry
Add comment September 19, 2006
I’m a Creative Friend!
Ana Romero Monteiro from Lisbon, Portugal, has a great jewelry related blog called Handmade Design. She features a different jewelry designer each Friday on her blog and calls the post “Creative Friends”. I’m honored to say that Ana chose my blog for her Friday Creative Friends post this week!
Thanks, Ana!! 
Technorati tags: blogging, jewelry design, jewelry, metal clay, beading
Add comment September 18, 2006
Freshwater Pearl and Swarovski Crystal Watch / Earrings Set
Freshwater Pearl and Swarovski Crystal Watch / Earrings Set
Here’s another fun watch with matching earrings. It’s just the thing for Fall, since it’s made with brown freshwater pearls and genuine Swarovski crystals. The ear wires and toggle clasp are both made of sterling silver.
Technorati tags: beading, jewelry design, jewelry
Add comment September 16, 2006
Freshwater Pearl and Swarovski Crystal Watch
Freshwater Pearl and Swarovski Crystal Watch
Originally uploaded by cree8iv_1.
I’m crazy about wearing watches that are also bracelets. I have my own personal collection of about a dozen different watches, made to match most of my outfits. They’re pretty, and practical too!
Here’s one that I made recently using dyed freshwater pearls and Swarovski crystals. Lavender is hot this season and this watch is just the thing to go with your lavender outfits.
Technorati tags: jewelry design, jewelry, beading
Add comment September 15, 2006
Jewelry design contest
This is a different kind of jewelry contest. You submit the original design or symbol and, if chosen, it will be made into a 14k gold jewel. Some of the submissions are very cool and interesting! Even if you don’t submit a design, it’s worth taking a look at the submissions.
And if you have a design to submit, here’s how.
Good luck!
Technorati tags: jewelry design, jewelry
Add comment September 13, 2006
A must-have book
Those of us who love to crochet and make jewelry should consider combining the two into one craft now and then. Here’s a great book to help us get started on our way.
Lily Chin is “the world’s fastest knitter” and has created this book to show us how to combine beads with our crochet or knitting to create jewelry masterpieces. I can’t wait to dust off my crochet hooks and get started!
Technorati tags: beading, jewelry design, jewelry
Add comment September 13, 2006
