Jewelry Design

Who doesn’t love Frosty the Snowman? Make this simple pin project and carry him around with you throughout the holiday season.

This basic wire technique is sometimes called the simple loop or the unwrapped loop technique. Whatever you call it, this method is a staple technique for wire work when you want to connect jewelry components.

This is a basic wire hook and eye clasp with a twist, or actually, a coil to jazz it up a little.

There are a huge assortment of bead stringing media available. Here is some info on just a few to consider for your jewelry making needs.

Make your own beads from tiny Delica beads and then string them up in this crystal, glass, and stone bead bracelet design.

Learn to make an elastic stretchy-style beaded bracelet. Once you see how easy it is, you’ll want to make yourself a whole wardrobe of these for every outfit in your closet.

Adding knots between beads is a way to add a special something to beaded jewelry pieces. This traditional method has been around for centuries, but you can learn how to do it too.

Learn to make beautiful beaded jewelry.

This technique is amazing and a great way to learn or practice a bead weaving stitch called peyote. You literally weave tiny seed beads together to form a tube-shaped bead.

Get started making jewelry now with this helpful hub of links to the basics of all kinds of jewelry making: bead stringing; bead weaving; wire work; metal clay; metal fabrication; metal soldering; fused and lampwork glass; and mixed media and fiber.