Learning to make jewelry is as simple as knowing a few of the tools and how to perform several techniques. From there, a whole world of design opportunities lies before you. In this Jewelry-Making for Beginners Series, I've already covered quite a bit of information and several techniques. Information: Jewelry Tools Materials Findings Cords, Ribbons, and Laces (guest post) Beads Other Supplies Techniques: Opening and Closing a Jump Ring Making a Simple Loop Making a Wrapped Loop Today, we'll…

Crimps are an essential part of jewellery making, but they aren’t very pretty. Let’s look at ways to disguise them.

Crimp beads or tubes are very handy findings to use when stringing beads together to make jewelry such as bracelets or necklaces. They are often used at the beginning and end of a string of beads as…

You can use crimp covers to hide crimp beads when you’re making jewelry. They are designed to look just like a spacer bead and are great for adding a decorative touch to finish off your project. Find…

I was planning to start Jewelry making from a long time. I can hear some of you saying "Me too", so this post is for you. After I attended a free jewelry making class at Michaels, I couldn't stop any further from stepping in. Great reason, my niece birthday was coming up and I thought why not make her a pretty necklace. My niece loves pink as much as I do. So I grabbed few white and pink glass pearl beads to get started. Supplies I used for necklace: Darice White glass beads Darice pink…

What is crimping and why is it so important that you get it right?

Make your stringing projects look great and last. Discover when to use crimp beads or tubes and which size of crimp works best for each beading wire.

Handy Crimp beads and crimp covers are excellent for finishing jewelry pieces and holding components in place. Check out our video tutorial for a quick how-t...

This post is sponsored by Beadalon. All opinions are my own. I’ve been making jewelry since sixth grade though. I’d be writing this post whether they are sponsoring me or not. It just helps to keep the lights on when they do. Beadalon provided me with the supplies to make this crimp beads (crimp tubes) […]

Here is a little trick that I use in my jewelry. Hide the crimp bead with crimp bead cover and make it part of the jewelry design.