Category: JewelCrafting

by Chris Rehkop. (Ashland, MO) It’s official, I’m retired! These are a few designs I finished just on the verge of retiring recently. I can’t wa…

by Susan Cowles. (United States) Help!!! I want to start selling my jewelry online. I also make long sun crystal hangings. How do I photograph these??…

by Sherry Day. (Pointe aux Barques, Michigan) I had the good fortune of sailing around the world for five years. I collected beads, findings and artif…

by Beverly Borwick. (Memphis Tennessee) I designed this stunning and SHINY peach-colored Swarovski Crystals and Rhinestone-Studded Pendant Necklace fo…

by Patti Pojer. (Somers, NY) When my Murano bead supplier had this beauty.. I couldn’t resist, just wasn’t sure what I would design… But as alwa…

by Liz Juneau. (Savannah, GA) One of my favorite things in creating is using vintage jewelry and even non-jewelry components to make something current…

by Brenda Hughes. (United States) Hope you can help. I have a clay and bead choker I need to restring. What would I use? An elastic thread? There is a…

by Nancy Rocknich. (Estes Park Colorado) I had such fun making these little beaded Forget me not flowers that I made so many I had to make a necklace …

by Jo Ann Graham. (Beaufort SC) This piece was created during the Covid-19. Circles were cut it of sterling silver, domed, hole drilled on center, and…

by Hema Rao. (Syracuse, NY) The lapidary work that resulted in the focal beads used in the necklace are artful and creative. I think the necklace is a…

by Seaoats. I found a jewelry piece online that I admire.  I contacted the designer but did not get a response.  Would it be OK to describe the desi…

by Mary. (Canada/USA) I have been wire wrapping for about a year now, and until now I have avoided wire weaving. It just seemed so complicated and int…

by Risa. (Los Angeles, CA) Can someone can advise me what the best steps would be to have my sketches turned into molds and then casted? I have been b…

by Debra Lowe. (Colorful Colorado) I have submitted many of my patterned brass creations before, so why stop now. This is a snake skin pattern, I cut …

by Virginia Milner. (United States) I wanted wrap some small rocks just for something different. They were too small to make into pendants, so I wrapp…

by Dona Rose. (Steamboat Springs , Colorado) Just getting started already make jewelry with semi-precious stones want to add silver charms and pendant…

by T. Broussard. (United States) I would appreciate ideas and suggestions please for organizing wire and cord for jewelry making T. Broussard Inside O…

by Jackie Locantore. (Massachusetts USA) I’ve been making jewelry for years, starting with using up scraps from my stained glass business. I went th…

by Pati Major. (Missouri) I am learning how to do torch enameling. I was wanting to solder a post to the back of a small copper earring. What type of …

by Mary Haven. (Canada and US) My friend was in love. She had found the man of her dreams. They spent every waking moment together, often at their cot…