Category Handmade Jewelry

[ad_1] Learn how to make wire jewelry clasps to really slay those jewelry crafts! It’s really easy, even for copper jewelry making beginners. This post contains affiliate links. If you’re making your own jewelry using wire, you can make simple clasps for bracelets and necklaces! Here, I teach you how to make wire jewelry clasps. These clasps are best for wire jewelry creations because they really flow with the look. They are stupid simple S hook clasps that anyone can make. Use these on stiff bracelets or on necklaces. Loose bracelets will be less secure with this clasp. I originally…

[ad_1] Step 1 Take a metre of thread and add your beading needle to one end. Pick up 19 x size 8 seed beads and 19 x size 15 seed beads, alternating between the two. Thread through these a second time and pull the beads into a loop shape. Slot this around one of your silver bead frames and pull the thread tighter to secure it onto the frame. Knot the two ends of thread together to secure. Take your main thread and pass through a few beads. Sew down through one of the bead frame holes and up through…

[ad_1] Step 1 Cut a 1m length of thread, attach a needle to one end and string on 36 seed beads. Pass the needle back through the beads to make a loop. Go back through them again and tie the ends of thread in a knot to secure. Step 2 Begin your peyote stitch by threading on a bead, skipping the seed bead, and going up and through the next one. Repeat until you have gone all the way around the circle. Step 3 Once you reach the start of your circle, ‘step up’ by passing the needle through the…

[ad_1] Step 1 Take your 3 sew on droplet shape stones and place them on a square of felt measuring approx. 4 x 4 inches / 10 x 10cm. Cut an armspan of thread and sew up through the felt and through a stone. Leave a 20cm length underneath for the tail thread.  Pick up a small purple bicone bead and thread back down through the same stone.  Thread up through the other hole on the same stone and repeat for all 3 droplets. Don’t worry about the thread on the underside of your design, this will be covered later…

[ad_1] Step 1 Start by printing out your daisy template onto a4 paper. Your daisies should measure approx. 8.5″ long (22cm). Print your template Step 2 Firstly you need to cut your foundation in half and pin together. Once you have printed of the template, you will need to cut it out and pin to your beading foundation and draw around the template. Then fill in the Daisy details as a rough guide Step 3 Then you need to cut around the daisy shape which will give you your final shape for the headband. Step 4 Where you pinned the…

Step 1 Take approx. 1metre of thread and add a needle. Thread on approx. 8cm (3″) of size 15 ivory seed beads followed by 3 x size 15 gold tone seed beads and 1 x size 15 ivory again. Move these beads down the thread leaving approx. 15cm of tail thread. Miss the last ivory bead and thread back up all of the gold and ivory beads you added. The last ivory bead will act as a stopper for this strand of your tassel. Step 2 Again, thread on 8cm (3″) of ivory beads, 3 x gold and 1 x…

[ad_1] Step 1 To begin, wash your hands and clear your work surface to minimise the amount of dust that could get stuck on your clay. If you find that you keep getting dust on your clay, take a spare bit of clay and roll it over your hands to pick up all the particles. Lay out some greaseproof paper. It is easier to work straight onto the paper that you will cook the clay on later, so you don’t misshape your clay when you’re moving it between surfaces.  Pinch off some of your different coloured clays and mix together…

[ad_1] Step 1 Cut approximately 20″ of monofilament and thread on the following beads – 1 x gemduo through the bottom hole, 1 x seed bead, 1 x gemduo through the top hole, 1 x seed bead, 1 x gemduo through the bottom hole. Move these to the centre of your monofilament cord. Step 2 Take the left side of the cord and thread through the top hole of the gemduo bead. Repeat on the right side. On the left, pick up 1 x seed bead and 1 x gemduo through the bottom hole.  On the right, pick up 1…