My Aqua Waters earrings. Really? You call those wraps?? My Switching Gears earrings--with much better matching wraps! Denise Peck is the editor of Step by Step Wire Jewelry and the senior editor of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist . Sweat the Small Stuff...
I had a great time catching up with my new friend Eleanore Macnish , the fun and incredibly talented lampwork glass artist and metal jewelry designer behind Ellie Mac Beads, in Tucson last month, and while we were chatting, she showed me a super quick...
Super simple, super stylish Carnelian Coils by Denise Peck. I often get asked for advice from jewelry makers interested in making and selling jewelry at craft shows, online, or in local shops and markets. Making jewelry to sell is one of the first things...
by Jewelry Making Daily's newest contributor, Kate Richbourg ! Welcome to the world of butane torches (also known as micro torches or even crème brûlée torches)! Micro torches make creating simple soldered jewelry a breeze. I am...
Tammy Jones is the editor of Jewelry Making Daily. Have you ever gotten so excited about something new that you couldn't wait to share it with your friends, family, and just about anybody who would listen? Everyone at Interweave is feeling that way...
I finally got over my fear of possibly "wasting" supplies with resin gone wrong, and now I'm hooked! I've been resin-ing all kinds of things--bezels, old pocket-watch cases, even backless shapes (thanks to that little trick of backing...
Tammy Jones is the editor of Jewelry Making Daily. Polymer clay is like an old friend that keeps popping up throughout the years of my crafty how-to career. I'm happy to have it back now in the form of gallery-quality art jewelry, and I've called...
Sara Richardson is a contributing editor for Jewelry Making Daily . Photos by Michael Richardson. Have you been staying true to your New Year's resolutions? I have actually kept at least one of them! I vowed to myself to learn new chain-maille (chain...
Tammy Jones is the editor of Jewelry Making Daily. Flowers have always been a source of joy for me. When I was growing up, one grandmother had a garden full of hydrangeas, pansies, irises, roses, and lilacs, and my other grandmother was always surrounded...
by Lexi Erickson Lexi's fun mixed-metal hearts in copper, brass, and silver. It's like Oreos and milk or, for me, green chile and tortillas. Some things just go together. And so it is with silver and copper. Copper and its alloys really warm up...
Helen Driggs is the managing editor for Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist . It's All About the Surface Copper is a great metal for the beginner (and advanced) metalsmith because it is very forgiving—you'll need a concentrated effort to really...
Tammy Jones is the editor of Jewelry Making Daily. Making your own findings is one of the easiest ways to add unique style to your jewelry-making designs, and for some reason, it's an idea that many jewelry makers often overlook. I was making earrings...
You learn something new every day--if you're lucky, and if you follow the Jewelry Making Daily forums! Likely due to the rising cost of silver, there's been a lot of buzz of the forums recently about soldering copper as well as soldering copper...
Welcome to Rochelle Nation, the next guest jewelry project designer from Nunn Design and creator of this charm pendant necklace! "As a 2012 member of the Nunn Design Innovation Team, I've had the great pleasure of experimenting with their latest...
Remember mouse pads? (For our younger and future readers, they're not hip homes for mice.) When I first started stamping metal (years ago as a crafter), I assumed it was wise to use something underneath to absorb the shock--at least to absorb some...
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