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We were riding back home from breakfast in the mountains on Mother's Day earlier this week when I heard my brother whisper to our mom, "Mama, why does she have a little thing of Play-Doh in her purse?" Whenever he wants gum or something, I usually don't think twice about sending my...
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Search for Steampunk on Etsy and you'll find over 215,000 results . . . and 35 million on Google. About two years ago, it was only 70,000 on Etsy and 6.5 million on Google. Wow. Needless to say, Steampunk is not going away anytime soon. But what is Steampunk, anyway? Steampunk gets its name from...
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Whenever something was dropped or broken at my maternal grandmother's house, she'd call out, "Save the pieces!" I never knew what she did with the pieces, but her prudence stuck with me. I love creating recycled, upcycled jewelry with the "pieces," using found objects and...
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If you're a fan of Jewelry Making Daily on Facebook, you already know that I had a great time last week in Tucson. Every year, it's the same great fun--old friends, favorite shows, visiting vendors, meeting talented and creative people--but there's also great new products and trends to be...
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What a fun year we've had making jewelry together! I hope you've all enjoyed learning new techniques and mastering ones you already knew, learning about new jewelry-making tools and supplies, and swooning over gemstones with me. I've learned two incredibly fun new techniques this year, electroforming...
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Since I first shared the pitiful little tale of how I ruined my then-favorite wire cutters trying to snip off parts of some found objects , I've gotten so many nice "me too" empathy messages from others who have done something similar. I've also seen some great tips and suggestions...
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No need to share your Ben & Jerry's when you have Milk and Honey Luxuries ' "my ice cream" and "your ice cream" spoons. I saw stamped metal flatware at a holiday show recently and fell in love instantly. There were cute sayings stamped in the bowls of spoons (like "yum"...
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One of my favorite parts about taking jewelry classes or reading jewelry-making blogs and magazines is learning new ways to do jewelry-making tasks and techniques that I already know. It's fun and enlightening to see the unique ways that others do common tasks. That's why I chose this mixed-media...
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31 Oct 2012
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Search for Steampunk on Etsy and you'll find over 180,000 results . . . and 40 million on Google. A year and a half ago, it was only 70,000 on Etsy and 6.5 million on Google. Wow. Needless to say, Steampunk is not going away anytime soon, and to put this cool trend in perspective, searches for "silver...
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12 Oct 2012
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Our free metal clay eBook has had a little makeover! Now instead of just three free metal-clay jewelry-making projects, you'll get four--from expert metal clay artisans Hadar Jacobson, Noël Yovovich, Paula Bastian-de Leon, and Lis-el Crowley. Plus, Hadar Jacobson provides a list of regular household...
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24 Aug 2012
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Underwater Mermaids by Stephanie Gard Buss I've always been a mixed-media kind of girl. Call it collage, "altered art," or even scrapbooking--it has always been my thing. I love the freedom afforded in mixed-media design. There are no rules, no limits to what you can incorporate--paper...
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In a recent meeting of my local metal clay guild, someone shared the idea of using Play-Doh to make metal clay molds. It's inexpensive and readily available, it's hard when it dries, and it comes in convenient little sealed containers that are easily kept in your purse . . . because you never...
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Versatile. That's the first word that comes to mind when I think of polymer clay jewelry making. The other words that come to mind when I think about making jewelry with polymer clay are forgiving, affordable, colorful, fun, and easy, but the first has to be versatile. Okay I'll just come right...
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Kristal made these sparkling bezels using UV resin and chunky Martha Stewart glitter. I've always loved mixed-media jewelry, probably because it combines some of the many crafts I've enjoyed for years. When you put all the paper products from scrapbooking and card making together with the fibers...
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Gosh we had fun last year, didn't we? We did lots of wirework and metalsmithing, a little chain maille (ahem), metal clay of all kinds, and lots and lots of mixed-media jewelry, using fun jewelry-making materials such as enamel, resin, fibers, found objects, and even paper. We created great new how...
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