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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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Chasing and repoussé are tied with gem cutting at the top of my techniques-to-learn wish list. I can't think of any other jewelry-making or metalsmithing technique that can create so many unique designs on metal or one that creates such an impressive effect--all made using techniques that...
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Learn to Mold Epoxy Clay and Stud it with Crystals, Stones and More Epoxy clay is a fun and relatively new jewelry-making material that's so easy to work with! It is known for its adhesive superpowers that allow you to set stones in it or adhere stones to metal (or even metal to metal) with no heat...
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Happy Earth Day! In honor of our amazing planet, it seems only fitting that we think about ways to "reduce, reuse, recycle" today, and it's easy to do--even in jewelry making! Yes, even jewelry making can be a very environmentally friendly hobby. Antique Shoe Buckle Bracelet by Marilyn...
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Exciting news! One of my favorite jewelry artists and crafters ever , Susan Lenart Kazmer is joining Jewelry Making Daily for a live interactive webinar! On Friday, April 26 at 1pm ET, Susan will join us LIVE to talk about her new cold enameling technique, in Step-by-Step Cold Enameling with Susan Lenart...
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How Do I Wub Thee? Let Me Count the Ways I am the first to admit when I'm wrong about something, and God knows I'm not perfect or always right. So, about three or four years ago at Bead Fest, while showing a student how to make a bail for a pendant, I said, "Let me borrow your pliers."...
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15 Apr 2013
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Anytime I get a chance to share a stone-cutting or jewelry-making project by Roger Halas, I take it! He's a man of many talents and frequently shares them in Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine. This stone-cutting project is great for the lucky folks who know (or are learning) how to cut gems...
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12 Apr 2013
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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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22 Mar 2013
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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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I'll be honest: I'd never heard the term " cold connections " until I became the lucky girl editor of Jewelry Making Daily. I'd always just called them connections, cold joins or by their "given" names, like rivets, screws, jump rings etc. Those terms are all still accurate...
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6 Mar 2013
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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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As I've been preparing for the Tucson gem, jewelry, and bead (and fossils and minerals and tools) shows this week (I'll be arriving just as you see this, yay!), I've been making a shopping list. I never follow it, mind you, but it helps me remember, when I'm out there, what I found lacking...
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6 Feb 2013
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When I first discovered resin jewelry-making, I think it appealed to me because it was so much like making snow globes (which I love) in jewelry. I can put anything inside that I want to treasure and preserve, and then wear it like a pretty little reminder. If only there was a way to put shakable glitter...
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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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Here's another great project from our friends at Nunn Design, this time from Becky Nunn herself. I particularly loved this ring because the brown stamped clay looks like embossed leather to me--very Bohemian!--and I love the contrast of the shiny metal and crystals with the more natural look of "leather...