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Book Review - Charmed Bracelets 
Charmed Bracelets by Tracey Zabar is beautiful enough to inspire you or to be a delightful gift. Book Review - 500 Beaded Objects 
500 Beaded Objects, New Dimensions in Contemporary Beadwork is a recent publication in the visually spectacular art-book series by Lark Books Book Review - All Wired Up
All Wired Up by Mark Lareau is an excellent reference for those seeking to learn basic wire-working. Book Review - Beads And Threads
This unusual crafts book combines fabric arts and beading techniques for some interesting results. Book Review - Beads And Threads
This unusual crafts book combines fabric arts and beading techniques for some interesting results. Book Review - Bodyguards
This gorgeous art book will increase the jewelry maker's knowledge of the symbolism of amulets Book Review - Chain Mail Jewelry
If you want to learn the art of chain mail jewelry, this is a good book to have. Book Review - Charming Exchange, A
This beautiful book will be best appreciated by experienced crafters. Book Review - Designing Jewelry with Glass Beads
Designing Jewelry with Glass Beads by Stephanie Sersich is a beautiful and useful book for your crafts library. Book Review - Elements of Style
Book Review - Fabulous Fabric Beads
Book Review - Hip to Bead
Hip to Bead by Katie Hacker offers 32 fun projects centered on beading! Book Review - Junk Jewelry
Junk Jewelry is a creative book for the packrat in all of us that features 25 clever projects, turning everyday objects into funky pieces of jewelry. Book Review - Making Bits and Pieces Mosaics
This is not an essential book for jewelry makers, but it covers shard jewelry and is fun to have! Book Review - Naughty Secretary Club, The
This is a fun book of jewelry projects for those who like a bit of campy retro creativity! Book Review - Pretty Little Things
Pretty Little Things by Sally Jean Alexander is an exceptionally beautiful book centering on found-object art. Book Review - Pretty Little Things
Pretty Little Things by Sally Jean Alexander is an exceptionally beautiful book centering on found-object art. Book Review - Silver Wire Fusing
Cloisonne
Cloisonné, an ancient form of decoration, can look stunning in modern jewelry design. Design - Prayer Beads
Prayer beads, while not meant to be worn ornamentally like secular jewelry, can still be very rewarding to construct as a means of exploring one's spiritual heritage. Design - Valentines Day
The official day celebrating romantic love is rich in symbolism that you can incorporate in your jewelry design. Info - Beading, Introduction to Beadwork
Information to help you decide whether bead stringing or bead weaving techniques are right for you. Info - Beading, Netsuke
Netsuke are intricate carvings that you can integrate into your jewelry making. Info - Business, California Lead Containing Jewelry Law
Info - Designing Jewelry, Themed Jewelry
Designing jewelry to reflect a theme is fun and attractive to customers. Info - Gemstones, Glossary of Physical and Metaphysical Features
A glossary of gemstones with their physical and metaphysical properties. Info - Ideas for Easy Handmade Jewelry Gifts
Info - Making New Style Charm Bracelets
Make your new-style charm bracelets with every possible type of charms that you can cram on to the chain to increase the impact of the bracelet as a whole. Info - Making Old Style Charm Bracelets
Make your old-style charm bracelets with fewer charms to increase the impact of each charm. Info - Subscribe to Jewelry Making Newsletter
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Try these Jewelry-Making word-games to flex your mental muscle! Product Review - Steel Bench Block
If you want to work with wire, a steel bench block is handy for hammering. Project - Bead Bracelet, Basic Peyote Stitch Bracelet Band
Project - Bead Earrings, Ten-Minute
Make these easy bead earrings in just ten minutes flat! Project - Bead Necklace, Daisy Chain
How to create a beaded daisy-chain. Project - Bead Necklace, Modifying a Vintage Beaded Choker
Customize a fashionable vintage beaded choker necklace to make it more wearable. Project - Metal Earrings, Chain Mail Cascade Earrings
This chain-mail jewelry project designed by Anne Kelly results in delicate, cascading earrings. Project - Metal Necklace, Sterling Silver Wire and Bead Necklace
Here is an intermediate-level wire-working project for a sterling silver wire necklace with turquoise beads. Project - Other Materials, Bracelet - Charm, Junk Drawer
Make a quick and easy charm bracelet from your junk drawer! Project - Other Materials, Necklace, Binder Clips
Here is a quick and easy neck ring to put together from binder clips! Project - Other Materials, Pendant, Glass Tile
Create a pendant from a glass tile and postage stamp! Great for kids. Project - Other Matrials, Necklace, Buttons
Here is a striking necklace made from stacked buttons that have the sophisticated look of shell or onyx beads. Project - Pendant, Altered Art Jewelry
How to make a pendant using "altered art" objects. Review - A Bounty of Bead + Wire Earrings
The subtitle of this paperback is 50 Fun, Fast Jewelry Projects, and that is exactly what you get for only $19.95. Review - MSA Safety Works Multi Purpose Respirator
This respirator is cheaply priced but excellent for protecting your lungs during jewelry-making and household tasks in general. Supplies - Buttons, White Plastic
The white plastic opaque button is a great ingredient for jewelry making! Supplies - Gemstones, Amber
Amber is a truly stunning gemstone with which to design jewelry. Supplies - Gemstones, Carnelian
Carnelian is a gorgeous, warm, semi-translucent orange gemstone. Supplies - Gemstones, Hematite
Hematite can be an unusual but striking choice of mineral for jewelry making. Supplies - Gemstones, Jade
Jade, highly prized in the Far East, is a gorgeous green semi-precious stone that comes in range of green hues.
Supplies - Gemstones, Labradorite Beads and Crystals
Do you love the shimmer of opals but can´t afford them for jewelry making? Try Labradorite.
Supplies - Gemstones, Lapis Lazuli
Lapus lazuli is a gorgeous blue semi-precious gemstone that adds a celestial radiance to any making jewelry project. Supplies - Gemstones, Malachite
Malachite is an acquired taste with its bright green hue, but can be stunning in small doses. Supplies - Gemstones, Onyx
For its dramatic beauty, durability, and inexpensive price, a jewelry maker cannot go wrong with white or black onyx. Supplies - Gemstones, Red Jasper
Red jasper is a relatively inexpensive gemstone for jewelry-makers looking for a rugged, warm, earth-toned stone. Techniques - Beading, Peyote Stitch
Techniques - Chain Mail Jewelry Basics
The basics of making this easy, yet intricate, jewelry, can be stated in two words – jump rings! Techniques - Chain Mail Jewelry, How to Make a Byzantine Chain
Tips - Beading Basics
An assortment of useful tips that you may not have thought of.
Tips - Chain Mail Jewelry, Byzantine Chain Appearance and Care
Tips to make your Byzantium chain look professional. Tips - Cord and Beading Thread Organization
Tips for keeping cord and beading thread organized, untangled, and ready for use.
Tips - Oxiding Brass for an Antique Look
Tips - Oxidizing Sterling Silver for an Antique Look
Tips - Polishing Sterling Silver with a Rock Tumbler
How to use a professional-model rock tumbler to polish handmade sterling silver jewelry and components.
Tips - Polymer Clay Safety Precautions
Polymer clay is affordable and easy to use - and it hardens right in your kitchen oven. Unfortunately, it also contains chemicals known to be hazardous. Learn whether polymer clay might pose a risk to your health or our environment.
Tools - Cutters and Chain Nose Pliers
Tuareg Silver
Tuareg silver amulets can be an exotic addition to your jewelry designs. Jewelry Making Homepage | Editor's Picks Articles | Top Ten Articles | Jewelry Making Site Map
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