Jewelry Classes - Build Your Jewelry Making Skills Online at Craftsy! How to Use a Drill for Jewelry Making: 3 Ideas - Daily Blogs. From Furniture to Jewelry About 20 years ago, I realized I had an unusual fear of power tools.
So I decided to stare that monster in the eye and learn how to make furniture. I took a bunch of classes where I conquered wood planers and table saws and all kinds of other beefy machines. I threw down that fear, put my foot on its chest, raised my arms then walked away with a few nice pieces of furniture. Beading Tip. Instructional Beading Videos.
DIY Friendship Necklace. As soon as Lauren and I saw this editorial in Flare Magazine, we knew we had to recreate these awesome, friendship bracelet-like necklaces.
We promise they are super easy to make and the perfect way to pass the time during those long summer roadtrips. To make a 2-tone necklace, cut a long piece of rope and wrap two different colors of embroidery thread around its own bobbin. Tie a starter knot along with the two colored threads you are using, leaving at least 3 inches of slack, Tape down the slack to a flat surface or safety pin it something that will help keep it in place (feeling nostalgic yet?). Lay the color that isn’t being used (shown here in purple) in your left hand, along with the rope, and hold them taut. Take the active color (shown here in red) in your right hand, pass it over the rope, loop it under and back through the opening. To alternate colors, simply put the inactive color (red) in your left hand and the new active color (purple) in your right. DIY Chainmail Necklace. You’ll need: Start by separating the jump rings into two halves: 175 open and 175 closed.
Thread three closed jump rings onto an open jump ring. Close the ring. Spread the three rings apart, with the rings looking exactly as shown below. The bottom ring will be the end of the necklace and the top two rings, which are spread open over the middle ring, will be where the chain mail begins. DIY Utility Rope Necklace. A couple summers ago, we stocked up on brass washers to make friendship necklaces.
A year later, hex nuts became short in supply thanks to the hex nut bracelet. Today we’re all about compression sleeves, which are conventionally used in plumbing but also make for the perfect component for these statement necklaces. Striking, colorful, and fun, this tutorial won’t be able to keep you too far away from your local hardware store! You’ll need: DIY Luv Aj Handpiece. When the lovely Amanda Thomas of Luv Aj offered to show us how to DIY her signature handpiece, we were ecstatic!
Not only are we huge fans of her jewelry, we’ve been dying to adorn ourselves with this ring and bracelet combination. Thank you for the awesome tutorial, Amanda! DIY Braided Bead Bracelet. It’s been awhile since our last bracelet DIY.
DIY Gold Tube Bracelets. I have very vivid memories of walking into a bead store for the first time, almost 15 years ago, and being overwhelmed by the million and ten ideas that filled my mind.
DIY Charm Bracelet. I’ve been itching to do a charm bracelet tutorial on HonestlyWTF for awhile now.
DIY Macrame Bracelet. Growing up by the beach in Southern California, the ability to knot a macrame bracelet was practically a right of passage.
Although those days are long behind us, we’ve never forgotten the ever-so-simple square knot technique. This time, however, we’re replacing hemp and wooden beads for more updated elements like colorful nylon cord and glossy metal charms. Happy knotting! You’ll need: Start by cutting the knotting cord into two 30 inch, two 20 inch and one 10 inch lengths. Center the 30 inch cord under the two middle strands. Pull tightly and slide the knot up to the top. Finish the 2nd half of the square knot by folding the left cord over the middle strands and under the right cord. Pull tightly and repeat the steps – left, right, left, right . . .
To finish the knots, thread one of the cords onto a needle and sew up the center of 3-4 knots along the backside. Repeat the same step on the other cord. After sewing up both knotting cords, trim away any excess. Jewelry Making Classes Online at Beaducation: The Blog. Slow and Easy Jewelry Making E-Courses. Take your time with these jewelry making e-courses.
There is no rush. Almost all these courses send you a lesson each week. Learn beading, wire work, metal clay and more. Make Copper Clay JewelryThis 6 lesson weekly course will introduce you to working with copper clay, including how to fire the clay as well as a number of hands-on projects. A good prerequisite to this e-course is Introduction to Metal Clay course, either the weekly lesson version or the daily lesson version. Metal Jewelry FabricationThe term "fabrication" when it comes to metal jewelry making refers to the art of manipulating metal. Book Beading and Jewelry Making Classes in Los Angeles, CA. Convenience Professional lessons anywhere you have an Internet connection. Travel time and gas money are a thing of the past. Master Silversmith and Jeweler. Precious Metal Arts Jewelry Classes, Jewelry Videos, and Fine Jewelry Gallery. How-To. Metal Magic: Electroforming Organic and Other Materials for Jewelry Making - Jewelry Making Daily.