Handmade Jewelry Blog

Hand Crafted From Sterling Silver, Pearls, and Semi Precious Stones

3 Peas In A Pod

I’ve been working on some new necklaces, because.. well I’ve got a million earrings, I’ve been a little nervous about it, just because, I’m not a necklace making person! But then that was true about earrings! I love to wear them (necklaces) thought! So I thought I would start with pendants and made a [...]

I’ve mentioned my new finidings store, well, I thought I would let you all check out my newest item:
It’s a little kit, which has everything you need to make 1 pair of wire wrapped garnet earrings. All you need is a pair of wire cutters or OLD scissors (cutting wire with scissors will ruin [...]

I recently got an e-mail asking which guage of wire I used to wire wrap my handmade jewelry. I use several wire guages to wire wrap my gemstone beads, but my favorite has to be 22 guage dead soft. It just molds around the bead perfectly when I am wire wrapping. If [...]

I’ve been contemplating this for a few months now and finally decided to go ahead and make some sterling silver and 14k gold filled finidings!
It’s been a slow process because I’m devoted to my handmade jewelry. It has been very fun tho. I am also going to be selling sterling silver wire and [...]

It’s hard work! But don’t let it scare you! If you are determined to design your handmade jewelry site from top to bottom, and aren’t sure where to start, I would suggest learning a little bit of HTML, I find it to be fairly easy and there are some great resources on the web to [...]

When I first started getting serious about making jewelry, I really didn’t know where to start. I hadn’t found my niche yet. I think I bought about a dozen “How To Make Your Own Handmade Jewerly books” In all honesty, I didn’t really learn very much from them. My best lessons [...]

Ok, I feel I have to comment on this..
Ever have an off day??? Yeah, jewelry making isn’t always smooth crafting. So when I find myself working on a pair of handcrafted earrings and nothing seems to be going right, like wire wrapping, i need to step away.
I’ve wasted so much time and sterling silver [...]

When I sit down to create my handmade jewelry, sometimes I just draw a blank! I just sit and stare at my gemstones and wonder… what do I do with these? So now what?
What helps me the most is my trusty spiral notebook, when I get an idea for a new necklace, bracelet, [...]

Ok, so I’ve pretty much ignored this handmade jewelry blog for the last six months! Shame on me :(, I’ve been busy with new designs (mostly earrings) and with my store! Perfections Which is now open and offers free shipping on all of my handmade jewelry!!! Wooohoo In fact I should be adding [...]

I was recently looking at my tools and decided, I needed to update a few of them. Most of them came from my Brothers or Dad’s workshop, and I haven’t been living at home for…. well, a long time! So, yeah I needed something new!
A word of advice… Never buy any handmade [...]

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