Beading Basics

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Beading Basics.Beading is more passion than hobby for most of the crafters who enjoy sewing beads into beautiful jewelry, accessories, and clothing. Sharpen your bead savvy and

How to Make Handmade Beaded Necklaces

The Complete Book of Jewelry Making: A Full-Color Introduction to the Jeweler's Art
Vintaj Natural Brass Company Jewelry Technique Book
Creating Wire and Beaded Jewelry

Jewelry design hobby

Jewelry design is a hobby that opens up a lot of scope to show your creativity, especially if you happen to have an eye for detail. This hobby can easily turn into a lucrative home business or career with a prominent name in the industry. To begin with, most aspiring jewelry designers experiment with designs and make jewelry items as gifts for their loved ones.  

Material for jewelry making

This is a matter of choice, but you might be looking at:

• Beads
• Gemstones and synthetics
• Gold and silver
• Metal wire
• Polymer clay
• Organic or natural elements
• Anything you intend working with

What type of jewelry will you make?

There are huge choices here:

• Necklaces
• Bracelets
• Earrings
• Rings and toe rings
• Wedding and engagement rings
• Belly-button jewelry
• Brooches and pins

Design tips

• Keep your design simple and balanced. Sometimes less can be more.
• Color plays a pivotal role in your design. This means that some gemstones suit yellow metal while some suit white metal.  A little bit of research about color combinations when you plan your jewelry design will go a long way.
• Plan your design as this the starting point, helping you get a grip on the design process from beginning to end. This will enable you come up with a design that you are completely satisfied with.
• Refer to jewelry magazines, jewelry store catalogs and websites online. This will get your creative juices flowing and trigger your unique ideas.

Happy Beading!

Learn How to Bead - Beading Basics Instructional Tutorial

Great tutorial on learn how to bead:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVNiKBOEZfU&feature=related

Super Easy Way to make a Wire Wrapped Spiral Beading Component

Super Easy Way to make a Wire Wrapped Spiral Beading Component http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dj5fy4qEfE&feature=fvwrel

Rossary - Genuine Swarovski Crystal

Measures: About 29cm length.
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• DIY with Genuine Swarovski Crystal.
• 100% brand new.
• A great gift idea + box