Save Bullet shell jewelry is all the rage these days, and it’s no wonder! This video tutorial shows you step by step how to make your own cool pendants using spent bullet shell casings and quartz crystal points. You’ll learn how to saw them off, drill a hole, and attach the bead. You won’t want…
Quick Copper and Brass Cleaning Trick
Save When I was a little girl, one of my favorite things to do was clean my pennies and make them nice and shiny, which is how I know this trick. I’m sure that it probably says something about me that I would rather play with money than dolls even when I was in grade…
Woven Bracelet Tutorial – Fabric Scrapbuster!
Save Do you hoard collect fabric scraps? Do you love cool jewelry? Then you better take a look at this great project from Sew, Craft, Create and learn to make a chic bracelet from woven strips of fabric! Even if you don’t sew, this project is simple and you’ll have so much fun you won’t…
Smooth Wire Ends with a Wire Rounder Tool (Video Demo)
Save If you make your own earwires for your handmade earrings, then you know that smoothing the ends by hand can be somewhat of a pain. Using sandpaper or a file works well to get rid of those painful sharp pointy bits, but having the right tools certainly speeds up the process, which is great…
Altered Art Craft Stick Necklace DIY
Save You won’t believe the humble supplies used to make this beautiful altered art jewelry! Saved by Love Creations shows us how she put together this fantastic necklace using wooden craft sticks, raffia, and more! Save Photo via SavedByLoveCreations.com
How to Make Danish Love Knot Beads
Save These Danish Love Knot spacer beads will add some texture to your handmade jewelry designs. Sweet interlocking coils can be strung or wirewrapped, just like normal beads, and you can make them any size you like! Blue Forest Jewellery shares her tutorial with us, showing step by step how to make our own knot beads to…
DIY Anthropologie- Inspired Colorful Necklace
Save Anthropologie jewelry has always been a source of inspiration for me. There’s just something about their wonderfully unexpected combinations of materials and colors that makes it unique and interesting to look at, not to mention fun to wear! I was pleasantly surprised to find this awesome tutorial by Quiet Lion Creations that shows us how…
How to Drill Holes in Rocks or Pebbles
Save Have you ever wondered how to drill holes in rocks to make unique natural jewelry? Then today’s post is an answer to that curiosity by a couple of experts on the subject. The Etsy Metal Blog introduces two artists who create beautiful jewelry from river rocks and generously share their secrets on how…
How to Make Paper Beads for Jewelry
Save Making your own beads from recycled paper can be tons of fun! Not only are you helping the environment with this green project by using up newspaper and junk mail, but you can create your paper beads in just about any size, shape or color you like. This cute and colorful bracelet is made…
How to Wire Wrap a Briolette {video + photos}
Save This video and photos show you step by step how to wire wrap a briolette drop. This type of wire wrap is also sometimes referred to as a “triangle wrap” because of the way the wire forms a triangle shape at the top of the bead. Wire wrapped briolettes are very elegant and make…
