Before you begin … Materials: ~0.5 meters of fishing line per beaded ball Enough elastic string to wrap around your wrist and make a knot (with a little extra to account for the beads strung) 12 to 14 beaded balls, each consisting of: 30 x size 6/0 seed beads (large seed beads) or crystals or round beads 60 x size 11/0 [...]

  Making your own jewelry can be a lot fun. Clay jewelry is particularly tricky to work with, but looks great when it is dried and finished. Here is a good way to add a backing to your clay beads so that you can thread them with string or wire to make bracelets or necklaces. ATT:J.P.Tizzard

Step 1:  Find an old water bottle or water jug.  Or anything made of a thin plastic. Step 2:  Remove the label (if there is one) and cut the top off. Step 3:  Cut the bottle or jug down the middle, then cut off the bottom as well. Step 4:  So now you need to cut a 1 [...]

    Supplies: Seed Beads (you can use one or more colors) 3 inch brass ring Thread Needle Note: If you were caught up in the bangle crazed 80s like I was, you may have some old metal bangles already that you could bead in this fashion! I, sadly, used up all my old bangles making dream catchers already. Sigh.   Peyote [...]

Materials and Tools: 32-gauge sterling silver wire silk ribbon (typically used for ribbon embroidery) crochet hook ribbon embroidery needle (or any needle with a very large eye to accommodate the silk ribbon) scissors (to cut the wire) or wire cutters scissors to cut the silk ribbon Swarovski crystal bead needle-nose pliers Steps 1-2 1. Sterling silver wire is available by the roll, so work directly [...]

You reach a certain age and you start knotting bracelets. Then you reach another age and you stop. But it’s not just kids and it’s not just in America. When my son and daughter-in-law Michael and Rita returned from a trip to Thailand, they each had a collection of these colorful bracelets on their arms [...]

The Two-String Flat Braid is a little more difficult than the first two, but it makes really cool bracelets, key chains, and much more. Begin by cutting a long strip of leather. Double it up by holding both ends in one hand. Mark one end A and one end B. Loop the doubled up end over a hook and [...]

The Four-String Braid is similar to the Hair Braid except for the addition of an extra string. You can use this braid to make beautiful bracelets and belts. Remember, labeling your strings with letters will help you through the braiding process. Begin by pulling string C over string B and under string A. Next pull string B [...]