Secrets to Seed Beading
Join Rose in our Secrets to Seed Beading series, where she demonstrates a range of bead stitches and techniques that will enhance your jewelry-making abilities.
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6 Essential Jewelry Making Techniques You Need to Know
Follow along as Patti shares her list of top tools and materials every jewelry maker needs for various techniques.
How to Design Custom Lanyards for ID Cards
Learn to make practical and stylish lanyards with Rose for your identification cards.
Getting Started with Basic Silversmithing
Curious about silversmithing essentials? This article outlines key tools and their uses, giving you the knowledge to start your journey with confidence.
How to Loom Seed Beads
Ready to level up your beading skills? This video tutorial is designed to help you loom with clarity and confidence.
12 Jewelry Myths Debunked
Toothpaste to clean jewelry? Indestructible diamonds? Join us as we debunk these and ten other popular jewelry myths.
DIY Clasps with Artistic Wire® Findings Forms™ Jigs
Learn how to create beautiful, consistently sized wireworked hook-and-eye and toggle clasps using Artistic Wire® Findings Forms™ jigs.
Product Spotlight: Thread Cutter
Patti demonstrates the Clover Quick Cut thread cutter and highlights its advantages.
All About Earnut Jewelry Findings
Here's a helpful guide to the different styles of earring backs to ensure earrings stay in place.
A Jewelry Designer's Wish List
We asked nine jewelry artists what tools are tops on their wish lists. Let this article help you grant wishes for the creatives in your life.
Bracelet
Feeling knotty? Join Rose as she teaches you to create a two-color friendship bracelet. Express your love for friends with this heartfelt accessory.
The Modern Locket
The modern locket takes a time-honored and traditional piece of jewelry and offers up fresh versions for the modern world. See what the locket's gotten up to these days.
Metal Jewelry: Finishing and Polishing
Jewelry-making expert Tammy Honaman shows how to finish and polish metal jewelry.
The Talk About Pliers
Explore the many types of pliers to help you find the right one for every project.
What Is a Cabochon?
Take a deep dive into the marvelous cabochon and its sister the cameo. Learn about how they're created and dozens of ways a designer can use them.
Bezels
Bezels are an ideal finding to use when you're working with cabochons and flat back crystals. Tammy Honaman, author and jewelry-making expert, is here to tell you all about them.
Metaphysical Properties
When jewelry makers encounter information about gemstones, they frequently discover where a stone is mined, what it's made of and the phrase "metaphysical properties." What is that information and how can a jewelry maker use it in designs?
Loving Lavender
Fall in love with lavender! See how these soothing shades can enhance your designs to create for a number of styles and timeless appeal.
Everything You Need to Know About Thread Conditioners
Feeling all tangled up in a sea of rough, frayed thread? Thread conditioners could be just the solution you need to get back on course.
Choosing Jewelry for Your Color Season
Color seasons have been applied to jewelry and fashion for decades. Find ways to match your designs to the 12 designations in this article.
Beginner's Guide to Loomwork
Explore the world of loomwork, where each bead is a pixel in your artistic vision. Learn about the looms, materials and resources you'll need in this article.
Which Metals Should You Use?
Choosing the right metal to use in your jewelry involves balancing a number of factors beyond gold vs. silver. Get the lowdown on all metal materials.
Double-Strand Bracelet and Earring Set
Add a splash of color to your life with rainbow fluorite! Join Patti in the video as she shows you how to make this stunning jewelry set.
Organic
Refers to a bead made of a carbon-based material. Many jewelry-making components composed of pearl, wood, bone, horn and shell fall into this category.
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