Jewelry Making

I love the semiprecious stones I see at the craft store for making jewelry, they come already on a string maybe about six inches long. But how do you turn that into a necklace? Do you have to take the stones off the string and restring, or is there some way to use that string as it is? Because you would have to somehow knot another string to it, I can't understand how that would hold.

Yes, you have to restring the stones. Right now, they are strung on cheap string that is just strong enough to keep them together. If you don't restring the stones onto stronger material, the cheap string will break sooner or later.

Instead of knotting the permanent thread, you use a crimp bead or two. You can use fasteners, lobster claws, or screws, or the pinch fasteners, but I always make my necklaces long enough to put over my head without any fasteners. I put two crimp beads on the string, about an inch or two apart, and overlap the string for that inch or two and cover it with the beads or stones. This way, if one crimp bead fails, then I still have the other one to hold the necklace together.

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If you want to break even, you have to charge at least the cost of supplies to make the item. If you want to make a profit, you have to add the cost of your labor in making the item.

So if supplies cost 5 dollars and you spent two hours making something, and you want to get at least 5 dollars an hour for your time, then you have to charge 15 dollars. Of course, items with more expensive components, and those that take longer to make will cost more, and may not sell as easily.

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Make a bead on wire bracelet or anklet by choosing the right gauge wire, measuring the length of the wire, attaching and looping a crimp bead on the end and beading the jewelry. Finish a beaded wire bracelet or anklet by attaching the clasp and another crimp bead with instructions from a jewelry maker and artisan in this free video on beaded jewelry.

Expert: Tammy Gray-Searles
Contact: www.petrifiedwoodco.com
Bio: Tammy Gray-Searles has been designing and making beaded jewelry and other beaded art products for more than 10 years.
Filmmaker: Tammy Gray-Searles

Duration : 0:1:55

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whoever can give me the biggest list of cool teen crafts such as the example gets 10 pts.

crafts like,
decorating a diamond belt buckle,
sewing a barrel purse,
sewing fashion bracelets,
creating cool jewelry like Claire's.

i want link to instructions and craft name please

i dont want little kid crafts i like making store jewelry like this

http://www.claires.com/product.asp?id=5183&rcid=31&scid=34&color=silver

http://www.clairesn.co.jp/products/detail.php?c=3&n=30

http://www.forever21.com/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=FOREVER21&category%5Fname=acc_jewelry&page=1&pgCount=100&cookie%5Ftest=1

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/collage_handbag#

Theres a bunch of articles on how to make jewelry at wikihow. here's the link, just pick what you like! Good luck!
http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Personal-Accessories-and-Jewelry

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This is one of my favorite bracelets to make because it’s quick and easy and looks so stylish! Plus, it can accommodate any size wrist because memory wire expands easily.

You can use practically any size beads for this, just as long as the bead hole is large enough to pass through the wire.

A great group project for kids!

Materials list:
- Memory wire (bracelet size)
- Heavy duty wire cutters (or memory wire shears)
- Round-nose pliers
- Various beads

Source for materials:
I purchased the beads and memory wire from firemountain.com. I used my dad’s wire cutters and I was given the round-nose pliers for Christmas!

Duration : 0:4:24

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Learn how to connect the links in wire wrapped jewelry in this free video clip.

Expert: Nicole
Bio: Nicole has been involved in jewelry making as a hobby for several years.

Duration : 0:1:42

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A lapidary or lapidarist cuts and polishes gems.

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I have a book report coming up and the instructions say that I need to bring in an item to represent the protagonist(Alice) the antagonist(drugs) and 5 other items to show to help explain the plot. This is a school project which makes the items hard to find because of the subject matter. The items I have thought of are a diary, an empty pill bottle, and jewelry (because she worked at a jewelry store). Any ideas would be so incredibly helpful. Thank you!

Good job so far.

She mentions the curlers and her mom a lot. You can also find something to symbolize her life on the street. Find something to symbolize that scene at the babysitting job.

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I want to cut small pieces of wire and bend them around to make open, adjustable rings so the edge has to be smooth. I am looking for a power tool rather than a manual one.

Use a bench grinder with a fine grinding wheel on one side and a buffing wheel on the other side

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PLEASE HELP!!! I'm not very fond of selling my jewelry but I need the money. Family First. I need help finding a good place to sell them and get close to what they are worth, and a close idea of how much they are worth.
I have pics of them if that helps, and will photo share them at yahoo IM wandering_soul3465 …. Thank you for your help in advance.

1.) I have a white gold bracelet, 7 1/2 inch long, with 12 Sapphires in it.

2.) a 7 1/2 inch long, Celtic, bracelet. It has 11 Claddagh symbols. ( pair of hands holding a heart. )http://www.whats-your-sign.com/celtic-jewelry.html.

3.) a 17 1/2 in gold chain with a 10k gold heart pendant. the heart has 3 white stones and 4 red. ( I don't know it they are real rubies and diamonds ) pendant is about 1 1/2 cm.

4.) 3 different Crosses. one covered with diamonds and white gold. next, Gold…I think 10k but could be 14k.. with Jesus on it. last white gold with Jesus on it.

5.) 1 inch long Italian pepper pendant. Gold. I think 10k not sure.

6.) 14k gold S pendant, 1/2 inch long.

Thats all I'll list. But please if you know about jewelry help me. They were all gifts and do mean a lot to me. Finding the best price will make it easier to part.

Jewelry looses a lot of value once it is second hand. To be able to come up with an approx. price idea, we need the weight of the items. Your white gold bracelet could be anything between $ 20 and thousands, all depending on weight and design.

You will only end up with approx. 20% of the money that was initially spent buying the items. If it means a lot to you, I wouldn't sell it.

I want to add here, everything is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it. Just because you spend $ 100 for a jewelry item doesn't mean it is 'worth' $ 100. If you want the scrap value, what the content of solid gold is worth, you will have to weigh everything, calculate how much solid gold is in the lot and look up today's gold price.

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