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Jewelry Making Tips

Making Cameos from CopprClay

by Rena Klingenberg on August 17, 2010

Cyndi Lavin of Beading Arts made these wonderful, archaeological-looking cameos with CopprClay:
Find out how she did it in Making Small Cameos with CopprClay.
Cyndi Lavin of Beading Arts made these wonderful, archaeological-looking cameos with CopprClay:

I love these!
Find out how Cyndi worked her magic in Making Small Cameos with CopprClay.

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Fun with a New Metal Stamping Set

by Rena Klingenberg on March 14, 2010

I’ve been playing with the new alphabet metal stamping set by *******Infinity Stamps.
It’s a wonderfully vintage looking typeface called *******American Typewriter.
In my article *******Letter Stamps you can see some of the fun I’ve been having with these new metal stamps!
For stamping success tips, techniques, and discussion, you can see my tutorial on *******Metal Stamps – [...]

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Wire Wrapping a 2000 Year Old Arrowhead

by Rena Klingenberg on October 25, 2009

One day last week when our mailman delivered the mail, he brought an arrowhead and asked me to make it into a necklace for his grandson.

It’s an authentic one that he and his grandson found during a rafting trip in North Carolina.
They had stopped for a picnic during their adventure and saw the arrowhead on [...]

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Four Lovely Free Jewelry Tutorials – Breast Cancer Awareness Jewelry

by Rena Klingenberg on October 20, 2009

This month jewelry artist and breast cancer survivor Eri Attebery is offering four beautiful, unique tutorials for breast cancer awareness jewelry.
Here you can see two of the projects taught in these video tutorials:
Eri, also known as the Jewelry Making Professor, teaches a variety of jewelry techniques and projects through her high-quality videos.
For the month of [...]

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How to Make a Necklace Out of Steel Wire

by Rena Klingenberg on July 29, 2009

This nifty jewelry project involves making your own links and clasp, and adding a found-object centerpiece.

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Sea Glass – Nature’s Recycled Jewelry Components

by Rena Klingenberg on February 27, 2009

Get ready for a walk on the beach in search of jewelry components – the colorful bits of recycled glass known as sea glass.

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Beading and Biking Around the World

by Rena Klingenberg on February 9, 2009

See how Nancy Sathre-Vogel creates the life of her dreams by combining her passions for family, traveling the world, bicycling, and beading.

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