Jewelry Making Tips

Biker Chic Jewelry

In the latest issue of my Jewelry Business Success News ezine, we talked about 2011 fashion trends and how you might incorporate them in your jewelry designs. I mentioned that one of the clothing trends for this year is “biker chic” – which takes traditional motorcyclist styles and gives them a new fashionista twist. Maryanne [...]

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Making Cameos from CopprClay

by Rena Klingenberg

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

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 [...]

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Wire Wrapping a 2000 Year Old Arrowhead

by Rena Klingenberg

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 [...]

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Four Lovely Free Jewelry Tutorials – Breast Cancer Awareness Jewelry

by Rena Klingenberg

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 [...]

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