Jewelry Making Tips

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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How to Make a Necklace Out of Steel Wire

by Rena Klingenberg

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

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

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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Ideas for Embellished, Altered Keys

by Rena Klingenberg

A tempting tutorial for endlessly fascinating ways to embellish and alter discarded keys.

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