Many websites offer help and advice for people beginning to make their own jewellery. Some of the more helpful and interesting sites are listed here.
Making Jewelry
Making Jewelry is a well structured site with easy to follow how-to guides on beading and all types of jewellery projects. Each project clearly lists items crafters will need to complete the projects and the instructions are free. Projects include stringing beads, wire wrapping jewellery and creating charm bracelets.
A useful beginners section also includes lists of basic tools, types of beads, design elements and other tips and tricks for people starting their first piece.
All Info About Jewelry Making
While there are a lot of different projects on this site, most of the projects use seed beads, making them a little bit more fiddly and perhaps not so suitable for complete beginners.
One of the more useful aspects of this site is that it has a newsletter that crafters can sign up for to get new projects, tips, hints and ideas delivered straight to their inboxes.
Jewelry Making & Beading At AllCrafts.net
There are some nice simple projects on this website, which gathers together ideas from a lot of sources. Some could be used by children, for example the beaded Valentine heart pin and the kids' art pendant, while others art a little bit more fiddly like the cell phone and angel charms.
Other projects get more intricate, especially the beading projects to create beautiful snowflakes which will probably prove too difficult for beginners but will be fun and satisfying for more advanced crafters.
Other Resources
There are many other resources available for crafters, including other websites which can be found by using an internet search engine.
Some of these include:
- How-to-make-beaded-jewelry.com
- Wittyliving.com/crafts/jewelry - Beaded jewelry making, free projects and patterns
- Wigjig.com - Jewelry making with beads, jewelry tools, wire and jewelry making supplies by WigJig
- Jewelryartistmagazine.com
Internet searches can also provide lists of stockists of equipment and supplies for anyone who wants to make their own jewellery, and most craft stores stock the beads and wire used in many of the projects listed on these sites.
Most libraries will stock reference books on making jewellery or will be able to order in titles if they do not stock them, and libraries can also be good sources of information for finding out about local workshops or classes. Local colleges will also sometimes run jewellery making sessions, often as evening classes or one day workshops.
There are many ways to begin making jewellery, and it can prove to be a satisfying hobby for people of all ages.
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