Making Beading Jewellery
Posted on Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
where can i buy a great beading/jewelry making kit?
willing to spend up to $100 needs to have everything i would need to make jewelry as i have no supplies.
Most craft stores sell kits that sometimes include everything you need to make a few projects. My advice is, if you’re planning on beading to make money, pass on the kits. Pick up a couple of beading magazines (not pricey books), and buy a set of tools plus a crimping tool. Next step is to talk to a sales person at the craft store (I can recommend both Michaels and AC Moore). Decide what it is you want to make and get help from the associate with your purchases. If the store offers beading classes, TAKE AT LEAST ONE! Once you are familiar with the basic techniques, spend your money on quality beads. Note on wire….when making a necklace or bracelet, the supplies may list beading wire. This usually refers to “tiger tail” and not a stiffer wire. Tiger tail requires crimp beads, and using crimp beads takes practice.
To Jackie B. You’re joking, right? Wal-Mart will do in a pinch. It would not be my first (or 2nd or 3rd) recommendation for beading supplies.
How to Make Beaded Jewelry : Making a Beaded Bracelet
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SE Bead Crimping Plier – 5 $6.00 Bead Crimping Pliers are a new low cost hand tool for forming a smooth crimp. They eliminate the sharp-edged crimp formed by using conventional pliers. Works well with either round or tube crimps. This model has curved jaws…. |
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SE Large Beginner Beading Kit $16.95 Top of the line and great for small work such as beading or fly-tying. Everything you will need for small crafts packed in a heavy-duty, zippered black canvas pouch. This includes (4) pair of spring-loaded needle-nose pliers with jaws sized at 3/16 in., 3/32 in., 1/16 in., and 1/32 in.wide, a pair of end nippers, both stranded and fine-point tweezers, a 3-1/2 in./80mm brass calipers, a very sharp … |
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Donegan OptiVISOR The Donegan OptiVISOR is a hands-free, headband binocular magnifier that has optical glass lenses that are ground and polished into prismatic lenses for quality and clarity, and is available in multiple dioptric strengths (indicated by the number in the model) which provide specific magnification power (X) at specific focal lengths, or distance from object. This magnifier enhances the si… |
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G-S HYPO Cement Precision Applicator Glue Watch Jewelry Hobby Repair Tool $4.99 *This is a new tube of G-S Hypo cement. This cement is great for hobbies, crafts, model building, ceramic & plastic repair, fly fishing lures, watch crystals jewelry making, bead crafts and screw locking. Glue comes with Precision applicator for fine detail work…. |
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Jewelry Designer Bead Organizer Carrying Case … |
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Round Nose Craft Pliers 4 Jewellery Making and beading Built in coil spring for easy useProfessional qualityMaterial: Stainless SteelAn ideal and essential tool for jewellery makingIdeal for a variety of jobsThese pliers measure 12cm in length Contents1 x Round Nose Craft Pliers… |
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Alex Toys Friends 4 Ever Bracelet Making Kit $17.95 Make colorful friendship bracelets the easy way with Friends 4 Ever Bracelet Making Kit from ALEX. Designed for crafty kids ages eight and up, this kit includes the friendship wheel, a handy tool that simplifies the weaving process so you can make as many bracelets as you have friends. The kit contains 22 different colors of string, beads, needle, and color-coded looms that can be used again and … |
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Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Stringing Beads with over 200 beads $9.95 Open up your own jewelry-making factory with this Wooden Stringing Beads set. This conveniently packaged, brightly painted set contains more than 200 wooden letters and beads. There are also eight colored cords to make necklaces and bracelets that you can keep or give as gifts. Stored in a durable, handy wood tray…. |
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Donegan DA-5 OptiVisor Headband Magnifier, 2.5x Magnification, 8 Focal Length $29.99 Optical glass binocular magnification in a headset made of lightweight, durable, impact-resistant material. Headband is easily adjustable to fit any size. Can be tilted up when not needed. Wear with or without glasses…. |
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Creating Wire & Beaded Jewelry with Linda Jones $29.94 Follow along as Linda Jones, the author of 5 wonderful books on wire and bead jewelry (also available from Amazon.com) takes you on a journey of how to use basic tools and wire to create clasps, jump rings, spirals, squiggles, heiroglyphics and much more! Linda has taken a workshop normally offered over 2 days and condensed it down to 2.5 hours of easy to follow lessons for the home viewer. Al… |