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Easy Beaded Wire Ring

Today’s crafty creation is a easy beaded wire ring. This tutorial calls for steel wire, but you could easily make it out of the wire of your choice. The supplies that you will need to make this ring are: wire, beading wire, bead of your choice, wood dowel or ring mandrel, and Continue reading

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How To Make A Double Strand Beaded Bracelet

Here is the double strand beaded bracelet tutorial that I said I was going to make a few weeks back…Below you will find a list of the tools and supplies needed to make this easy bracelet…Supply List, 6/0 seed beads (your choice in color), Assortment of larger beads, One 9 – 10″ piece of bead wire, Metal button, Crimp tube, Crimp cover, Bead Clamp, Flush cutters, Chain nose pliers, Crimping pliers, Continue reading

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How to make copper beads.

Here is a short tutorial on how to make copper wire wrapped beads for your jewelry designs. Continue reading

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Paper and Wire Wrapped Bead Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to make copper wire wrapped paper beads with aged paper from an old book. You can make unique wire jewelry by using these copper wire wrapped paper beads. Tools you will need: Round nose pliers, flush cutters, chain nose pliers, ruler, copper wire 18ga. & 20ga., paint brush, some kind of adhesive sealant and protector for decoupage (such as Mod Podge or Liquitex), and an old book with aged pages.
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My Polymer Clay Projects

Some artist are VERY talented when it comes to working with polymer clay. But NOT me. I have seen some really beautiful beads made from polymer clay. So I thought that I would Continue reading

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New Toy!!!

I got a new toy, can’t wait to try out. It is going to make punching holes a whole lot easier. Continue reading

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