Tutorials & Favorite Posts

To save you the frustration of trying to find those free tutorials you remember reading here and wishing you had "pinned", we will compile them for you here. Enjoy!

China Painting - Caroline Dewison



Rolo-Chain-Style Links for Larger Holed Beads - Keirsten Giles



Beaded Drop Feather Earring Tutorial - Rebekah Payne




Spring Flower Bead Tutorial - Caroline Dewison



Making Your Own Texture Plates for Metal Embossing - Keirsten Giles




Stamp Doodling Part 2 -Rebekah Payne




QR Codes - Melissa Meman




Cigar Box Displays - Jenny Davies-Reazor



Finding Space to Make Jewelry in a Tiny Home - Keirsten Giles



Behind the Scenes at Tree Wings Studio: Stamp Doodling - Rebekah Payne



Spiral Play - Part 2 - Kristen Stevens




Throw out that expensive camera-Jen Cameron




Turning Photographs into Digital Etching Patterns-Keirsten Giles




Flower Tendril Earring Tutorial-Lesley Watt




Twins Addiction Tutorial (using Preciosa Twins for a beaded rope)-Kristen Stevens




Ruffled Wire Components-Melissa Meman




Lampwork Tutorial: Frit Twisties-Susan Kennedy




Make Your Own-Beaded Fringe Feather Focal-Rebekah Payne




Wooly Wire Pendant Tutorial-Linda Landig




Safer Silver Etching-Caroline Dewison




Quick Stack Disc Stack with Double Ended Headpins-Jen Cameron




Confessions (Creating Photo Backgrounds)-Keirsten Giles




Building a Raku Kiln-Caroline Dewison




Thinking In Color Part II-Francesca Watson




Annealing Shocky Glass-Susan Kennedy




Fun With Chain (and No Soldering!)-Keirsten Giles




Make Your Own-Wire-wrapped Feather Bracelet-Rebekah Payne





How did I not know about this? (Sticker Making for Sawing Metal)-Francesca Watson




Wire Wrapping Kumihimo Ends-Susan Kennedy




Production Work (Or, "I Must Be Out of My Mind")-Keirsten Giles




Beaded Wire Macrame Toggle Bars-Lesley Watt




Spiral Play-The Basics Part I-Kristen Stevens




Etching Revisited-Francesca Watson




Packaging-making Unique Embossed Bags-Caroline Dewison




Hosting a Destash Event-Linda Landig





Making Your Own Clay Cutters-Caroline Dewison




Three Super Simple Ball Chain Ends-Keirsten Giles




Ball Chain Ends Part II-Keirsten Giles




Cute Minimalist Gift Wrapping-Diana P.




Quick and Easy Beaded Bag Charm/Keychain-Lesley Watt




Freeform Friday: The Briolette Wrap-Jenny Davies-Reazor




Easy Earring Tutorial-Jen Cameron




Ornament Hanger Tutorial: Susan Kennedy




Simple Beaded Bead Tutorial-Caroline Dewison




Braided Bead Rope Tutorial-Lesley Watt




Inspired by Tulips; the Exploration of Creating a 3D Shape in Metal-Keirsten Giles




Etching with Transparencies-Caroline Dewison




BOC Funny Face Tutorial-Susan Kennedy




Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Tutorial-Jenny Davies-Reazor




Simple Sliding Bracelet-Caroline Dewison




The Perfect Organizational Tool + a Tutorial to make it more attractive-Tracee Dock




Lucky Charms-Melissa Meman




Button Closure Bracelet Tutorial-Linda Landig




Riveting with Wire-Caroline Dewison




Be Still! (or how to keep a shank style bead from twisting)-Melissa Meman




Patience is a Virtue: Mold Making-Caroline Dewison




Two More Pressed Flower Bead Designs-Rebekah Payne




Electroforming-Caroline Dewison




Ball Chain End Loops-Melissa Meman




Inside Outside Pressed Flower Beads-Rebekah Payne




Texture Texture Texture-Kristi Bowman




Wildflower Molds for Beadmaking-Rebekah Payne




Experiments in Coloring on Metal-Francesca Watson




Tutorial-Primrose Hill Earrings-Jo Tinley




Make Your Own Wire-wrapped Suede Tassel Bracelet-Rebekah Payne




Product Review and Tutorial for Using the Mighty Punch-Francesca Watson




Tips for Moving a Ceramic (and other) Art Studios-Karen Totten




Using a Bow Drill-Jo Tinley




Ornament Hanger How-To: Sue Kennedy




Fun With Wooly Wire (make a charm)-Diana P.




Tutorial: Fun with UV Resin-Diana P.











Whispers from Neverland (a tutorial on using Twins in Russian Spiral)-Kristen Stevens













Wire Macrame Earring Tutorial-Lesley Watt













Chestnut Brown Copper-Francesca Watson










Big Shot, the Sequel-Melissa Meman













Hearts and Flowers Tutorial-Jo Tinley










Polymer Clay How-To: faceted crackle beads-Rebekah Payne











Spring Flowers...Eye Candy and Tutorial-Melissa Meman













Plastered-Jenny Davies-Reazor












Embossed Lampwork Beads-Sue Kennedy











My Favorite Alternative to LOS-Melissa Meman











Making Hollow Beads-Jo Tinley













Polymer Clay How-To: Exotic Bloom Kaleidoscope Cane-Rebekah Payne











Embossing Metal with the Sizzix BigShot-Melissa Meman













Experimentation-Warm Pickle and LOS-Sue Kennedy












Three of my Favorite Polymer Bead Making Tips-Rebekah Payne











One of my Favorite Go-To Components (making a toggle using a copper washer)-Melissa Meman













Twisted Flower Bead Tutorial-Sue Kennedy













WoolyWire Bead Link Tutorial-Diana P.











The Making of Pie Beads-Karen Totten











More Adventures in Goldie Bronze-Kristi Bowman













Ear Wires...with a Twist!-Melissa Meman












Soldering Tips Part 1-Jo Tinley











Soldering Tips Part 2-Jo Tinley











Soldering Tips Part 3-Toggle Clasp Tutorial-Jo Tinley










Glass Headpin Earrings-Jen Cameron













Firing Copper Clay-Kristi Bowman











WoolWire Tutorial: How to Finish the Ends-Genea Crivello-Knable













Free-form Wire Fibula-Melissa Meman










Charm and Charm Again-Jenny Davies-Reazor


















Using Scrap Copper to Create your own Elements-Jen Cameron












Winter Earrings-Sue Kennedy











Easy Winter Tree Cane Tutorial-Rebekah Payne












Creating Cute Stud Earrings out of Scrap Silver-Joanne Tinley




Polymer Clay Silverware Textured Beads-Rebekah Payne



Using Scratch Foam to Create Original Textures-Kristi Bowman




Double Headpins-Melissa Meman




Building an Ammonite Focal-Kristi Bowman



Enameling Pens Trial and Error-Melissa Meman



Step By Step Copper Yosemite Acorn Bead-Kristi Bowman



Jewelry Supply Shopping at the Hardware Store-Jenny Davies-Reazor



Creating a Ceramic Bead from a yard sale find-Marti Conrad




Writing a Press Release-Barbara Lewis


Getting Published-Barbara Lewis


6 comments :

  1. I am new to blogging, have been beading and now wanting to work with copper and lampworking. :-0
    Love your blog!

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  2. Just found this page and feel like a kid in a candy store. My jewelry making is pure hobby and trying lots of different things. Gonna LIVE here!!! Thanks!!!

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  3. Love this ...so happy I found this site and will spread the word

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  4. Love your site and your clear instructions. THANKYOu!

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  5. Love this site! Thank you for all the helpful tips and ideas!

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