Brass Bristle Brush Burnishing
When you’re working with sterling silver (92.5% silver) or fine silver (99.9% silver), including silver precious metal clay (pmc), you’ll need to burnish your silver in order to finish your piece. Whenever you heat your piece, it will turn colors. If heated in a kiln, it will turn white. After soldering, you’ll need to pickle…
How to Create an Arrow Ring – Preview
While I’m working on the newest tutorial for members, I wanted share a peek with you! You can watch a few of the steps that I use to create this Rustic Arrow Ring in Sterling Silver in the video below. I’m putting the finishing touches on the full tutorial, with full instructions and lists and…
How to Create a Rainbow Patina
Learn how to create a gorgeous rainbow patina on your metal clay piece! Check out this quick vid I shot today! Creating a rainbow patina is easy to do, and fun to experiment with! Give it a try and see how many color combos you can come up with on your PMC pieces! In this…
How to Stamp Fired PMC with Jett Sett
You can use metal stamps to create designs and lettering on fired pmc pieces. BUT if you find yourself with a fired piece that you don’t want to mess up the front design of the piece, but still want to stamp something on the back of the piece, you will find this tool very helpful!…
Create a Ring from Sterling Silver Scrap
Have some scrap pieces of sterling silver sheet laying around, and you’re not quite sure what to do with it? You could melt it down into decorative silver balls and blobs, you could send it in to a metal seller in exchange for cash or store credit, OR you could do what I just did!…
Make Dangle Bar Earrings with Brass & Sterling Silver Wire – Tutorial
All you need for today’s tutorial is a couple inches of brass square wire and 4-6 inches of round sterling silver wire and you’re on your way to a fantastic set of earrings that can be multi-functional! Check out more… In today’s vid I mention a few tools… if you don’t have them yet, here…
Add Color to Your Silver Jewelry with Gilder’s Paste
Need to add a little pizzaz to your silver jewelry? I suggest you check out Gilder’s Paste! It’s a fantastic product newly out on the market, available in many beautiful hues, blues, greens, deep rich coral reds, even a knock you out orange among many others! Gilder’s Paste is an oil-based product that you can…
How to Mold Antique Buttons for Jewelry Components
A beautiful way to create unique components for your jewelry is to mold designs from antique buttons! Thanks to my husband’s mother and grandmother, I now have a stash of fabulous old buttons – some dating back to the early 1900’s! Lately I’ve been obsessed with making rings, earrings, and pendants by using the designs…
Create a Unique Dimpled Design in a Silver Ring
Want to spice up your stacking rings? This technique is simple, easy to do, and cheap to accomplish (which is always a plus!) In today’s vid, I go over how to drill little dimples and divots into a basic 8mm sterling silver stacking ring. [content_box_paper_white width=”80%”] [/content_box_paper_white] A dremel is a pretty inexpensive tool to…
How to Make a Simple Stacking Ring
I love stacking rings! And the most wonderful thing – with a few simple tools and a little know-how, they’re so simple to create! In this tutorial, I go through each step I take to create a simple silver stacking ring! Check it out here… You can download my ring sizing tool that I talk…
How to Set a Stone Cabochon with a Bezel Roller
Working on setting some fabulous stone cabochons in sterling and fine silver! In this video I’m using my bezel roller (technically it’s called a bezel roller but I’ve been calling it a bezel pusher in this video haha) to help me set this beautiful rhodochrosite cabochon in a fine silver bezel with sterling silver wire…
New Jewelry Making Supplies
I just got in a new shipment of jewelry making supplies today! I love opening up a new box of supplies that I practically tackle the poor postman when he comes to my door ;) Check out what I’m so excited to open today… If you don’t have a ring mandrel, I suggest you get…
Big Craft Stores
You don’t have to be a craft nut to enjoy the big retail craft stores. But if you’re a jewelry nut like me, you just may LOVE wandering the isles! I can find some awesome – and some unexpected- supplies at the big chains… What are your newest supplies you’re excited to try out? What…
Toggle Clasps for Earrings
Find yourself with a few extra toggle clasps around? Or perhaps have a decorative set of toggle clasps you can’t find a design for yet? Create some earrings! Toggle clasps are excellent for use on necklaces. The weight of a necklace (and gravity) helps keep the necklace in place. But have you ever noticed that when toggle…
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