Inside Jewelry Stringing Magazine - All Comments

re: Get Inspired! Tips for Creating Original Designs

Stringing Editorial — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:34:17 GMT

Thanks for the tips, tpatcheson--including materials and techniques in your brainstorming is a great idea!

re: Get Inspired! Tips for Creating Original Designs

tpatcheson — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:18:11 GMT

I use word association for my design concepts. When I have a main theme, I add descriptive words, then I like to list materials: beads, crystals, buttons etc... that relate to each word. I also consider the emotions the theme or materials inspire in me, so l add more materials that enhance desired emotions, or eliminate undesired ones. I also list the techniques & stitches that can achieve the effect I want. This way , the work practically designs itself.

re: Essential Beading Wires For Your Bead Stash

ruthkaplan1950@gmail.com — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:17:53 GMT

I've always thought of .015 beading wire as medium weight and .012 as fine. I use .018 as medium/heavy and .024 as heavy.

I've recently invested in different colors (coated copper) 28 and 30 gauge wire for crocheting and Kumihimo braiding. Haven't started any projects with it yet. I like to have lots of different gauge "craft" wire around for use around the house and other crafts and various jewelry uses like making ends of multi-strand necklaces and braids to fit through cones, etc.

re: Decadent Jazz Age Jewels

Kelsy_C — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:58:10 GMT

Oh darn! Yes there was a typo in my blog address! FAIL! Thanks for catching that @shedevil50337.

The correct URL is http://looseendscraftblog.com.

~Kelsy

re: Essential Beading Wires For Your Bead Stash

Thebragal — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:42:09 GMT

filled wire is a pretty good option vs plated. Still not too expensive yet way more durable.

re: Essential Beading Wires For Your Bead Stash

ctutt — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:18:34 GMT

Wire is just plain fun to mess with. Replaced a bakers rack with a big chrome shelf in the kitchen only to realize I now had no place to hang big coffee mugs. Got some 18g. stainless steel wire at the hardware store, and bent it into two sets of cup hooks which fit into the spaces between the rods on the shelf unit. WOOT!

re: Essential Beading Wires For Your Bead Stash

leopardstripes — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:18:18 GMT

I like to have a lot of 20 gauge on hand, both in craft wire and precious metals. It's heavy enough to "doodle" new designs, but light enough to make findings such as earwires- the perfect "all purpose" size!

re: Decadent Jazz Age Jewels

shedevil50337 — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:00 GMT

Ignore my last comment, which hasn't appeared yet. There was a typo in Kelsey's blog address. It should be

http://looseendscraftblog.com

Kelsey, thank you for the tutorial. You've given me lots of ideas. I usually use seed beads but for the Jazz Age you must have pearls. :-)

re: Decadent Jazz Age Jewels

shedevil50337 — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:33:19 GMT

Kelsey, your tutorial sounds intriguing but I can't access your blog.

re: Decadent Jazz Age Jewels

BevM@17 — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:35:29 GMT

I'll look forward to the movie! In the meantime I found loads of inspiration on the Tiffany website. 1920's style jewellery has been all the rage here since an Australian series on crime figures in the 20's aired here last year. My response was to design a very long necklace with glass pearls and seed beads which can be worn knotted or unknotted, along with a matching bracelet and earrings, because jewellery in those days always came in sets.

re: Essential Beading Wires For Your Bead Stash

OhJoy — Sat, 18 May 2013 09:13:29 GMT

Good article, thanks. I like to have a good supply of the really cheap wire that comes on a spool in the craft section; the kind that has no guage listed and only comes in silver 'color' or 'goldtone.' Actually the reason I like to have this around is to play with. I don't draw my wire ideas on paper, I would rather feel it out with my hands. I bend and shape and pound with the inexpensive, very soft, wire and when I like what I have shaped I can use it as a pattern.

re: Essential Beading Wires For Your Bead Stash

OhJoy — Sat, 18 May 2013 09:13:25 GMT

re: Make a Cool Leather Clasp!

martinshaw — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:18:02 GMT

I love this look and would desperately like to be able to use this technique. I have tried countless times to follow these directions, but just end up with a jumble that doesn't work. I feel like an idiot, but you lost me at step three and I can't tell what you are doing in the third picture. Help, please. Maybe a video?

re: Decadent Jazz Age Jewels

Kelsy_C — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:36:11 GMT

I just posted a tutorial on my blog for how to make the pearl tassel necklace. It turned out so pretty!

~Kelsy

http://looseendscraftblog.bom

re: How to Sell Your Jewelry at a Craft Show

mylifeunderthebus — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:35:44 GMT

I can't believe I just found this but Thank You so much for the reference! : )