Making Your Own Jewelry is Easier than You Think
Article by JTV.COM STAFF
(BPT) - If you love jewelry, and you also love to tap into your artistic side, you're in luck! Making jewelry is a gratifying hobby, and there are great resources available to help you learn how to craft unique pieces. With little or no previous experience, you can make beautiful jewelry for yourself, or make meaningful holiday gifts for others. Jewelry making is an engaging pastime and produces something truly one-of-a-kind.
Find project guides and how-to videos to help guide you along the way with resources from Jewelry Television (JTV) via JTV.com, the Jewel School YouTube channel and at various times throughout the week on JTV's broadcast. All the instructors are jewelry-making experts and enthusiasts who are constantly learning, experimenting and collaborating with each other to bring you the latest techniques and trends, from beginning beading to advanced kumihimo (Japanese braiding).
Here are just a few ways you can use the guides and tutorials to get started - or to up your jewelry-making game.
Beginner essentials
If you're new to making jewelry and looking for basic tools to get started, check out the YouTube tutorial called "Essential Supplies for Jewelry Making" to start your shopping list. The instructor in the tutorial explains the basic supplies you will need, such as:
* Stringing wire
* 24, 22 and 20 gauge wire
* Bead stoppers
* Crimping beads
* Crimp covers
* Crimping pliers
* Chain nose pliers
Then the real fun begins - you can start personalizing your craft by selecting beads and other materials to use in your jewelry-making. JTV partners with some of the largest jewelry making manufacturers around the globe to bring all the best tools, versatile beads, wires and other jewelry-making necessities in one place. And to make things easier than wandering