around a huge craft store, you can order whatever you need to get started via the Jewelry Television channel or at JTV.com.
Tutorials
Once you're set up with supplies, look for step-by-step tutorials to help guide you through any jewelry-making project that you fancy. Try out projects like "Making Tousled Tassel with a Tassel Maker" - which you can stop and replay as needed while you're first learning the techniques. There are hundreds of tutorials to choose from, showing you how to make everything from rings, bangles and bracelets to earrings, necklaces and pendants, in a wide variety of styles and using many different materials.
Personalize every project
Follow these step-by-step instructions to make an easy but gorgeous pair of chandelier earrings. You can customize the project to suit your own style by choosing whatever kinds of materials you prefer, and you can make the earrings as simple or as complex as you want, depending on your level of experience. Watch the video on YouTube and/or follow these instructions to learn the basics:
BEAUTY AND FASHION
Step-by-step process for making beautiful chandelier earrings:
Step 1: Choose headpins and beads that fit your style and put the beads on the headpins.
Step 2: Use the One-Step Looper to make loops at the end of each headpin, creating beaded dangles you can attach to the loops on your chandelier component. By using the One-Step Looper, you get perfect loops every time!
Step 3: Use chain nose pliers to slightly open the loops you've made.
Step 4: Attach the loops to the chandelier component and close them using chain nose pliers.
Step 5: Rock the amazing earrings you just created!
Making your own jewelry is a fun and satisfying creative outlet that you can pursue at your own pace. You could even throw a jewelry-making party this holiday season, making new creations to wear for yourself, or to give as gifts or swap with friends.