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What do you need to make custom jewelry on a budget?

Free e-book on easy to find/use threads, needles, eye/head/pins

Basic supplies

What kind of beads can you use to make jewelry?

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Big beads for simple collage ideas, drops or pendants
Black beads such as natural kukui beads


Black kukui beads with 3 silk thread colors.

Flower beads can embellish a pattern

Indonesian beads


Vintage or not with beautiful patterns.

Glass beads for their colors for elegant or fancy jewelry

Design ideas with glass pearl beads

colorful plastic beads

Design ideas with resin beads

What can you do with buttons?

Make your own flower rings with buttons and simple bead embroidery techniques

With beautiful buttons, you can make earrings in a snap

Choker made with 2 mother of pearl buttons and fresh water pearls

Here, you will find a flower made with buttons almost in a snap.

How can you use charms?

You can make charm bracelets,

earring charms,

necklaces.

Sea shell design ideas

Making pendants with a shell

Make earrings with simple shells

Design ideas with shells charms

Use magical gemstone meanings to give a nice vibe to your jewelry

Rose quartz necklace design idea
Finishing a drop with a leaf or feather.
Chandelier earrings with pietersite and rose quartz beads.
Designing with turquoise
Necklace made with different types of turquoise beads
Last design is made with grey agate tubes and vintage beads.

Jewelry making findings

Cone, clasps, bars, earrings and rings craft findings

Finishing a jewelry with crimp beads, French bullion, bead tips and cord tips

Silver is more expensive but will really enhance your pattern

Styles and terminology

Use sequins as spacer beads.
Random stringing with silk thread and different types of beads.

Bib design idea
Lariat design idea

"How to "basics, on a budget, almost in a snap!

1step: open/close a jump ring

Very simple: stringing jewelry with elastic cord.

how to string and finish a jewelry with wire thread

How to string and finish a jewelry with nylon/silk thread

See how to finish a jewelry when using a snake chain or ribbon or cord

Here, you can see how to use ribbon and chain together.

Here, is an easy technique for pearl knotting: the double needle method.

How to make wire jewelry just with head/eye pins

What are eye/head pins?

With eye pins, you can make earwires in a snap!

Pattern for necklace design ideas with craft chain, beads using the simple loop technique.

Make a bracelet with amber chips, silver findings using the eye loop technique.

Earring made in a snap with nice findings and rose quartz with the wire technique.

Simple beading techniques can embellish a pattern

Fringe, tassel and donut embellishment.

Earrings made with mother of pearl butterflies and black onyx fringes.

Embellishing a craft tassel with seed beads or other small beads to finish a pendant nicely.

right-angle-weave- technique

Beaded beads done with the right angle weave technique.


Necklace design idea with a beaded bead.

Costume jewelry, simple ideas

Collage for bead embellishment

Use current color trends to make fashion jewelry with your own style.

Yellow is so trendy now!

Polymer clay ideas.

"Girly" earrings made with "millfiori" beads.
Beads made with simple dots using polymer clay.
Beads made with polymer clay and seed beads

Videos

If you prefer to see how to instead of reading explanations, here are videos. More will be added.