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DIY/Tutorials Index

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Welcome to our handy list of easy tutorials from the For the Love of Beads Blog!
Each post below features a step by step tutorial for creating your own piece of jewelry (or something else pretty) as well as a list of supplies required. Happy crafting!
Once your done, I’ll bet you want to get some good photographs of your work. If you need some tips, head on over to our helpful photography guide and get snapping!
Chainmail:

Other:
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DIY Photography Index

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Welcome to our photography guide; first in a series of Do-It-Yourself Instructions to help you show off and sell all your beautiful jewelry creations!

The first post will walk you through the steps for building a lightbox, a simple tool for getting great lighting in unlikely situations; the second talks about how to use your cameras settings to achieve the look you want; and the third is a discussion of composition and background choices.

Part 1: DIY Lightbox Tutorial
Part 2: Aperture & Other Camera Settings
Part 3: Backgrounds and Composition
Part 4: Best Photos From the Blogosphere

But before you can get a good picture, you need something cool to take a photograph of so if you need some inspiration to get started, check out our easy and fun DIY tutorials and my experiments with wirewrapping!
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The History of Beads

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Welcome the the History of Beads index! So far Suzanne has taken us through most of the Americas and soon she will be heading off to another continent to search out cool and interesting ways in which beads were part of the lives of our ancestors. I’ll be sure to update this index as she explores and shares her findings! Enjoy!

North America
South America Part 1 – Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs

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Emi’s Wire Jewelry Index

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Welcome to the wire jewelry index page!

The posts below describe my experiments with wire as I seek to master this versatile medium, as well as some hopefully helpful tips I have picked up along the way. For guides featuring other media, click on over to our Tutorials page.

Part 1: Introduction & Pegboard/Wig jig
Part 2: Simple Wire Jewelry & an Easy tutorial
Part 3: Showcase!

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Showcase Index

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These posts are a collection of cool things I have found around the web as well as jewelry I have made featuring something made by one of my blog buddies! Enjoy!

Emi Originals Featuring Sue Beads:
Wire Earrings
Cord & Key Necklace
Coiled wire pendant

Blog Buddies Creations:
TotusMel’s Tatted Masks
Rebeca Mojico’s Micromail – “Poseidon’s Embrace”

Other Cool Finds:
Eninja’s  Leather Jewelry
Madunde’s Steampunk Computer
Michael’s Chainmail Critters

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DIY Chainmail

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Featured here are all of my chainmail tutorials in order by the date of their original posting. More are sure to be added so check back and see what other new ideas we have for you! For other kinds of tutorials, click here.

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