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I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s Christmas Tree tutorial ’cause here we go again! Its time for part 2: Christmas Wreaths!
Don’t you just love the holidays? My mom sure does and her spirit is certainly infectious. This year she asked me to make some Christmas charms for her to give to our family on Christmas Eve. I really like what I eventually came up with and so I thought I would make a tutorial for any chainmaillers who celebrate Christmas (or want to give a small but handmade gift to someone who does.) These are also pretty fast so they make good last minute oops-I-forgot-someone gifts too!
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.
I set out to write this post the other day (after a few delays with my camera) only to realize that lighting conditions weren’t exactly optimal. However, I tried anyway and it turned out to be a great way to demonstrate how well a lightbox can work. See?
After getting in some new products and playing around a bit, I like the new cotton cords we’ve gotten so much, I couldn’t resist making myself this cute, simple necklace – perfect for rainy days!
If you like it, make one for yourself! The cord features a style I have always knows as “spiral staircase” and it the easiest style of friendship bracelet I ever made. How to and materials list after the cut.
Branching off into a new craft can be incredibly daunting – the first few attempts at learning a new skill always feel so strange, almost hopelessly awkward, but everyone has to start somewhere, right?
For me that ’somewhere’ was a pegboard. An essential tool for forming wire into shapes which can then be put together, the pegboard is relatively easy to use once you get the hang of it. The trick of it is that wire has a tendency to spring back and, therefore, closing a shape can be the hardest part.
Part 1 of this series walked you through building your own lightbox (also known as a softbox) to help you take great photos of your jewelry masterpieces . Now here we are with Part 2 – hopefully things won’t get toooo technical =)
Completed Flower Earings
Hi there, welcome to my first Beginner’s Do-It-Yourself tutorial! Today I am going to walk you through how to create these fun spring earrings as well as your own ear wires. Its pretty easy, I promise; let’s get started. You’ll need three kinds of pliers (chain nose, bent nose, and round nose) and a wire cutter to complete this project.
If you are using coloured rings like I am, be careful with your pliers as they can scratch the colour off if you are too rough.
The rest of the guide is after the jump! (Click “more…” below)
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