Resin is gaining a lot of popularity lately. Although you can use resin to make large pieces, I’m not there yet so these tips are more for small pieces. Resin is a great way to personalize jewelry pieces and be very creative. Different things you can make include, keychains, pendants, dice, chess pieces, coasters, trinket…
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Chainmaille Box Chain and Trapped Bead Chain
Today I want to talk about two new chains. I’ve previously posted about the 4 in 1 and the 6 in 1 chain that is posted here. With those under our belts it’s time to move on to the box chain and a trapped bead chain. Just like the first two chains, these go hand…
Beginner Chainmaille – European 4 in 1 and 6 in 1 Chains
This is a post for all those interested in chainmaille but not quite sure where to begin. Look no further, this is a great place to start, with a discussion on basic chains. I picked these two because they are simple and relatively the same, so if you can master one, you will definitely be…
Scalemaille Arm Bands
It’s been a while since I posted about scalemaille, with halloween fast approaching its a good piece to add in. In this post I will be discussing creating an arm cuff. Although it takes a little time, it is pretty straight forward. For this project you will need: 200 large scales, you may use more…
Polymer Clay Donut Pendants
Let me start with a disclaimer, this doesn’t look as great as I imagined. I’ve never been great with sculpting, but I’ve been seeing a lot of polymer clay charms and pendants lately and I really wanted to give it a shot. Although, these don’t look fantastic, I see the potential for what it could…
Friendship Bracelets – The 3 Basics
When I was a kid, summer was the season for friendship bracelets and with good reason. These bracelets are great for kids and teens. Once you get the hang of it, these are eas y to make and since there’s a million different colour combinations, each one is unique. First let’s talk about supplies. …
Chainmaille – Scale Bracelet
After make a bunch of scale flowers, I didn’t have a lot of small scales left but I really wanted to try chaining them together as a bracelet. So I laid all the small scales out that had at least two matching colours and tried to create a pattern in a straight row, once that…
Scalemaille Flowers
I recently bought a chainmaille kit from a friend at work. She had put together various rings, scales, and instructions for a newbie. This is something I’ve wanted to try for a while so I was really excited to give this a go. Chainmaille is armour or jewelry made by connecting metal rings. Using pliers the rings…
Angel Wing Anklet
Recently I was at Michaels I found a Jewelry kit for $5. Over the years I have fallen in and out of love with making jewelry, so I have a tiny bit of knowledge, certainly enough to scrape by. So why not give this a go. This particular kit(linked here) comes with: 1 purple cording (3…
The Skillful Meeple 