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Designing Your Own Jewelry

December 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Hand Crafted

Before you start making your own jewelry, designing and planning is vital.  When you plan, always remember that you have to be arranged in all aspects as you go along with your jewelry making.  Necessary tools and material are important ; however, you don’t just grab those things because you need them.  Sometimes we make mistakes by trying the incorrect materials ; an example of this is when we selected the wrong beads and ending up with a mess, a complete waste of your time and materials.  So, it is critical to selected the right kind of materials you’ll be using, or rather selected a top quality of materials that may last long without fading. 

The most common materials are handmade glass beads, gemstones, and other metal materials that come in various sizes, colors, and varieties.  They are the loveliest materials that make up your jewelry.  However looks can be deceiving.  Beads are beautiful small pieces, but if you are not smart enough to pick top quality beads, you might finish up with faded beads.  Gemstones and other metal materials, if carefully looked after, will last many lifetimes, but others do not.  Frequently good quality beads, gemstones, and other metal materials are far more expensive to buy, but it actually pays when you realize that they can last for a lifetime! 

But if you are intending to make fun and trendy designs, you can go with the less expensive materials.  Finding out how to source the best wholesale jewelry is best done online through places like eBay. 

As beads and other materials come in various sizes, choosing the correct size for your design is critical as well .  You do not need to pick heavy beads to pull off the design shape of your necklace.  Heavy beads may cause tiara tips bending over in your jewelry.  Extremely light beads can look flimsy and won’t go with your desired designed shape. 

Making a dramatic design statement typically comes with plenty of large beads; in this situation you can incorporate hollow metal beads, wood or other light weight materials, which will help you make the finished item from being too heavy to wear.  There are lots of light weight beads that look stunning, Bali silver beads are a nice example of this. 

The point of the beads is really essential if you are designing a special bead effect for your jewelry.  Add a dramatic touch which will make a certain bead stand proud.  Others use organic designs, composed of beads that mix together giving an overall beautiful cohesive impression, thus choosing beads that are similar in color tone and sizes are very important things to do. 

After having completed a number of items, and probably planning on selling them, you can come up with this equation for your pricing: value of the beads + your time + expenses and other materials.  There are many places that you can sell your jewelry : craft shows, home parties and you can learn all about setting up your online jewelry store by searching the internet for ideas.

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