Jewelry Making

For those of you who are allergic to metals and are always on the lookout for jewelry alternatives, you should check out the rings at The Carrotbox. A lot of folks who can’t wear metal jewelry resort to making DIY non-metallic out of beads, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s just sometimes you’d like to be able to BUY a piece of jewerly that you can wear. It seems like non-metallic rings are particularly difficult to find because the band of a ring is almost always made of metal, even if the stones and pieces set in/on it are not. Necklaces and bracelets are more frequently completely non-metallic.

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There’s a short article by guide Tammy Powley on the Jewelry Making About.com site about a wire worker (Dianna Wennblom) who after becoming a jewelry instructor, decided to take the next step and offer a complete class on wire jewelry on a DVD.

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Bellaceti released the limited ed. Caitlyn Necklace

The Caitlyn Necklace features a large Lemon Jade drop over an inch in diameter, matched with green and cream swirled discs and jade green round Czech beads. A deliciously soft yellow-green combination that welcomes the arrival of spring.

Green and white swirled Czech rounds strung with jade-green Czech glass beads on durable SoftFlex™ wire, approximately 16″ long. The Lemon Jade drop is about 1 1/2″ long. Finished with sterling silver wire and toggle clasp.

[Full disclosure: I personally help make some of the pieces at Bellaceti.com]

Tammy Powley from the Jewelry Making About.com site gives some initial ideas for selling your jewelry items through online auctions such as Ebay.

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