A basic charm or pendant can be easily be decorated or customized. With a little glue and flat back crystal you can add bling to pewter charms and findings. Learn how to revamp existing pieces by watching this video jewelry-making tutorial.
Drilling in resin for finishing with jewelry findings by Cindy with Resin Obsession.
Improve your jewelry making technique, watch this video and learn how to use bead caps.
Improve your jewelry making technique, watch this video and learn how to use snap-on bails.
Create your own beautiful necklace using baubles and beads. Watch this video to learn about beads and how to design your own jewelry.
Watch this video to learn how to make a hand made metal clasp.
Learn how to use crimp ends with leather by watching a jewelry designer make a necklace with lampwork and bali beads.
The most basic of DIY jewelry-making tutorials. You'll need seed beads, a bent-tip eye needle, and a seed-bead spinning tool.
Create a card with a difference, using sparkly seed beads and silver plated wire. Corinne Bradd demonstrates how to form a stunning star pendant that can be displayed inside an aperture, or worn on a strand of organza ribbon as a piece of fashion jewellery.
It's a common snafu: You're running late to a date with this cute guy you met at your English class last week, and you just HAVE to put on earrings. But as soon as you pick one out of the landfill-like dump, the rest of the earrings fly up with your selection, tangled and impossible to separate.
You can't believe anything you read on the internet. That's why you should never buy anything off of the internet without researching it first. This great video will show you the methods you need to take to get the right information and the right approach to purchasing fine jewelry.
In these videos, our expert will show you how to make wire wrap jewelry. Wire wrap jewelry is an easy to learn, but very professional looking way to make your own jewelry. In these videos you will learn what tools you need to begin making your own jewelry. Our expert will explain what types of wire to get, and the basic tools, such as a mallet and pliers, that you will need to get started. You will also learn how to select gem stones to be included in the different types of jewelry you will b...
In this online video series learn from expert jewelry designers Sonia Dameron and Deb Sims as they teach and demonstrate how to design jewelry using crystal beads, pearls, glass beads, and gemstones. Learn about gemstones, glass and crystal beads, pearls and design techniques such as creating single and multistranded bead necklaces, how to incorporate leather into your bead work, seed bead patterns, and tools you will need to fashion your bead work.
A video tutorial on how to do a four strand braid. Use this braid to make hemp necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and other types of jewelry.
This video tutorial demonstrates how to add beads onto hemp jewelry with square knots.
This video tutorial demonstrates how to tie a figure eight knot. You can use this knot as an alternative to the overhand knot for starting and ending your hemp jewelry pieces such as necklaces, bracelets, chokers, and anklets.
A step by step video tutorial on how to add cowrie shells onto hemp jewelry.
A video tutorial that shows how to tie a half square knot AKA spiral knot. You can use this knot to make various types of hemp jewelry.
Make a vintage jewelry box with a body butter jar and a glue gun with some additional craft supplies like paints. This projects costs almost nothing.
The trouble with jewelry that's been made by a mass retailer or even a hipster/indie artist is that it's made without any care to your wrist, neck, or finger size. Often this means that bracelets may sling too big, or necklaces wrap around your neck too tight.
In this video, we learn how to safely pierce your lip. Start off by using antiseptic to clean off the needle or tool that you are going to pierce your lip with. Then, mark the spot on your lip that you want the jewelry to go. Use a ruler to help make sure it's positioned correctly on your face. After this, place ice on your lip to help numb it for a few seconds. Then, quickly grab the needle and push it through the mark that you made on your lip. Then, you will need to quickly push the jewelr...
In order to make a mini cappuccino machine for a dollhouse, you will need the following: a copper fitting (from the hardware store), glue, pliers, and old jewelry.
These rings are so frustrating. This video is a great tutorial showing you to put it on different places on your body.
From amongst our village of experts, we have chosen sewing master Karen Weisman to demonstrate three different styles of beaded hemp bracelets. She talks you through each step in the creation of square and spiral knots as well as a combination of both. By following along with these clips, viewers will soon be able to create their very own hemp masterpiece.
In this series of video clips you’ll learn tips and techniques for making your own rock and stone jewelry. Expert Candace Copeland demonstrates the process of making a necklace step-by-step, offering advice on choosing the beads, stones, gems and other supplies like tools and wire you’ll need to get started. She also offers examples of rock jewelry that makes a great gift for a man or woman. With these easy instructions and a little inspiration you’re well on your way to becoming a jewelry de...
You can make beautiful beaded bracelets without much monetary investment at all; in fact, all you need are pretty beads, string, and a cardboard box. You don't even need to tweak the cardboard box at all - just take off the lid and start using it as a makeshift loom! So cheap, so easy, and with such great results.
Who needs diamonds or pearls when you can make beautiful jewelry from flowers you find growing right in your own backyard?
In this video, we learn how to pierce your lip at home the professional way. First, sit the subject down and put a cloth around their upper body. Then, grab a clamp and place it where you are going to pierce the hole. After this, push the needle through the spaces in the clamp and follow this by sticking in the jewelry. Apply cleaning products into the mouth that are for cleaning the wound specifically. When finished, make sure to take proper care of the piercing and the jewelry as well so it...
In this tutorial, we learn how to pierce your own lip safely. First you will need to clean off your needle with a cleaning solution and clean out your mouth as well. After this, you will need to mark the spot where you want to pierce your lip at. Look at this in the mirror to make sure it's at the spot where you want it to be. From here, you will poke the needle through the lip at the spot you want it to be. From here, you will poke the jewelry through and then put the cap on that. To finish,...
In this tutorial, we learn how to prepare for a navel piercing. First, know how much the piercing will cost, so you are prepared to pay for it. Next, do your research on how to clean and care for your piercing. Cleaning it with salt water and a cotton ball will help keep the piercing clean and infection free. You should also know what kinds of piercings to avoid. You can get a larger gauge for your belly button, which will cause more pain depending on how large you go. Also know that the pier...
In this tutorial, we learn how to hygienically pierce your lip at home. First, you will need a sharp needle that is cleaned with rubbing alcohol. Next, draw a line on your face where you want to pierce your lip. Next, grab your lip so it's taut, then place the needle into your lip. Go slower so you feel less pain while it is being inserted. When you get to the other side, insert the jewelry where the needle was, so it goes inside seamlessly. Once you get the jewelry to the other side, place t...
For anyone with jewelry sets consisting of earrings and a necklace, learn how to make this organizer to avoid tangles, broken pieces, or mismatched sets. Go to any Wal-Mart store and purchase a stacking shelf, which has a grid pattern. This will be used for your earrings. You will also need a towel rack (also from Wal-Mart), which will hold all of your necklaces. Bend one of the legs of the stacking shelf, so that you can have the shelf sit vertically without falling over. Because it is a gri...
This video is an instructional video on creating and using the right half knot spiral knot tying technique for creating hemp jewelry. The technique creates items like anklets, bracelets, chokers, and necklaces. Also, creator of the video demonstrates every step and procedure for creating the knot spiral. First, tie an overhand knot by crossing the right side of the cord over the left side of the cord. Second, bring the left cording under the right cording to create the second phase of the kno...
In making jewelry, the head pin loop is used many times. Let's learn to make a head pin loop so jewelry making will be that much easier.
Karen Bratt demonstrates how to make jump rings for jewelry and key chains. To prepare jump rings the things required are a coil of silver plated wire, a pair of round pliers and a pair of cutting pliers. Take the coil of silver plated wire and place it at the wider end of the round pliers. Slowly bend the wire and form a circle around the pliers such that the wire coils. As you bend allow the coil to come up the beaks of the pliers until you make half a dozen of jump rings. Take it out of th...
MsKreant teaches viewers how to create cute radish earrings with polymer clay! Use Sculpey baked clay in red, white, and two different greens for the leaves. Roll each color into tiny balls. First, take the red ball of clay and put the white ball of clay next to it. Put them together and pull together. Make the white part pointy. Next, make and indent at the top for the leaves with a bamboo skewer. Next roll your two colors of green into long spaghetti strips. Put the two together and flatten...
Die hard cyclist, or jewelry maker looking to experiment with materials? This how-to jewelry crafting video demonstrates a quick and quirky project. Our good friends at Littles Creatures are showing us how to make a Bike Chain Bracelet. Show Tuck and Snippit some love and tell us what you think!
Glass beads are both easy and essential items for jewelry making. Learn how to create these decorative beads to make beautiful jewelry in this free video series.
No need to run home from work to change for an evening on the town. With some simple switches, you can be on your way. Follow this Howcast guide to learn how to change your look from day to evening in just five minutes.
There are two kinds of people who will find this video tutorial useful: Jewelers/jewelry making aficionados and cosplay fans. That's because this crystal clear, shiny resin gemstone can be used just as equally for a beautiful pendant or a paperweight as it can be for cosplay costume accessories like shoulder pads and helms.
