If you like to wear jewelry, or know someone who does, homemade jewelry is a great option. Not only is it usually less expensive than purchasing jewelry as a gift, but it allows you to exercise your creativity and give someone a piece that is truly one-of a kind.
You don't even need any special skills to make your own jewelry. For the items below, you'll need to purchase some supplies for your homemade jewelry, but after that the process of putting items together is easy.
Supplies for Making a Homemade Necklace
You can find most of these at any good craft, bead, or beaded jewelry store. If you're not sure what something is, ask at the store and they should be able to find the item for you. These people should know enough about making homemade jewelry to help you out.
Steps:
At this point, you have beaded homemade jewelry, specifically a necklace, that you can wear or give as a gift. If you'd like to make a bracelet, follow the same instructions but make your design shorter. In addition, make sure you use a clasp that can be done and undone by one person.
Making your own jewelry in the form of earrings can be a little bit more difficult as earrings need to match to look good. However, it's entirely possible to make a cute set that will go with the necklace and bracelet you made above.
Before you make earrings to give as a gift, make sure the recipient of your homemade jewelry has pierce ears. If they do not, you can make clip on earrings that will look just as good.
You will need the same supplies as listed above, except that instead of wire and clasps you will need earring findings and head pins. Make sure that you get a type that is made out of a metal that the wearer is not allergic to and that will last a long time.
Make two identical sets of beads. It helps to line them up ahead of time, so you can make sure your earrings will match. Make sure that you don't add too many large beads, as heavy earrings can be painful for some people to wear.
Place your beads on the head pin in the correct order and form the top of the pin into a tight loop. If you have excess wire on the pin, you can wrap it or cut it off.
Attach your head pin to your earring finding. Each finding is a little bit different, so follow the instructions that come with yours or that you got at the store when you purchased the findings. Make sure the attachment is secure and you should have a handmade earring.
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