Showing posts with label charm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charm. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Jewelry Lessons and Tutorials: Jewelrylessons.com

JewelryLessons.com is a great resource for crafters who are interested in advancing their skills in jewelry making.  An entire section on the website is devoted to DIY tutorials and patterns. You can search for specific tutorials based on the level of difficulty, type of jewelry you want to design, rating level, or jewelry techniques below:
  • Wire wrapping
  • Hand hammering (silversmith)
  • Bead weaving with thread or wire 
  • Polymer or metal clay
  • Polishing or finishing stones, charms, or rings 
  • Surface embellishment with pendants, bracelets, or rings
  • Using string and fiber
  • Metalsmith
  • Men's Jewelry

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Alien Jewelry: Earrings, Pendants, Charms

Jewelry, Aliens, and UFO's. Never thought those words could be connected? Well we found a niche online made up of a small group of jewelry artisans who seem to love designing these beings. These artisans handcraft alien eyes, bodies, and UFO spaceships out of wire or polymer clay. There seems to be a market for it, especially on Etsy.com

Often when we think of 'alien' we picture green 'dudes,' however these artists present their jewelry as gray beings, or gold and brown. Do we really know the true skin color of alien beings? Or is there more than one? If humans have multiple skin colors, what do aliens have