How to Create a Jewelry-Making Kit

Jewelry can be an expression of one's personality and imagination. A jewelry kit makes a nice gift and can fit any budget.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Jewelry Beads
• Jewelry Clasps
• Jewelry Supplies
• Baskets
• Crafting Needles
• Tweezers For Jewelry Making
• Body Jewelry Kits
• Magnifying Glasses
• Jewelry Crafts Subscription
• Tackle Boxes
• Bead Design Boards
• Jewelry Wire
• Pliers For Jewelry Making
• Small Wire Cutters
• Tool Chests

1. Choose a pattern or book for the recipient's level of experience, personality, style or age.
2. Use the pattern instructions or list of suggested tools to create your kit.
3. Purchase the tools, jewelry hardware and materials as well as extra necklace clasps, wire, pin backs and any small, easily broken pieces.
4. Choose tools to match the craft. For delicate or intricate work, small, specialized tools work best.
5. Include, if you wish, embellishments, a jewelry maker's "extra hand" clamp, magnifying glass, magazine subscription or materials to make different pieces of jewelry to match the project.
6. Present kit in a basket, tool caddy or anything that can be used to carry or store craft supplies.

Tips & Warnings

• A small fishing tackle box makes a nice storage box for the jewelry supplies and tools.
• The range of tools for jewelry makers is vast. For example, you can get round-nose, flat-nose, chain-nose, knotting, serrated, nonserrated, crimping and split-ring pliers.