Jewelry Making Ideas

Series Summary

Do you have an idea for a beautiful necklace design? From earrings and bracelets to single stranded and elaborate multi-stranded necklaces, creating your own jewelry is fun, easy to learn, and can even be done at home. All it takes is the desire to create, the willingness to learn, and finally practicing your newly acquired craft. Making your own jewelry is a fun way to express your creative fashion talents. Whether you want to work with beads, stones, gems, metals, hemp or any other material, the basic construction methods are fairly simple. Custom handmade jewelry also makes a fine gift for birthdays or holidays.

In this series of free video clips you’ll learn tips and techniques for making your own beaded jewelry. Expert Alan W. Rabon demonstrates the process of making a necklace step-by-step, offering advice on choosing the beads and other supplies like tools and wire you’ll need to get started. He also shows you how to use a bead board to create jewelry designs 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 designer.

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Alan with Expert Village. Today I am going to teach you how to make you own jewelry. We're going to start with an easy lesson on how to make earrings. It's a very simple, very easy process and anybody can do it. And I am going to teach you not only how to make them but to also make them cheaply and turn around and if you want to, even sell them and make money. The first thing you want to do is come up with a good idea. Some people just don't have what it takes to imagine something in their mind. So what I suggest is that they go and look at some magazines. If you look through magazines you can find wonderful articles that show beautiful jewelry that you can learn to make at home. All you need is a little bit of knowledge to make this beautiful jewelry for yourself and for your friends. "