Ideas for jewellery Making for Beginners

LJM

are we allowed to post facebook links to pages on fb

hollyh

How does everyone display their sets of jewellery at fairs etc? I have a few stands for necklaces and some for bracelets and earrings but i'm struggling to keep the seta together.

susiecm3

You can get the stands that have the earring holes in and you could use a straight pin under these for a bracelet, I tend to only have necklace and earring sets so not had that problem yet

Done some stuff yesterday they are on my blog, I have managed to link it with paypal as my fb friends were all asking how much etc so gave them a way to pay it

Hope everyone is having a good weekend

hollyh

Thanks Susie i hadn't thought of using a pin but that's a great idea.

susiecm3

Come on everyone where are all your makes? I have got some lovely cans and been making loads of funky stuff with them, managed to link with my blog a paypal account so pleased with that

My daughters keep coming in and saying can you make this ha ha, saving me a fortune

Done some chain maile last night, quite liked it

LJM

how did you manage to log yours to paypal?

PasturesNew

I've skipped to here, the end

I've started with this lark.... not actually really made anything much yet as I don't have any space at all. My activities are strictly limited to going on courses, researching, reading books and dreaming. I also don't have a camera, I did have one, but I've no idea where it went to ... when I get a place I'll either discover it, or realise it's peculiarly lost (I've never actually ever lost anything in my life so far, so it's bizarre).

So far I've:
- been on 3 (cr4p) beading workshops
- done silver clay, booked another clay day
- done a silversmithing course
- booked a whole week's silversmithing

There's not much round my way for doing this, the week-long course is a 5 hour drive away, but worth it.

I'm interested in 1001 things/techniques/methods ... and plan to have a budget of about £2,000 just on equipment and goodies once I can find somewhere to live that gives me the space to do stuff.

LJM

sounds good i live on the iow and there is absolutely nothing over here i am self taught and you tube tutorialed lol

PasturesNew

LJM wrote: »

sounds good i live on the iow and there is absolutely nothing over here i am self taught and you tube tutorialed lol

So far I've collected 500MB of PDF files of techniques, books, magazines - and watched 1.5GB of YouTube

I have a big list of links (probably nearly 1000 items now), recording/noting all the stuff I've been finding, in sections, so when I'm ready to roll I can instantly know who my suppliers are, where the resources are, I've got my "know how" in lists and I can hit the ground running. All the Youtube vids are on my HD, renamed to something meaningful to me, so I don't have to find them again.

So many great ways to make stuff!! It just never occurred to me before that "people like me" could make things like this.

This is really my first ever hobby, I've spent my life not really being interested in any hobbies ever before - and this one's kicked in the full OCD

PasturesNew

LJM wrote: »

sounds good i live on the iow and there is absolutely nothing over here i am self taught and you tube tutorialed lol

Have you seen these?
http://www.quayarts.org/category.aspx?id=26
Silver Clay courses
Introduction to Silver
Fused Glass

And http://www.quayarts.org/category.aspx?id=16
Enamel with silver
Enamelling Taster Day
Upcycling Vintage Jewellery
Bangle Making Taster Day
Ring Making Taster Day

They have an Open Day in May http://www.quayarts.org/event.aspx?id=3207