If you have always thought that you might like to designs and make your own jewellery then you will have to do a little bit of research first. You will have to gain some knowledge about the craft and the art of designing and to know the materials that you will need to make your jewellery sets, bracelets, necklaces and earrings.
The first thing you will have to do is source the material you will need to produce your designs and this will firstly have to be your beads. You are able to buy these from many sources from the market, the internet, craft stores and old strings of beads which we can collect from friends and family. You will be able to find beads at many price ranges and from these you will be able to produce unique and original jewellery designs of your own.
You will be able to buy beads not just in many stunning colours but in different shapes and sizes and you can mix and match these in your pieces of handmade jewellery. Take time and have fun when designing your pieces and work with the colours and the shapes making something that is pleasing to the eye. If you are not sure which colours complement each other then you can always use a colour wheel to help you get it right. Sometimes colours that do not quite match will go together giving you a unique and funky design. Play with the beads on a mat with different combinations until you get it right.
You may not want to add mass produced in your handmade jewellery designs you may want to use semi-precious beads like Rose Quartz, Tigers Eye, Onyx, Amethyst and Agate. If these are the stones you want in your individual design make sure that you purchase these from a reputable supplier as you do not want to pay for genuine stones and find that you have bought fakes. You will be able to create some beautiful pieces of jewellery from semi-precious stones and at a fraction of the price. All you need for a pair of semi-precious Amazonite earrings is two beads. You do not need many Jasper beads to create a bracelets and to keep the cost down you could use gemstone chips and with these you could make a jewellery sets of matching necklaces and bracelets.
When you come to purchase your supplies the cheapest is not always the best way to go. The goods maybe very cheap but the quality will not be good and if you are going to take the care, love and attention to produce one of these individual pieces of handmade jewellery you do not want it to break the first time that you wear it. You will need a solid catch on any necklace you will make, nickel free ear wires on any pairs of earrings that you are to create and if you are going to create a beaded bracelet with elastic wire it will have to be of a good quality so that it does not stretch too much or snap.
Before you start creating your pieces you will know what size and length you require your finished pieces of handmade jewellery, the length of your necklaces, the size of your wrist for bracelets and also the size of the beads and pendants you are going to use in your unique and original designs.
If you are in need of inspiration for your designs you can look through fashion magazines for earrings, bracelet, ring and jewellery sets for inspiration and you will see how expensive some of these pieces are and then see how cheap you will be able to produce these pieces.
If you like to wear pieces of handmade jewellery but find that many of the pieces are too expensive. Then it is time that you have to start and make your own jewellery sets, bracelets and pendants. The process of creating things is quite simple and you only have to learn a few skills. Earrings of your own design can be yours within a short time.
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