Hot Jewelry How-Tos
How To: Tie four basic knots in jewelry design
To tie the overhand knot, make a loop and pass one end of the string through the loop and tighten by pulling both ends. To tie a double overhand knot, make a loop and pass one end of the string through the loop twice before pulling both ends to tighten the knot. To tie a surgeon's knot, take the left string and bring it over and around the right string twice. Then take the right string over and around the left string and pull both ends to tighten, leaving a complete loop of string below the k...
How To: Join metal jewelry pieces together without using solder
You can fuse metal together without having to solder it. By using a butane torch, you can heat your pieces of metal until they are almost but not quite melted. Once they reach this flashpoint, you can easily fuse the pieces together.
How To: Colorful Rainbow Bracelet Tutorial
How to make a Striped Macrame Rainbow bracelet. This bracelet looks good from both sides and its easy to make.
How To: Make HEMP LEAF (DIY)
How to make Macrame leaf. Looks like a hemp leafs.
How To: Make a simple hemp bracelet clasp with a wood bead
Hemp jewelry is crunchy granola chic no matter how you style it. Made of rustic, slightly frayed natural hemp and adorned with natural materials like seashells and wood beads, hemp jewelry is as surfer chic as you can get.
How To: Weave a friendship bracelet step by step
This video demonstrates how to start weaving a friendship bracelet step by step. Click on chapter 2 to finish the lesson.
How To: ZigZag Macrame Petal Bracelet Tutorial
This is a tutorial on how to make a macrame zigzag petal bracelet with beads. This bracelet looks great and it's not hard to make..
How To: Make a Triangle Friendship Bracelet
How to make a Macrame bracelet with Triangles. This Triangle Friendship Bracelet made by using Cavandoli technique. Cavandoli macramé is a ancient art of knotting by hand, used to form geometric patterns and free-form patterns like weaving.
How To: Make Glass Beads at Home
Have you ever been curious about how glass beads are made? Or are you interested in getting started in the glass bead business? In this video, see how one bead maker creates beautiful glass beads.
How To: Make DIY guitar pick earrings
In this video you learn to make earrings out of guitar picks. You will need round nose and regular pliers, wire cutters, 2 regular picks, bead reamer, earring hooks, jump rings, and long silver strands. Use the bead reamer to make a nice clean hole on the top edge of the guitar pick. Use the jump ring through the hole you just made to attach the silver strand. This makes the earrings dangle. On the other end of the silver strand connect the earring hook with another jump ring. This completes ...
How To: DIY Easy Square Knot Flower Bracelet
To make this bracelet you only need to know how to make a square knot. This is a great bracelet for beginners in macrame.
How To: DIY Macrame Flower Bracelet with Beads
How to make a beaded macrame Flower Bracelet. It looks lovely and its fun to wear.
How To: Wrap a Stone - Easy Tutorial
This tutorial shows how to wrap a Stone easily (Make Cabochon using Macrame knots). With this style you can make your own amulets, pendants or necklaces, also you can wrap a coins or anything else. It's easy to make and suitable for kids and beginners. I hope you will find this helpful!
How To: Easy Infinity Square Knot Yin Yang Friendship Bracelet Tutorial
To make this bracelet you will only need to know how to make a square knot. This is a good bracelet for beginners and it looks very interesting.
How To: Make a beaded bookmark or "book thong"
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a beaded bookmark or "book thong". First, take a wire and add on a small horse shoe shaped bead. After you do this, use pliers to help bend the wire around this pin to keep it in place. Next, add on a peace sign pendant, then tie the wire around and push the wire into a cylinder bead. Continue to add on more beads to the wire until you reach the end. Use different types of bead to make it more unique and completely your own design. To finish, apply a cla...
How To: Make a beautiful pendant with a head pin
Pendants are like the stars of your necklace. Without them, you'd only have a boring necklace chain or cord. Pendants add excitement to a necklace as well as show off some of your individual style and charm.
How To: Make a handforged silver clasp
Jessica VanDen shows us how to make a hand forged silver clasp in this video. Start off with two pieces of sterling silver wire. Now make a simple S clasp with pliers. Then grasp the wire at the thick end and wrap it around until the long piece meets the curve you made. Next, wrap a curve around the end of the wire with pliers to make the clasp. You will need to put the chain through it to attach it. Make sure your chain can fit through the loop that you have made. Now you're finished and mak...
How To: Make your own magnet bracelet
Make a cool piece of jewelry out of magnets with help from this video! Learn how to make this adjustable bracelet, that doubles as a fun toy, for under five dollars! Get dressed in unique homemade creations and begin your journey into DIY fashion here.
How To: Attach a Jewelry Clasp
One important part of jewelery making involves properly attaching clasps. This how-to video jewelry making tutorial demonstrates the proper way to attach them. Begin by threading the crimp bead and the clasp onto the bead wire. Using chain nose pliers feed the thread around and loop it back around through the crimp bead. Use the pliers to hold the crimp bead tight. Crimp the bead down securing the wire and clasp.
How To: Make Colored Stripe Bracelet
Colored Stripe Bracelet Tutorial. Everyone can wear this bracelet. Men or women, girl or boy, dog or cat, everyone :) Just choose your own color for your bracelet. More information in video.
How To: Angel Wings & Macrame Shell Bracelet Tutorial
In this tutorial I will show you how to make a Macrame shell bracelet with pearls, it also has a very stunning look, kind of reminds me of Angel wings. Perfect for wedding, party and daily wear accessory.
How To: Add a Cowrie Shell onto Hemp Macrame Jewelry
A step by step video tutorial on how to add cowrie shells onto hemp jewelry.
How To: Easy ZigZag Square Knot Loops Bracelet
DIY Easy ZigZag Square Knot Loops Bracelet with Button Clasp. This is a good project for children and beginners to learn one of the basic knots frequently used in Macrame.
How To: DIY Double Wave Macrame Bracelet
How to make a nice macrame bracelet with waves and beads. This bracelet looks great and it's not hard to make.
How To: Make a Macrame Ring
How to Make a Macrame Ring with Beads. In this way you can also make a bracelet.. see more in video.
How To: Make Wavy Macrame Bracelets
This Tutorial shows how to make an easy wavy macrame bracelets. For the most interesting appearance you can also add beads. With this style you can also make a belt, just take bigger cords and make it longer :)
How To: Tie a Square Knot with Eight Strings
Square knot variations with eight strings. This is easy to make and looks good. You only need to know a square knot. With this macrame pattern you can make: belt, band, bracelet, strap for guitar or bag
How To: Make a Friendship Bracelet with Hearts
Learn another way how to make a friendship bracelet with hearts. Great gift for Valentine's Day! You need: 8 strands of embroidery floss, 40 inches long..
How To: Turn Wooden Ear Plugs on a Lathe
I turned my first ear plug purely as a challenge when the question was asked on a turning forum and nobody could provide an answer. I didn't know much about them, only a general concept of the shape I was going after.
How To: Make an elegant four leaf clover pendant ring
Part 1 of beading video showing how to make a four leaf clover ring and pendant. Part 1 of 3 - How to Make an elegant four leaf clover pendant ring.
How To: Attach a pendant to an earring hook easily
What is the absolute, most basic thing you need to know in order to asemble an earring? Attaching the earring to its earring hook, of course. By learning how to do this, you'll be able to create a neverending host of funky earrings, from cool guitar pick earrings to drop pendant earrings.
How To: Fold a ring out of a one dollar bill
In this video, we learn how to fold a ring out of a one dollar bill. First, fold the white edges in at the top and the bottom. Next, fold it in half and then spin it around 180 degrees. Next, fold it in half again, then take the white edge on the right side and fold it down until you can see the 1. now, make a backwards "L" shape and fold it back down, then curl it up. Now fold the L underneath and curl the extra part underneath the 1. Now, place this on your hand and you can wear it as a ring!
How To: Make a Rasta friendship bracelet
Friends are people who play an important part of many people's lives. They are there for you when you feel sad or lonely. Share secrets that nobody else would know except both of you. Having friends is also a great way to build healthy lasting relationships. So why not thank them for everything they've done by making a cool friendship bracelet. And not just any friendship bracelet, but a rasta bracelet. They'll sure to love it. Enjoy!
How To: Perfect the wire spiral for jewelry making
If you want to make the perfect spirals, join Lisa Niven Kelly from beaducation for this quick demo on perfecting the wire spiral. Learn how to make open and closed loop spirals, and the proper tools to use for mastering this technique. Watch as Lisa shows you how to make one of her favorite shapes that she not only incorporates into many of her designs but also showcases all over Beaducation.com! Learn how to make the perfect wire spiral for jewelry.
How To: Attach a jewelry hook
One important part of jewelery making involves properly attaching hooks. This jewelry how-to video demonstrates the proper way to attach a hook, use it for making earing, bracelets or charms. Begin by holding the wire firmly in one hand. Using the chain nose pliers gently twist the ring at the end of the hook until it is open. Then place the completed piece of jewelry and secure it in place.
How To: Make Easy Beaded Bracelet
How to make a Easy Beaded Bracelet using Larks head knots.
How To: Make a Green Lacy Hemp Necklace
This is a step by step video tutorial on how to make this beautiful hemp choker necklace with macrame knots such as alternating square knots, alternating half hitches, braids, and cowrie shells. Enjoy!!
How To: Tie an Alternating Square Knot for Hemp Macrame - Loose 8 Strand
An easy video tutorial that teaches the 8 strand Alternating Square Knot. This knot can be used to create lacy hemp bracelets, necklaces, and chokers.
How To: DIY Easy Bracelet - Flag of France
Easy friendship bracelet using square knot in the colors of French Flag.
How To: Make Easy Friendship Bracelets Using Square Knot
How to Make Colorful Friendship Bracelets using square knot & button clasp. Tutorial for beginners and kids. More information in video..