Five Essential Tools For Making Beaded Jewelry

By Jocelyn Duncan

Before you begin beading, take time to analyze which tools of the trade you will need to start on your beading project. When I first started beading, my first investment went into beading tools. I wanted to make sure I used the right tools to ensure my jewelry pieces come out right. It took a few trial-and-error buying before I was finally able to break it down to these five “must-have” beading tools. For those beginning beaders who are still looking for answers on what to use and when to use those beading tools, read on.

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The secrets to offering a choice of jewellery

Life was less complicated in years gone by. Once of the reasons for this was simplicity: and in particular the simplicity of choice. If you wanted washing powder, you went to your local corner shop and bought washing powder. You may have had one or two brands to choose from. Now if you want washing powder you have the choice of many brands, biological and non biological, liquid, powder, tablets, dissolvable sachets; the list goes on.

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Aqua Marine Twisted Wire Necklace

This twisted wire necklace gives a vine like appearance.

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A great way to get more customers

One of the best and cheapest ways to get new customers is to get your exiting customers to promote you. In many industries it’s what they call referrals. Customer referrals will happen naturally if you provide a good service that people are happy with, but often this process can be helped.

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Contemporary Cage Necklace

This is a modern style necklace which looks great worn resting at the collar bone.

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Dream Catcher Style Pendant

This attractive pendant encapsulates the spiritual side of popular fashion jewellery.

Tip – Make sure you trim ends of the wire to create a smooth non – scratchy finish.

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Elegant Choker with garnet coloured chip beads and earrings

This elegant choker is the perfect accessory to add a touch of glamour to an evening out.

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Louise Graham tells ibeadmag why she started Charming Angels

Starting a jewellery making business was the last thing on my mind, but a family holiday to Spain proved to be the turning point. While lying on the sun loungers I realised that I wanted to have more control over my working life and most of all spend more time with my young son.

With a keen interest in jewellery, I set about learning the skills and experimenting with designs. Having an honours degree in Product Design along with a Post Graduate Certificate in Education, I decided to combine all my talents to set up Charming Angels.

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Finding the right keywords for your website

When you take your jewellery making business online the keywords that you select for your website are vitally important to attract customers. Not so long ago this was pretty much of a guessing game for a business going online. 

A keyword is a word that your potential customer types into a search engine when they are conducting a search online. So if you are selling handcrafted jewellery you might select the word or phrase “jewellery” or “handcrafted jewellery” as the words that a customer may type into a search engine such as Google or yahoo.

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Caring For Pearls – Keeping Them in Perfect Condition

By Mary Amos
Caring For Pearls
If you want a stylish and elegant accessory for any outfit, then you can’t pass up pearls. They’re beautiful and glow with their own luster, and as they’re reasonably neutral in color they can be worn with almost anything. Unlike most other gems, pearls are very soft, so you need to handle them with care and clean them on a regular basis. If you want to keep your pearls looking their best, here are a few hints to help you do it without damaging your pearls.

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