Sterling silver blue topaz briolette drop.
Another entry into the super simple to put together; just takes a little concentration and review of your bead storage to make sure that you have all the pieces you will need. If you are not familiar with the style, the detailed silver bead in this particular necklace is called a bali style silver bead. Run a quick search on eBay for bali style beads if you are short any and if you like this particular look and we guarantee you will fill your quota, and then some.
Again with the wire wrapping. As you can see, if you are going to make jewelry, you are going to be twisting metal. Make sure you have some good pliers. And based on experience, good tools are really tools that feel comfortable in your hands and with which you feel familiar working. That is what makes a good tool.
One of the hardest parts (please note the tongue inserted firmly in cheek right now) of being a bench jeweler is that we have to build a stock of jewelry pieces and jewelry components to play with. If you want to make jewelry pieces as gifts, you need to be doing the same thing. Keep a small stock of chains available. Make sure that you have some nice classic pearls around all the time. In other words, basic jewelry pieces that you know you are going to be able to use in pretty much any circumstance.
Other pieces that you might wish to consider keeping an eye out for include the semi precious stones like the blue topaz here. We have found that if we keep an eye on eBay, there are times that we can find strands of briolette stones (which still seems to be going strong in popularity) for a song when sellers get tired and throw caution to the wind. However, it is a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Keep your eyes open and comparison shop all the time.
We will say that it is not worth overstocking on your jewelry supplies if you are not going to be making a significant number of pieces. In other words, do not use up your hard earned paycheck on lots and lots of high priced stones or tools if you only ends up making one or two pieces. Not a great return on investment that we are looking for here. But we are looking for a great balance - if you happen to see some good jewelry items, inexpensively priced and they fall inside your budget that week, do not be afraid to snap them up and plan ahead for some utterly fantastic pieces for the holiday season. Jewelry is such a personal gift that your recipient is sure to thank you!
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