Jewelry Blog

Show someone special how much you love her - maybe your mom, a good gal-pal, a sister, or daughter - with this easy to make rose quartz pendant. Once the pendant is complete, the happy recipient can add it to a sterling chain or even a strand of ribbon would be perfect to dangle this from.

You’ll need:

approx. 1 inch medium weight link chain - 9 links long
1 - 8mm rose quartz round bead
6 - 6mm rose quartz heart beads
4 - 4mm AB bicon crystal beads
11 sterling head pins
1 - 5mm sterling jump ring
Round-nosed pliers
Flat-nosed pliers
Wire cutters

4 Bead Strands Natural Cultured Fwp Aquamarine Amethyst And Rose Quartz Kit (JLWKIT013).

Attention crafters! We’re expanding our assortment of beads, supplies and accessories. Visit our Jewelry Making store for the latest selection of beads.  Ranging from wire to natural gemstone beads, we offer everything you need to satisfy your favorite hobby.

The set of four bead strands pictured above (JLWKIT013) includes a 3mm-4mm round natural white cultured potato freshwater pearl bead
strand, a 6X4-7X5mm faceted rondelle aquamarine bead strand, a 4mm round
amethyst bead strand, and a 6mm round rose quartz bead strand. 

Shop the Jewelry Making store at jtv.com today for a wide range of supplies for the avid beader and the beading beginner alike. Create one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces or unique decorative items. The possibilities are endless, and you’re only limited by your imagination!

4. Mother’s Lockets

These lockets depict mothers and children, many within hearts, and mom gets a bonus with this mother’s jewelry–a place to display that tiny picture of you as a baby. There are plenty of price ranges represented here and you’ll find all types of jewelry metal choices.

A Treasure’s Trove Background

Michael Stadther has always loved treasure hunts and knew that one day he would write a story that would provide children and adults with fun, entertainment and the possibility of finding a real buried treasure. The result of his efforts is “A Treasure’s Trove,” a fairy tale that encourages careful reading, puzzle-solving and exploring.

The tale revolves around twelve different forest creatures whose mates are crystallized and disappear during a strange dusk that affects the forest in the evenings. The creatures team up with Zac, a woodcarver, Ana, his part-elfin wife, and the winged Pook. They all set out to find their missing mates and put a stop to the dusk in order to save their forest home.

Readers follow along on the searches, interpreting clues to help find the missing creatures–really find the creatures, because each one is located somewhere in the continental United States in a spot that’s easily accessible by anyone who deciphers the clues correctly.

Gucci chose Claire Danes to be the face of its Fall, 2008, ad campaign. I’ve always admired Claire’s chameleon-like ability to change her appearance and demeanor drastically to suit the role, more so than many other actresses. It will be interesting to see how that characteristic plays out in Gucci’s promotions.

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I was very nervous about using some gold metal clay given to me for a gift, but I finally got up the nerve and realized that you don’t need a ton of gold metal clay to get a lot of bang for your jewelry buck. For these earrings, I used less then 3 grams of metal clay to make the star charms (actually, they were made from my leftover clay after I had made another jewelry piece with it).

You’ll need:

*PMC gold metal clay

15mm Star-shaped cutter

Olive oil

Roller

6 playing cards

Non-stick surface

Corsage pin

Sandpaper or emery board

Hot Pot

Burnishing brush

**2 - 5mm Golden Shadow Swarovski crystal beads

2 - 22-karat gold ear wires (#625722 from www.riogrande.com).
4 inches of 22-karat 22-gauge gold wire
Wire cutters

Round-nosed pliers

Chain-nosed pliers

*You can use the Art Clay equivalent, but you’ll need to fire it with a torch rather than a hot pot according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

**They came from JSbeads.com, crytal no. 5301.