• Classy • Crafty • Quirky • (Classy Jewelry, Quirky Crafts)
Reef or Squre Knot
A square knot is also commonly known as a reef knot. Knowing how to tie a reef knot comes in really handy for jewelry making and related crafty business! Both for its functionality and for its decorative appeal.
The square or reef knot is a very simple knot to learn. It adds charm and decorative appeal and is commonly used in macrame and creating artistic pieces of jewelry.
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Pictures, descriptions, and explanations on some of the most popular, common, and basic types of jewelry clasps.
Jewelry Clasps are one of the jewelry findings that are most common and most essential. Bracelet clasps and necklace clasps are the most popular functional jewelry fasteners around.
Types of Jewelry Clasps
Functionally, clasps are merely fasteners that are used to connect and end off bracelets, anklets, and necklaces. However clasps do not just have to be only functional. They can be an integral part of the design; sometimes the focal point of interest.
These days, there are more and more decorative jewelry clasps available for purchase. Clasps can come in many designs, many different finishes, and made from various grades of materials. For top end jewelry, sterling silver, gold, platinum, rhodium are common materials used to manufacture these jewelry fasteners.
As specialist companies continue to produce new clasps designs, it is impossible to produce a comprehensive list of jewelry clasps. However it is still useful to know some of the basic and long-enduring types of clasps available. [Read more…]
Findings for Jewelry Making
Am I being picky? Perhaps. But there is a difference between Jewelry Supplies and Jewelry Findings. Findings for Jewelry Making are really a sub-set of Jewelry supplies. Somethings just knowing the right industry label can help you find what you need faster, better, surer.
Jewelry Findings – these are the components that are used in jewelry making; normally the elements used to hold the jewelry piece together. They include clasps, jumprings, head and eye pins, earring hooks and backs, etc.
Jewelry Supplies on the other hands includes the findings for jewelry making as well as anything that is used in jewelry making: tools and pliers, beads and stones, threads and strings, and so on.
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Ever since jewelry making started exploding in popularity, the various types of jewelry chains have grown in desirability, variations, patterns, and names. However with such an explosive growth of new designs, the names of the various jewelry chains are not universal nor always descriptive.
In an attempt to keep up with some of the emerging jewelry chains as well as some of the standard classic, I have compiled a jewelry chains list that will likely grow over time as I come across new and fascinating chains for your craft and jewelry making creative adventures.
(in alphabetical order)
Anchor Chain
Anchor Chain
Anchor chain’s origin is from the chains used to link an anchor to a vessel. This is one of the enduringly popular jewelry chains. Its variation, the Flat Anchor Chain is also very popular with it sleek and elegant appearance.
As I said in my last post “Little Miracles Moonlight” necklace tutorial – puff puff! This will be my last free jewelry pattern for the night. This beaded necklace has the full long title of “Little Miracles Shooting Star Necklace”. Again, it comes to us via courtesy of Create Your Style with Swarovski Elements. (Are you getting the feeling I am a BIG Swarovski fan yet?!!!)
Little Miracles Shooting Star Necklace
