Jewelry making is a creative and rewarding craft that combines artistic design with practical skills to create beautiful, wearable works of art. Whether you enjoy designing necklaces, bracelets, earrings, anklets, keychains, pendants, or other decorative accessories, jewelry making offers endless opportunities to express your creativity using beads, gemstones, wire, findings, cords, chain, cabochons, charms, and countless other materials.
Jewelry making includes many different techniques, such as bead stringing, wire wrapping, chain assembly, knotting, bead weaving, metal stamping, resin art, cabochon setting, and mixed media design. Understanding the purpose of different jewelry findings, selecting the appropriate stringing materials, choosing the proper tools, and learning reliable finishing techniques can help crafters create attractive, durable, and long-lasting jewelry.
This collection of jewelry making helps and reference information is continually growing. Future topics may include jewelry making tools and their uses, jewelry findings and components, wire gauges and types, chain styles, stringing materials, clasps and closures, jump rings, crimping techniques, bead and gemstone information, cabochon setting, design principles, measuring and sizing guides, jewelry care, finishing techniques, troubleshooting common problems, helpful charts, tutorials, and other useful reference guides. Be sure to check back often as new information and resources are added.
Compare common anklet lengths with this helpful sizing guide. Learn how to choose the right anklet size for comfort and style when making, buying, or gifting beaded, chain, or charm anklets.
Compare common bead hole sizes with this easy-to-use reference chart. Find approximate hole diameters for a variety of bead types to help you choose compatible cords, wire, thread, and stringing materials for your next project.
Compare common bracelet sizes with this helpful bracelet length guide. Learn how to choose a comfortable fit for beaded bracelets, chain bracelets, charm bracelets, stretch bracelets, and handmade jewelry.
bulb safety pins, bulb pins, pear shaped safety pins, gourd pins, stitch marker pins, knitting pins, crochet pins, jewelry pins, tag pins, knitting stitch markers, crochet stitch markers, product label pins
Learn about cabochons, including flat-back gemstone, glass, acrylic, resin, cameo, and craft cabochons. See common uses for jewelry making, bezels, wire wrapping, embellishments, hair accessories, and mixed media projects.
Learn about coil-less safety pins, also spelled coiless or coilless safety pins. See how no-coil pins are used for sewing, quilting, jewelry making, beaded pins, tagging, crafts, and decorative projects.
Learn about cord stringing materials including cotton, nylon, leather, hemp, satin, silk, polyester, waxed cord and more. Compare common uses for jewelry making, beading, macramé and craft projects.
Determine approximately how many beads fit in one inch with this handy bead counts per inch reference chart. Compare common bead sizes for jewelry making, beading projects, crafts, and design planning.
Learn about crochet hooks, including hook sizes, materials, types, gauge, yarn matching, ergonomic hooks, steel hooks, and tips for choosing the right hook.
Estimate how many beads you need for bracelets, necklaces, and other beading projects with this helpful reference chart. Quickly determine bead quantities based on bead size and finished project length.
Learn about jewelry pliers, including round nose, chain nose, flat nose, bent nose, crimping pliers, cutters, and tips for choosing the right tool.
Compare common jewelry wire gauges and approximate diameters with this helpful reference chart. Learn how wire thickness affects wire wrapping, jump rings, ear wires, chainmaille, beading, jewelry making, and craft projects.
Compare common jump ring sizes and wire gauges with this helpful reference chart. Learn how inside diameter, outside diameter, and wire thickness affect jewelry making, chainmaille, charms, pendants, and craft projects.
Quickly convert common measurements with this easy-to-use reference chart. Compare inches, fractions, decimals, millimeters, centimeters, and other popular measurement conversions for crafts, sewing, beading, and DIY projects.
Learn the meaning of common measurement abbreviations with this easy-to-read reference chart. Find abbreviations for length, weight, volume, and other units used in crafts, sewing, beading, cooking, and DIY projects.
Compare common necklace lengths with this easy-to-use reference guide. Learn where choker, princess, matinee, opera, and rope necklaces typically fall to help choose the right chain length for jewelry making or everyday wear.
Learn seed bead sizes with this comprehensive reference chart. Compare common seed bead sizing systems, dimensions, hole sizes, and useful information to help you choose the right beads for jewelry making, weaving, embroidery, and other beading projects.
Estimate how many seed beads are contained in one gram with this handy reference chart. Compare common seed bead sizes and approximate bead counts to help plan jewelry making, bead weaving, embroidery, and other craft projects.
Estimate how many seed beads are contained in a tube with this helpful reference chart. Compare common seed bead sizes and approximate quantities to plan jewelry making, bead weaving, embroidery, and other craft projects.
