FREE Simple Wire Wrapped Heart Ring Tutorial

I love rings, and I love wire wrapped jewelry.  So when I saw this tutorial, I was very excited.  I think this ring is beautiful.  And the designer of the ring, Copar Aingeal, says it is easy to make.  That is always a plus. 

I first saw this ring while scanning Facebook.  It was offered on the business page for Jewelry Making Club.  Jewelry Making Club has a pretty interesting page for beaders, and quite often, they have free jewelry making patterns. 

Copar, the designer, says this about the ring:  "This is a very simple and sweet wire wrapped heart ring. It makes up very quickly and can be as fancy as you want it to be. Try using 2-3mm gemstone beads. Or keep it simple and have fun with colored craft wire and seed beads."

She also goes on to say the ring can be sized to fit.  The beaded heart on top is about 1/2-3/4",  just depending on how big you want it to be.  

Your materials list is fairly simple:

• 8 inches of 20 guage wire for the frame
• 3.5 feet of 24 guage wire for the wrapping
• and 16-20 2mm seed or gemstone beads

Your tools list:

• wire cutters
• needle nose pliers
• chain nose pliers
• ruler
• ring mandrel for sizing
• optional tool - flat nylon jaw

Here is the link for this tutorial.

FREE Tutorial Rolo Chain and Leather Bracelet

This is a bracelet tutorial I really like. I am thinking my husband may need a bracelet like this. All the supplies are available at Primitive Earth Beads Chains and Leather. I have links on the bottom of this tutorial (they may or may not work-sorry.) And the You Video intstructions are further down on the page.  Hope you enjoy.

Photo credit: From The Beading Gem's Journal

Rollo Chain and Leather Bracelet  From Primitive Earth Beads, Chains and Leather The materials needed to make this style of bracelet are: 2 feet of rollo chain 2 yards of leather (the size of the leather will be determined by the size of the Rollo chain) Cut the chain into three equal lengths, generally 7 to 7.5 inches long depending on the desired bracelet size, (you will want an uneven number of links on each piece of chain). If you purchased more chain, you can make as many sections as you want. Lay the three lengths of chain parallel (I use a mandrel or heavy piece of wire so that I can see they are even and the same length.) Find the center of your leather cord. Weave one end of the leather through the first link of each section, until you reach the half way point. Now pick up one end of the leather and run it through the third link this link will be laying in the same direction as the first one. You will now have both pieces of leather on the same side of your bracelet. Turn the bracelet over. Now take the top piece of leather and run it through the same set of links as the bottom piece of leather. Continue in this manner until you reach the end. Keep the tension even as you weave the bracelet; make sure the links continue to lie parallel to each other. Now you are ready to run the leather cords through the first set of links, back to where you started. You will have three strands of leather going through this set of links. Be sure to allow enough length of your leather ends to take the bracelet on and off. You can add beads to the ends or tie an overhand knot to keep the leather ends from pulling out as you take the bracelet on and off. Enjoy your bracelet and the many compliments you will receive!! Here are the items needed  to make the rolo chain bracelet: 6-8 inches of chain CH-50 (7.0MM) 5 feet rubber tubing or  5 feet Greek leather cord 2mm large hole bead
Links to the categories of the items listed above:
CH-50 (7.0MM)	rubber tubing	Greek leather	large hole bead

Free Tutorial- Braided Beaded Bracelet

Who doesn't love FREE tutorials? I know I do. This one was just sent to me from Stumble Upon. It is from a blog called Honestly...WTF . This is a fun site. They have ideas and tutorials for many different types of projects.

I have seen bracelets like these at different stores right now. They seem to be pretty trendy. I really like them. They are colorful and look great if you wear multiples on your wrist all at once. They also would be a nice gift idea, or a fun project to do with someone else. And they look fairly easy to make.

Easy to make, fun to wear...what else could you ask for?

If the type for this tutorial is too small for you to read, go to DIY Braided Bead Bracelet on Honestly...WTF and take a look at the instructions there.

(tutorial from HonestlyWTF, adapted from Ornamentea, images from Honestly...WTF)

New Earrings Tutorial

I am always looking for FREE jewelry making tutorials and I came across one this morning that I thought was very creative.

These earrings are made by Miriam, aka Mad Mim, a jewelry artist that sells on Da Wanda.   This is what she has to say about them:

“So these Anthropologie Hue Pyramid earrings are the reason I made paper beads in the first place. I’m not sure if it was the design or the fact that I knew I could make them. Sometimes I make things just because I think I can, and then I realize that I don’t actually really like whatever it is I made. But I do love these. There definitely like “hey! everyone! I’m wearing really big and colorful earrings!” I kinda psyched myself up before wearing them by giving myself a little pep-talk. Work these earrings. Own these earrings.

And here are her instructions:

Supplies

Some pretty paper beads. Make sure to make an array of colors and also various sizes–you’ll need some small ones for the top of the triangle.

An anvil. You don’t need one–I managed fine without one, but that’s what you’re supposed to have according to that jewelry making book I checked out. I used a small sheet of steel that my husband had lying around his research lab. Don’t have any steel lying around? Umm, get creative. You need something really hard.

16 gauge gold jewelry wire. About 1 foot.

22 gauge gold jewelry wire. About 2 yards.

gold jump rings

closed earrings. Fish hook would probably work fine too.

gold beads. Someone gave me the ones I used, and there were two different sizes, but the original Anthropologie only has one size.

needle nose pliars/metal cutters. Again, the best thing to have would be those fancy round-nosed pliars, but you live without them.

a hammer

Now to give fair warning, I’m not a seasoned jewelry-maker, and don’t know any of the legit lingo yet. So when I say “loopy” and instead of the right term, just forgive and forget and move on.


Instructions:


1. Cut 6″ of the 16 gauge gold wire, and pound flat with a hammer and anvil/steel/whatever.




2. Measure 2 1/4″ from either end and mark with a washable marker.



3. Bend at marked points with your fingers to make a nice straight triangle.



4. With your pliars, make small loops on both ends (facing back).



5. Now with the 22 gauge wire, wrap around one side near the top several times until secure. Use your pliars to tighten and flatten the edge down against the frame.



6. String one small paper bead on, and then wrap around several times on opposite side of frame. If your first coil wrapped over the frame, wrap your second coil under, in order to weave the wire from front to back and vice versa.



7. Continue threading paper and gold beads back and forth throught the triangle frame, wrapping several times between rows. Just throw in a gold bead when you feel like it. Gauge the size of beads and number or gold ones with the space you have between the frame. You want the beads to fill the space, but not to fit tightly. Avoid weaving the rows to closely together as well.



8. When you reach the bottom, wrap around the bottom corner several times to secure, and then cut the wire and tighten/flatten against the frame with your pliars. You don’t want any pokies!


9. Attach jump rings to both loopies, and then one more (I used a slightly larger one) to connect the first two. Attach a closed earring to the top jump ring. Ya terminas!”






So fun and colorful!

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Free Chain Maille Tutorials

I like chainmaille jewelry. Chain maille is the art of linking small metal rings together in a set pattern. It is just facinating to me. So intricate. I just do not have the patience to make it, but I do admire anyone who does.

I also love FREE Jewelry Tutorials. And I like to share them with others when I find them. On Glitter Glow Beading, you can find many tutorials done by different jewelry artists.

Take a look if you like or want to try to make chainmaille jewelry.