My Posts Tagged as 'Tutorial'

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Last week we saw how Philippa made lampwork beads. This week, we're talking to Philippa about her bead making journey.

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Do you want to go on a field trip?

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Today I’m going to be doing some bead weaving but on a giant scale.

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It’s spring here in New Zealand, it’s always lovely and green in the spring time here. That’s what inspired today’s tutorial – the green colours of spring.

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Are you a matching person? Do you match your earrings, necklace and bracelets?

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Do you ever have days where you start with the intention to make one thing and it turns out to be something entirely different?

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When my daughter was 12, she went to a ball. She was telling my Mum all about it and Mum suggested that she wear one of her necklaces.

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I’m not embarrassed to admit when I was wrong, as long as I learn from my mistakes.

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I’ve been on a bit of a memory wire kick lately so today I’m experimenting with ring size memory wire, to make some really basic rings.

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I love hoop earrings and I also love memory wire. I’ve been experimenting with using memory wire in a different way rather than just a bracelet or necklace.

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Texture, shape, colour, lustre, material – it’s all important in your jewellery designs. Let’s talk about that.

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The great thing about these earrings is that they look really complicated but they aren’t.

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What is crimping and why is it so important that you get it right?

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I’m playing with some memory wire today to make a beautiful focal necklace.

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Today I’m going to show you five basic jewellery making techniques that every jewellery maker should know.

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Would you like to bling up your knitting with some extra special stitch markers? In this week’s tutorial, that’s exactly what I’m doing. I

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What is a Wire Guardian? When should you use one? This week’s tutorial is all about wire guardians (or thread protectors).

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What is a Wire Guardian? When should you use one? This week’s tutorial is all about wire guardians (or thread protectors).

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Have you ever used a bead frame? In this week’s video, I played with some beads to make this necklace using two different bead frames.

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Today I’m using a colour I don’t often use, yellow, to make these double teardrop earrings.

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I’ve been promising this tutorial for the longest time. I have two (now three) pairs of these beautiful twisted wire heart, chandelier earrings and I wear them all the time.

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Lately I’ve been playing with making wire rings.

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You know that I love blue and I love stretch bracelets so today I’m combining those two things into one tutorial to make a triple strand stretch bracelet.

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Today’s tutorial is for the knitters among you. Now before you switch off because you’re not a knitter, you might find this one interesting.

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Today I’m going to be showing you how to make some pendulum earrings. These earrings don’t take much in terms of materials but there are some special tools you need.

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I have been having such a lot of fun playing with resin and applying it to jewellery. I made several resin pendants, in this week’s tutorial, I make two.

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Mother’s Day isn’t too far away so it’s time to start thinking about a gift. Does your mother always forget where she’s left her glasses?

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I cut these bunny earrings using my Cricut machine but never fear, you can still make them if you don’t have a Circut. I also need your help!

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It was my plan today to walk you step by step through the process of making a brooch with me, but it didn’t quite go that way. I had a bit of a disaster – watch the video until the end to find out what happened.

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There’s nothing more frustrating than your stretch bracelet breaking and all the beads falling all over the pavement! In today’s tutorial, I’m going to show you how I knot my stretch bracelets to make them more secure.

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I’m feeling dark and moody today!

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Are you ready to have your mind blown? Today I’m making an interchangeable necklace which means you two necklaces from one.

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These earrings are so super easy to make, you won’t believe it!

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Today, I’m making something that is completely out of character for me.

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How do you feel about Valentine’s Day?

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A few weeks ago we had some exciting news!

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Last year I made an orange and navy necklace for a friend. This year, I’m making the matching earrings.

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I’ve been seeing these earrings all over Pinterest for the last couple of years so this year I decided to make a pair of my own.

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I’m getting ready for the Christmas parties so I wanted to make a statement necklace – and I’m making it with memory wire.

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Over the Northern Hemisphere summer I saw lots of jewellery made from seed beads. Today, I’m not only making this cute choker necklace, I’m also showing you to how make a sliding knot with waxed cord.

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I love to wear red and I have a stunning necklace that used to be my Mum’s, but what I realised is that I didn’t have a red bracelet.

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Do you have a necklace that’s slightly too short? Today I’m going to show you how to quickly add an extender chain so that you can adjust the size.

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So, what should you do with Halloween charms? Make a charm bracelet of course!

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Halloween is just a few weeks away so I decided to make this spikes and bones necklace using memory wire.

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Blue and green should never been seen – isn’t that how the saying goes? Actually blue and green look quite good together.

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When you string a necklace, there’s always the decision to make about how to end it. Do you use crimp covers or simply crimp the ends?

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A few weeks ago I made a multistrand bracelet and everyone loved it. I got so many comments on it.

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I was asked by a customer to create a kit for a tween girl’s birthday party. She wanted to make jewellery with her friends, so I created this cute set for them, consisting of a necklace, stretchy bracelet and dangly earrings.

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Have you figured out yet that I really like blue? Today’s tutorial was inspired by these beautiful acrylic silver-plated blue beads.

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Happy weekend my friend! Do you believe it’s September already. I feel like I blinked and missed the last month.

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It’s Father’s Day this weekend so I decided to make a bracelet for my husband.

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Happy weekend my friend! What an eventful week we’ve had.

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There’s a huge trend right now to wear lots of bracelets stacked on one arm.

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Happy weekend my friend! What an eventful week we’ve had.

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It’s no secret that my daughter loves unicorns. In fact, we call her house the unicorn museum.

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I’ve got this old necklace that need replacing and I love the chain tassel on it so I thought I’d make a new one and share the process with you.

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Happy weekend my friend! My family and I created a long weekend by taking Friday off.

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Using jump rings is an integral part of making jewellery so today I thought I’d talk about what they are and when and how to use them.

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Happy weekend my friend! Now that mid-winter Christmas is over and the days are starting to get longer, it feels like spring might just be on the way.

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Can you get the same result by using different methods? I’m testing that theory today by making this pair of earrings twice using two different methods.

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Happy weekend my friend! This week I did my first ever live jewellery workshop.

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I’m doing it double today with this double strung blue pendant necklace.

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Happy weekend my friend! And what a weekend it is! As I sit at my desk the wind is howling and the rain is pelting.

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Another pair of super quick earrings made with only three materials including these wonderful turquoise teardrop beads.

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These earrings were born because of these beautiful closed textured rings. I just fell in love with them as soon as I saw them.

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Happy weekend my friend! I spent yesterday painting some chairs. They aren’t ready to reveal yet but I’m aiming to have them ready for next week.

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It’s a super short tutorial today. At the beginning of my five minute earrings series I said I wanted to show you how quick and easy it could be to make your own jewellery.

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Happy weekend my friend! So this happened yesterday. You might be wondering what, exactly is going on in this photo.

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These earrings are super easy to make – if you can open and close a jump ring, you can make them - and if you can't, I can show you how.

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We are celebrating! A year ago today we drove to Christchurch and literally bought everything in the bead store – yes, we bought the entire store and Affordable Jewellery Supplies was born (or reborn).

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Happy weekend my friend! The photo above is of my historical family homestead in Whanganui.

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Today I’m starting a new series called “Five Minute Earrings”. Although I’ve made five minute earrings before using twist bails, these ones don’t use any special tricks to make them quick.

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Happy weekend my friend! This week started with a crazy weekend where we collected three dining tables.

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Do you love delicate, dainty jewellery? I really do but I seldom wear it. If you answered yes, then this tutorial is for you.

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Happy weekend my friend! This week started with a crazy weekend where we collected three dining tables.

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While it’s starting to get colder here, I’ve been thinking about hot summer days, sitting on a beach. Don’t get me wrong, I quite like the winter and all its coziness, but I also like the summer and what it means for my lifestyle.

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Happy weekend my friend! Can you believe it’s almost the end of May?

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Aren’t these cute? They are so dainty. I’ve been wanting to use these Lucite flower bell beads for sometime and I finally got to it last week. I love the pinks, purples and reds mixed into these earrings.

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Happy weekend my friend! What a week it’s been! We’ve had a week of full on stormy weather – torrential rain and gale force winds.

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What factors go into choosing the right jewellery? Do you even think about it or do you just inherently know what suits you?

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Happy weekend my friend! Red in the morning, shepherd’s warning! I woke up this morning to this beautiful sky so I couldn’t help but share it with you.

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Sometimes we need privacy but still need light! That’s was the case with our front door (and our back door).

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I inherited a few pieces of jewellery from my Mum and I’ve been worried about wearing them as they are very fragile so I decided to restring them.

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Happy weekend my friend! It’s been a crazy few weeks which is why last weekend I didn’t post a weekly roundup. Instead, I revealed my newly renovated front porch.

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Everyone who has visited us lately has commented on our great new front door. Last week I shared our front porch makeover.

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Do you ever wake up and you’ve been dreaming about beads? I do!

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This post has been a long time coming – not that it’s taken us a long time to do the project, it’s just that we’ve been wanting to do it for a long time.

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I’m so excited. I’ve been asked to participate in my first ever DIY challenge! It’s a summer porch makeover.

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These acrylic butterfly beads are so popular. I decided it was time I found out what all the hype was about and make something with them. The butterfly dangle earrings were born!

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Happy weekend my friend! Here’s some random thoughts on a chilly autumn morning.

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Have you ever considered becoming a blogger? I am coming up to my 12th anniversary of being a blogger. Wow! When I think about that, there’s so much that’s happened in that time.

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Not all beads are round! In fact, beads come in all shapes and sizes.

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Happy weekend my friend! Yay! Even though it’s been a short week, it feels like it’s taken forever – maybe that’s because we switched back from daylight savings.

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I’ve been wanting to experiment with more ways to use memory wire and the revival of the cuff bracelet trend has given me the perfect opportunity.

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Happy Easter my friend! So how do we celebrate Easter in New Zealand?

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When I first started making jewellery there was one thing that tripped me up every time.

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I just love spring colours – all those soft pastels – pink, blue, lemon. This is a fun bracelet made with 16mm bubblegum beads, silver stardust beads and a gemstone heart pendant.

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A couple of weeks ago I showed you how to design a memory wire bracelet with a focal bead.

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I’m a pastel girl! I love pastel colours – they make me happy. How do you feel about pastels?

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You probably already know that I love memory wire. Ever wanted to know how I design my memory wire bracelets?