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A Jeweler's Life, Boho Turquoise Drop Earrings, Jewelry Projects, Jewelry Techniques, Wire Components, Wire Jewelry

Boho Turquoise Drop Earrings ~ Paddle Ear Wires

April 13, 2020
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by Detrina Kofroth

Hello and welcome everyone. Today, we are going to learn to make a new style of component. The Paddled Earring Wire, is a unique and beautiful finding that adds the special finish to your work, making your piece entirely handmade. The ear wires made today are used in the Boho Turquoise Drop Earrings. These special […]

A Jeweler's Life, Bead Weaving, Bead Weaving 101, Brick Stitch, Jewelry Techniques

Bead Weaving 101 – Increasing Flat Brick Stitch for Even Rows

April 10, 2020
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by Detrina Kofroth

Welcome Back to Brick Stitch Basics And Bead Weaving 101. In Flat Brick Stitch Basics, we talked a lot about the stitch and it’s origins. We discussed the basic Ladder start and about how the bead work will naturally decrease using the traditional method of the stitch. Traditional Brick Stitch Sample Today, we are going […]

A Jeweler's Life, Boho Turquoise Drop Earrings, Jewelry Techniques, Wire Jewelry, Wire Wrapping Techniques

Wire Wrapping Techniques – Simple Wire Wrapped Drop Beads

April 8, 2020
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by Detrina Kofroth

Simply Beautiful Wire and Gemstone Drops Good Morning and welcome back to The Alluring Bead Boutique. Today, we are going to expand our skills using Wire Wraaping Techniques. We can use this wonderful technique to create components for our designs using any kind of drop bead. In this tutorial, we are focusing on Oval Drop […]

A Jeweler's Life, Bead Weaving, Bead Weaving 101, Brick Stitch, Jewelry Techniques

Bead Weaving 101 – Flat Brick Stitch Basics

April 6, 2020
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by Detrina Kofroth

Ready for a New Stitch?? Welcome back to Bead Weaving 101. Today we are going to put our new Ladder Stitch skills to work. As we talked about earlier, we use a Ladder base for the beginning of Brick and Herringbone Stitch projects. Over the next few weeks, we are going to focus on Brick Stitch […]