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Do you have questions about how to price your jewelry, sell it, make it, generate more ideas or sell it online?

You have come to the right place, we have a library of jewelry making information available right here at your finger tips and more articles and tutorials being added all the time. With 20 years experience making and selling jewelry and with a writer who is not only professional but a stickler on good solid research you have discovered a wealth of information.

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ABOUT GEMSTONES AND BEADS

• Stone Properties
• Amber
• All Pearls are not Created Equal
• Bead Size Chart
• Birth Stones
• Hardness of Gemstones
• About Turquoise
• Should We Buy Coral?
• All About Gemstone Briolettes
  
• Stone Treatments
• Turquoise Comparison
• Turquoise Fire Test

HOW TO MAKE JEWELRY


• Facebook Jewelry Making Group
• How do I Create Jewelry
• Wire Wrap Jewelry
• Stringing Mediums for Jewelry Making
• All About Beading Wire
• About Wire
• Using Leather in Jewelry Design
• Crimping
• Tools for Wire Wrapping
• Jump Rings
• Headpins
• Ear Wires
• Ear Wire Designs
• Wrap a Loop
• Wire Wrapped Loops
• Wire Links and Connectors
• Hammers to use on Wire
• How to Hammer Wire
• Hammered Loop
• Hammering Closed Loops
• How to Harden Wire
• Wire Clasps
• Multistrand Necklaces 1
• Muiltstrand Necklaces 2
• Strung Beads and Chain Necklace
• Make Your Own Extenders
• Make Your Own End Cap
• Wire Wrap a Briolette
• Wire Wrapped Briolette Cap
• Messy Wire Wrapped Briolette Cap
• Wrap Wires or Binding Wires
• Border Wraps with Round Wire
• Wire Wave Bracelet
• Wrap an Arrowhead
• Wire Woven Bracelet
• Wire Woven Earrings
• Wire Woven Pendant
• Wire Wrapped Ring Tutorial
• Tree of Life Tutorial
• Tutorial Wire Scorpion
• Copper Etching
• Copper Patina
• Riveting - Cold Connections
• Soldering Jewelry 101
• Fold Forming
• Torch Enameling
• Tumbling Jewelry

HOW TO MAKE JEWELRY ARTICLES

• Organizing Jewelry Making Supplies
  
• Copper Tarnishing
• Copper Tidbits and Facts
• Creative Thinking in Jewelry Design 1
• Creative Thinking in Jewelry Design 2
• Creative Thinking in Jewelry Design 3
• Creative Thinking in Jewelry Design 4
• Excellence Versus Perfectionism 1
• Excellence Versus Perfectionism 2
• Generating Jewelry Ideas by Making Connections
• Lead Content in Jewelry
• Improve Your Jewelry Making Techniques
  

HOW TO SELL JEWELRY

• Branding Your Business
• Can I Make a Living Making Jewelry?
• Finding Your Niche
• Gallery Percentages
• Home Shows for Jewelry
• Jewelry Business
• Jewelry in a Gallery
• Jewelry Policies for Wholesale and Consignment
• Jewelry Show Etiquette
• Leaving a Gallery
• Making a Boutique Your Customer 1
• Selling Jewelry to Boutiques 2
• Making a Sale to a Boutique 3
• Pricing Jewelry
• SEO for Jewelry Websites
• Secrets to Selling Jewelry Online
• More Secrets to Selling Jewelry Online
• Setting up for a Show
• Why We Can't Tell You How to Sell Your Jewelry

GALLERY OF JEWELRY

• Clients’ Art Blog
• Szarka’s
• Szarka’s Jewelry Blog

AND SO MUCH MORE

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• Ethics Copyrights and Patents
• Free Beads
• Masterclass in Business
• Mission Statement
• Photo Tips
• Teaching Jewelry Making
• Trials of Selling Beads
• Show Schedule
• Shopping Spree
• Why Buy From Magpie
• Why Sign up for the Newsletter?
• JMBL our Facebook Jewelry Making Group
• Jewelry Meet Ups! San Marcos TX Faux Bead Society