With Valentines Day around the corner (one month away!), lots of people are once again trying to find the perfect gift. I might be biased, but I think jewelry is almost always the perfect gift for any holiday (well, at least for a girlfriend or wife). This post is dedicated to my male readers, in [...]

Silver Canyons, a friend of mine from the Jewelry on Etsy Team (JET for short) started a series of posts featuring great jewelry from each color in the Pantone collection of colors for this spring. First up is turquoise! I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the series – there are 10 colors total [...]

I just read a great post over at The Beaded Lily’s blog about how people are sometimes afraid to wear jewelry that stands out. So sad! There is so much gorgeous art jewelry out there, and many people apparently love it but are afraid it’s too bold to actually wear. I say, if you love [...]

I wrote a guest tutorial for Jewelry and Beading on using felt beads to make an easy, cute pair of earrings. You can make the felt beads yourself if you know how to felt wool, or buy them if you want more of an instant gratification project. I sell the ones I make in my [...]

Pickle is used to clean oxidation and flux residue off of metal. It is an acidic solution that you can buy from a jewelry supply store, or you can make a do-it-yourself version at home. Pickle can be stored in a glass jar or a ceramic crock pot. It works faster if it’s heated up, [...]

I know it isn’t jewelry, but I made this cute crocheted purse while following along with the learn to crochet lessons at Crafty Daisies. There was a link to a purse pattern in lesson #4, which I altered slightly, mostly by making it bigger and winging it on the ruffle part since I didn’t write [...]

Andrea of Dreams and Jewelry made these beautiful earrings with a verdigris patina: She was selling her beautiful enamel jewelry along with patinated metal creations like these earrings at the Southbay Soiree. I didn’t get a good picture of her enamel work, unfortunately, but you can see some of it on her dreams and jewelry [...]