making jewelry

I am not a huge fan of beads. Most of the jewelry I make is with faceted gemstones, and standard jewelry castings. I gave wire wrapping a try, and I just do not care for most of it. I have some large...

Hi!can anyone tell me good sites to look for making bead jewelry? i love beading and started doing it recently.i made some 20 or so necklaces with my own designs.looking for some ideas.thank you.

This is one of my most favorite creations. I have had the alexandrite loose gemstone, for many years. I have another one as well, that is slightly smaller, and with less color change. I love color...

This is a lovely color combination of colors. A lovely marquise Amethyst paired with pink sapphires. It is sterling silver, and one of my favorite new pieces, I have done. I purchased the semi mount,...

I have been collecting gems and minerals for several years now and have finally decided to try to do something with all the minerals/gems that I have either mined or aquired. my 1st thought was what...

I finally made a twitter account, as was recommended to me, to promote my Etsy store, and my jewelry blog. My user name is melissasjewelry, if you follow me, I will in turn follow you.

I made this necklace using a huge 40mm Orange fire Murano glass focal bead. I used craft wire which is very soft and pliable to make it into a pendant then added it to the lovely goldtone chain. This...

I made this necklace using a huge 40mm Orange fire Murano glass focal bead. I used craft wire which is very soft and pliable to make it into a pendant then added it to the lovely goldtone chain. This...

I make my own jewelry, but am fairly new to beading. I use more traditional settings, with gemstones. I really find it very difficult to bead with those little seed beads, but I found a cool product,...

I have some new jewelry posted on my etsy.... eleache.etsy.com Check it out!