Yesterday, I decided to try my hand at making a necklace. The Good News: It looked awesome. The Bad News: It didn't fit around my neck. So today, I ended up taking it apart and redoing it. This time, I made sure to measure the wire a few times before cutting it. Check it.
Splendid, isn't it? I think so. In the past few weeks, I have successfully made 2 pairs of earrings, 2 bracelets and a necklace. Once I finally settle down in my new place, I'm going to stock up on some more materials and try to start up a jewelry business.
Yesterday, I finally got my hands on a bottle of clear polish for knot sealing. So today, I finished up making matching bracelets for the 2 pairs of earrings that I made a couple of weeks ago. This is the set that I made for myself.
And here's the set that I plan to sell.
Now, I just need to work on building a customer base. Pretty sure my mother knows some people at her job who will be interested in buying my jewelry. Fingers crossed.
Today, I made 2 more pairs of earrings. After realizing that I had used different colored pins when I made the first pair, I took them apart and used a couple of the beads from that to make a new pair. This time, I made sure that both pins were the same color and added some leaf charms. In my opinion, these came out a lot better than the first pair.
For the third pair, I went with some brighter colored beads.
Had a hard time with the bottom pieces. But once I got that under control, I was able to finish the earrings without a problem. Awesome job, if I do say so myself. Next, I plan to make a matching bracelet. Then, see if I can sell them as a set.
Earlier today, I finally got around to opening my jewelry making kit. After going over the instructions a few times, I attempted to make a pair of earrings. Here's the end result.
Struggled a bit with looping the ends of the head and eye pins, but I think they came out pretty good. Not bad for my first time. With a little more practice, I should have a better handle on the looping. If all goes well, I'll hopefully be able to start up my own jewelry making business.
