Aimeé's Jewellery Tutorial

Now onto jump rings! A jump ring is a small circle of wire which act as a connector between headpins, eyepins and the item you wish to attach them to. They come in a wide range of sizes and are another jewellery makers essential item. This is what a jump ring looks like...

Jump rings are used in almost everything I make from earrings to attaching clasps to necklaces but here are a few examples of some of my items that uses jump rings...



I will update this post with how to open jump rings correctly soon but I only have 2 hands and need Ollie to help me take the photos!

Aims x

Hello everyone,

I am starting right back at the beginning with what are headpins and eyepins?

Headpins are small pieces of wire, which you thread your beads on to, with a stopper at the bottom to stop your bead from falling off. They are essential items in jewellery making as they are used in earrings, bag charms, charm bracelets and many more things. Headpins are a quick and easy way to attach beads to chains and you can get some wonderful effects. The picture below shows a headpin...


This is one little example of what can be made using headpins...



Now onto eyepins! Eyepins are very similar to headpins except instead of having a flat stopper on the bottom they have a loop. This loop is really useful for attaching more headpins or eyepins to create a long dangly charm or creating cluster effects. This is what an eyepin looks like...

This is an example of just one way that eyepins can be used...

The main bead was put onto a eyepin and then small swarovski crystals were put on headpins and looped through the eyepin to give a clustered effect.

That is pretty much all I can think of for now regarding headpins and eyepins, please let me know if I have missed anything important out!

Aims x

Hello everyone,

This blog has been set up as a basic guide to materials and methods used in Jewellery making. I will start off by adding descriptions of basic materials, photographs of what they look like and discussion on how they can be used with some examples.

I have only decided to do this so this blog may be a work in progress for a little while but hopefully it will become a useful resource and reference tool for those who are new to jewellery making and I also hope to add some more complex tutorials for those who are experienced jewellery makers and looking for something a little more challenging.

Please let me know of any things you would like to see on here as I am only 1 person and I am bound to forget something!

I think thats all for now, keep checking back as I will be adding to this daily :)

Aims x

Oh and if you are looking for something else to do then you can always pop over to my craft blog at Jewellery Gems or my wesbite Jewellery Gems by Aimée ;)