How to Make Beaded Jewelry

Beaded jewelry making is a good idea of making your own jewelry out of glass beads. It started almost 3,000 years ago but it was used for denoting wealth and social status that only high class society people are allowed to wear beaded jewelry. Nowadays this jewelry is used by many for fashion purposes. You can make beaded jewelry on your own even though you're not a jewelry designer. If you have the talent then enhance it by creating different kinds of beaded jewelry.

There are different kinds of glass beads that can be used for making necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings. The commonly used glass beads for jewelry making are crystal beads, seed beads, coral beads, plastic beads or even sterling silver and gold beads. You can even make beaded jewelry in different colors like red, blue, yellow, black, white, pink, violet and green. The most common beads used by jewelry designers are the Italian seed beads and Camilla glass beads because these beads has varieties of shapes and designs that can theme your jewelry in different purposes. In order to make amazing jeweleries you must choose the best glass beads.

There are techniques that you need to know such as stitching, stringing, knotting and wire wrapping. These techniques will make your jewelry definitely look extraordinary among the rest. There are also different of strings or thread used like silk, nylon, string, twine and plastics. The C-Lon and nylon are the preferred threads used in this craft because of their quality. Never ever use sewing threads or dental floss in stringing beads for they break easily and they are not appropriate for threading beads as well.

Beaded jewelry making will be successful if you will use the basic materials and follow the procedures carefully. Just create colorful and elegant jeweleries by mixing and matching different shapes and styles of beads. You can also use your extra beads at home to make them into necklaces, bracelets and anklets for accessories. Now that you know all these things about this beautiful craft, get those hands working and start making your own jewelry.