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WigJig Newsletter for July 20, 2003
We are continuing to improve our newsletter, so please feel free to provide feedback at custsrv@wigjig.com. Because some PC security programs block certain file formats from display, we have experienced difficulties selecting a file format for sending pictures in our newsletters. In this newsletter I tried three different file formats for the pictures hoping to find one that will work for everyone. The file formats are shown next to each picture as .jpg, .gif, or .bmp. If you are unable to view all the file formats you can always view the entire newsletter at: http://www.wigjig.com/newitems/.
ON SALE:
We update the items we have "On Sale" with every newsletter. A small sample of the products we currently have for sale at a discount are shown below. Please click on any of the text below the pictures to view our entire list of sale items. Quantities are limited for these items so please shop early. This sale will be effective from July 20th through August 1st, 2003. Please note that we have some of our new round 25 faceted Swarovski beads on sale.
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MAKING DESIGN: With every newsletter we provide a free design from WigJig University to spur the creative juices. This newsletter's free design is the Classic Hoop Earrings shown at right. These earrings are relatively easy to make using twenty inches of 20G 1/2 hard gold-filled or sterling silver wire. Instructions for making these earrings can be found here. |
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Jewelry Making Technique of the week: Our WigJig University wire-working technique for this newsletter is how to make necklaces and bracelets lay flat. Sometimes when connecting wire components they do not want to lay properly. Generally, wire components like to be connected perpendicular to one another. For this reason, manufactured chain will have slight twists built into the chain so that it will lay flat. When connecting wire components together in necklaces and bracelets this approach needs to be considered. One easy way to connect two wire components is to use either a wrapped bead link (as shown in the picture at right), a jump ring, or a figure 8 connector to connect the components. Any of these approaches will connect with their loops in the vertical plane, allowing the wire components connected to remain in the horizontal plane. On very rare occasions, you will find that you need a connector that connects to one component with a vertical loop and to the other component with a horizontal loop. This requirements can be satisfied by making a figure 8 connector, and rotating one of the loops of the figure 8 by 90 degrees using chain nose pliers. The technique for making a figure 8 connector using round nose pliers can be found here. |
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Announcements: Online Books. If you are looking for new and interesting projects -- try one of our Online Books. Our most detailed jewelry making instructions are for sale online. Please select here to view our selection of online books. This week our "Projects 1-6" Online book is on sale for 20% off. Shipping Policy. We ship all retail orders over $60 for free within the US. For International orders we ship via FED EX International and charge $34.95 (our average cost) for this expedited shipping service. Please select here to view our entire shipping policy. WigJig University. We provide 1358 pages of free information, tips, techniques and free designs in WigJig University. We encourage everyone to view this information as a source for new ideas, projects, or a way to learn new techniques. We now have a page in WigJig University that shows you designs by type of WigJig tool. Please select here to view that information. International Vendors. We do have vendors who sell our WigJig products outside the US. We encourage customers to contact these vendors in their home country. Please select here to view our list of overseas vendors. Classes. We are still working to develop web pages showing who has jewelry making classes where. If you are interested in classes, please select here. If you know someone who has classes in using our WigJig tools, please ask them to send us an e-mail so that we can include them in these pages. Please send the e-mails to custsrv@wigjig.com. |
FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ORDERS OVER $60.00 SHIPPED to USA - Customer Care - WigJig, PO Box 5124, Gaithersburg, MD 20882; (800) 579-WIRE (phone), (240) 597-2262 (fax), custsrv@wigjig.com (email). Privacy Policy. All content on this web site including jewelry and wire designs are copyrighted by WigJig. WigJig is a registered trademark. Last modified: January 11, 2008
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