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WigJig Newsletter for September 28, 2003

We are continuing to improve our newsletter, so please feel free to provide feedback at custsrv@wigjig.com.  If you are unable to view all the file formats you can always view the entire newsletter at:  http://www.wigjig.com/newitems/. 

New Items:
 This week we have two new items.  The first is a follow-on online book to our "Wire Design Basics" online book.  This new book, "Wire Design Basics Book 2", has new skills and several new projects including the three earring projects shown below.  Our second new product is the Wild Wire Wire Writing System.  This tool provides jigs, pegs and patterns for writing in wire longhand.  (It does not support printing in wire.)  This new product can be found at the bottom of our specials page in our Internet store.  In our next newsletter we plan on announcing a large selection of Paula Radke dichroic glass beads as our next new products. 

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 September 14th through October 10th, 2003. 




6mm Swarovski Round 25 Faceted Beads




3mm End Cap Bead Gold-Filled
 




1" Chasing Hammer
 




6mm Square Swarovski Sapphire Beads
 


Jewelry Making Chain

Sterling Silver Round Curb Chain - Fine
 




20G Artistic Wire Natural Silver
 

 

FREE JEWELRY 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 design for the Remembrance Earrings shown at right. These earrings are made from 20G 1/2 hard Sterling Silver or Gold-Filled wire combined with round or oval medium chain, end cap beads and bead dangles. Instructions for making these earrings can be found here.  These earrings are also called Wishbone Earrings since the wire component looks very similar to a wishbone on a chicken. 

 

Remembrance Earrings

 

Tip of the week:
 This past week I received a request for a design for a clasp.  We have several designs for clasps in WigJig University.  The design at right is one of my favorites.  Instructions for making this design can be found here. This clasp is made with 20G wire and because the loop is wrapped closed, it is a fairly strong clasp.  When using this clasp on a bracelet, I recommend using a guard chain. 

Custom Made Clasp

 

Announcements:
Vacation Celebration.  During the past two weeks we had three winners in the Vacation Celebration.  Please congratulate Mary Hale, Jackie Engle and James Daniel for winning vacations.  Please view the bottom of our WigJig Home Page to see our Vacation Celebration banner.  Select this banner to enter the contest to win a free vacation for yourself.

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 new online book "Wire Design Basics Book 2" 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 Over 1,400 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 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. 

 

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This WigJig jewelry making newsletter is provided as part of WigJig University.  We try to provide interesting jewelry projects using beads, jewelry wire and other jewelry supplies.  We hope that these pictures will provide you enough information for you to complete this project.  Some of the skills and jewelry making techniques have not been discussed here.  For beginners, we suggest that you visit our Beginners Start Here pages. These pages discuss the skills necessary for making jewelry in the detail that beginners need. We also suggest that beginners to jewelry making might need to visit the WigJig University College of Jewelry Making Techniques for additional information about some of the skills and techniques shown. 

 Most, but not all of the jewelry supplies shown here can be purchased in our WigJig store.  We try to have a complete selection of jewelry supplies in our store including chain, wire, glass beads, findings, watches, tools, etc.