WigJig Newsletter 031028 on Jewelry making, Jewelry Supplies, Beads and Wire

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 Lock Back Earrings with the Loop shown at right. This is a modification to the design for the Lock Back Earrings that were included in a prior newsletter. You can view instructions for how to make these earrings here.

We also have a bonus design. The design below shows how to make a quick key chain. This key chain uses a single large bead and some commercial chain. For this project, a Paula Radke Dichroic Glass bead was used to add decorative flair to our key chain. To view instructions on how to make the key chain select here.

Lock Back Earrings with Loop

Tip of the week:
How to glue end cap beads. The end cap bead shown at the bottom of the earrings at right is glued in place using Jeweler's Cement. This weeks tip is a simple method to make this easier and stronger. The tip is very simple -- just file the wire where it would be inserted into the End Cap Bead. Filing the wire with a jeweler's file or a nail file will make the end of the wire smaller and allow more room to insert the wire in the end cap bead and will add texture to the wire that will allow the Jeweler's Cement to make a stronger bond. Be careful as you file so that you do not file the wire where it would be exposed. You don't want the file marks to show in the finished piece.

How to Glue
End Cap Beads

Announcements:
Vacation Celebration. During the past two weeks we had two winners in the Vacation Celebration. Please congratulate Richard Asch and Julie Keeble 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 "Ear Cuffs Basic" 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 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.

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.

6mm Swarovski Round 25 Facet Emerald Beads	Artistic Wire 20G Non-Tarnish Brass is finally Back!
Tool Kit for Beginners	Earrring Post with Loop Sterling Silver
8mm Magnetic Clasp Gold-plate	22G Artistic Wire Natural Silver