Beads & Jewelry Making Supplies by WigJig Newsletter for 12/04/2005

Free Jewelry Design:

With every newsletter we provide a new jewelry design from WigJig University to spur the creative juices.  The new design for this newsletter is the design for the earrings shown at right.  We call these Marcia's Earrings because the design was suggested by Marcia Wiggins of Cape Elizabeth, Maine (our sister).  These are an advanced beginners jewelry making project.  These earrings can be made on any WigJig and use 16 gauge wire for the two square wire components and 18 or 20 gauge wire for the connectors that connect the components. As you can imagine, the pattern for these earrings is merely four regular metal pegs in a square.  We also have an alternative design for these earrings with a third square wire component.  These earrings hang as a three dimensional design with the middle square being perpendicular to the other two. 

To view our instructions for how to make this jewelry item please select here or select any picture.  We hope you like this project. 
 

Jewelry Technique:
This weeks jewelry making technique is a new page of instructions on how to make jump rings using step jaw pliers.  You can view on open jump ring at right.  This technique involves making a coil of about 1 3/4 wraps of wire around one of the steps in the jaws of the step jaw pliers.  To complete the jump ring you need to cut the initial 1/8" of straight wire off the coil.  You finish the jump ring by making a second cut at the point where the wire begins to overlap. 

To view our instructions on how to make and open jump ring connectors please select here or any of the pictures above. 
 

We are continuing to improve our newsletter, so please feel free to provide feedback at custsrv@wigjig.com. 

Announcements:
Online Books.  If you are looking for new and interesting jewelry projects -- try one of our Online Books.  Our most detailed instructions are for sale online.  Please select here to view our selection of online books.  These books are delivered over the Internet and there are no shipping costs on an order with just online books. 

Shipping Policy.  We waive the shipping charge on orders over $60 shipped within the US (as long as these orders remain over $60).  For International orders we ship via UPS international service 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 2,000 web pages of free information, tips, techniques and free jewelry making 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 our designs by sorted by the WigJig tool used to make them.  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.  We are also happy to sell our WigJig tools to stores.  Please send us an e-mail if you are interested in selling our WigJig tools. 

Classes.  We have a listing of various jewelry making classes using our WigJig tools that are offered by bead stores throughout the country.  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 at custsrv@wigjig.com so that we can include them in these pages. 

SHIPPING WAIVED 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: 12/04/2005