Past Techniques:
We maintain a techniques web page that provides links to
the discussion of techniques in our prior newsletters. You can visit
this web page
here.
Follow the links on that page to the discussion of the
technique in that
newsletter.
Jewelry Technique:
 This
week's jewelry making technique is an introduction to our new instructions
for our WigJig Beadstringing Kit.
You can view our
Beadstringing kit in our Internet store here.
You can view our instructions
for assembling this kit here. We have even prepared some easy to
print instructions for this Beadstringing Kit in Adobe Acrobat format.
Select here
to view our Adobe Acrobat instructions for the Beadstringing Kit.
Our goal with this Beadstringing Kit is to provide a way for newcomers to have a project that is suitable for a beginner, but allows
them to make a piece of jewelry that they would be proud to wear. The
piece that is made using the Beadstringing
 Kit
is the white pearl beads necklace shown above-right and below-left.
The kit includes all the tools, beads, supplies and materials necessary to
make the white pearl beads necklace shown. With the instructions
provided both via the Internet, or easily printed in Adobe Acrobat format,
anyone should be successful in making this necklace.
This kit is not appropriate for someone who already has their own tools.
It is focused on a total newcomer with no tools and little to no experience.
The kit employs bead stringing wire and crimp beads to make a necklace that
is permanent, quick and easy to make, and a standard item of most people's
jewelry collections. Select either picture, or
select here to view our free
instructions for the Beadstringing Kit.
Our WigJig
Beadstringing Kit makes an excellent birthday or Christmas gift.
Nostalgia Corner:
 This
week's featured design in our Nostalgia Corner is the design for our Tie
Chain. During the past two weeks we've had several questions about
 the
Tie Chain project. The tie chain is an excellent project to make as
gifts and can be made with just a simple chain, with a decorative wire
component as shown above-right, or with a gemstone as shown at left.
We made the Tie Chain with 18 gauge 1/2 hard wire. We received some
feedback from some people who tried to make the Tie Chain with 18 gauge soft
wire and they weren't satisfied with the results. Our suggestion for
those who want to make this tie chain using less expensive soft wire is that
they use 16 gauge wire if they are going to use soft wire.
Please select here, or select
either picture above to view our instructions for making our Jewelry Wire
Tie Chain shown
here.
Warning! Joke Follows.
This is only a joke. We tell jokes because we are in favor of smiling,
laughing and being happy. This does not mean that we are opposed to
anyone or anything.
If you have ever in your entire life been offended by
any joke -- please skip the below paragraphs. It is not our intention to
offend anyone! We don't write these jokes, we only re-tell jokes that
we have heard on the public radio or other public media.
Boomer Humor: A man walks into a bar with an ostrich behind him
and they proceed to the bar. The bartender asks the man for his order
and the man responds "I'll have an Irish Whiskey with a beer chaser."
The ostrich says "I'll have the same."
The bartender returns with the drinks and says "That's $12.29 for the two
drinks plus taxes." The patron reaches into his pocket and withdraws
exactly $12.29 and pays the bartender.
The man and the ostrich return to the bar frequently and while the man
orders different drinks, whatever the man orders, the ostrich has the same
thing. In addition, whenever the bartender rings up the total, the man
always pays with the exact change.
After a couple of weeks of this the bartender finally gets around to asking
"Why is it that you always pay with exact change?" The man responds
"Some years back I found a magic lamp and was granted two wishes. My
first wish was that whenever I wanted to purchase anything, all I would have
to do is reach into my pocket and the exact change would be there for me to
pay." The bartender responds "Boy that's smart. Many people
would have wished for a million dollars and would be broke within a few
years." The bartender continues "Can you tell me why you are always
followed by an ostrich?" The patron responds "My second wish was for a
tall chick with a large breast, and long legs who would always agree
with everything I say."
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