01/15/2008 WigJig Newsletter on Jewelry Making, Jewelry Supplies, Beads and Wire

WigJig News -- AKA Boomer Sez:

Our Spokesdog: If an insurance company can have a gecko, we have decided that we can have a spokesdog. Boomer, shown at right, is our spokesdog. If you select Boomer's picture at right, you will be able to view Boomer at work.

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Shows for 2008: We don't participate in a lot of shows because we don't have the time to run our WigJig business plus do a lot of travel. We will be participating in two shows in 2008. They are the International Gem and Jewelry Show in Tucson February 6-10 and the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee June 5-8. You can view information on these shows here. Please note that we won't have a WigJig booth. We will be demonstrating our WigJig Tools at the Soft Flex Booth. If you will be attending either show, please stop by the Soft Flex Booth and say hello.

Birthstone for January: The birthstone for January is the garnet. Last year, we were only selling Garnet colored CZs. This year, we have added both man-made garnets and natural, or mined garnets to our Internet store. Both the man-made garnets and the natural garnets are darker in color than the garnet CZs that we sell. You can view this darker color at right. Please select here for more information on Garnets.

New Products: Since our last newsletter we have added three new gemstones. We have added natural, 6mm, Grade AA Peridot, Garnet and Citrine gemstones in the round brilliant cut. These gemstones are not made in a laboratory but are mined from the earth and for this reason will have very small imperfections that can only be viewed using a jeweler's loupe. For those of you who want a natural gemstone, these stones may be what you want. You can view these new gemstones below. Please select any picture to view that item in our Internet store. We have very limited supplies of these gemstones so if you are interested, we suggest purchasing now. We can get more, but it will take several months once these stones sell out to get them back in stock.


6mm Peridot	6mm Garnet	6mm Citrine

Guest Contributor: This month's guest contributor is Laurie Roberge from Scarborough, Maine. Laurie makes earrings that she donates to the oncology department at Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine. The earrings are given to anyone receiving cancer treatments who may want them. If you have questions for Laurie, she can be reached via e-mail at laurie_roberge@hotmail.com. From the picture you can tell that Laurie has been busy.

Free Instructions for 2 Strand Jewelry Wire & Beads Bracelet Jewelry Making Project

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 2 Strand Jewelry Wire & Beads Bracelet shown at right and below. This is an advanced beginner's jewelry making project and involves both stringing beads on Soft Flex, using crimp beads and making wire components on our WigJig tools.

For this project, we made the two end wire components, the spacer bar and the clasp out of 20 gauge wire using patterns on our WigJig Delphi or Centaur. The patterns we used are perfect for using 6mm beads. The beads were strung on size .019 Soft Flex.

From a technical perspective, we really like the way the clasp is integrated into the end wire components and the fact that the end wire components are wrapped closed so that the bracelet is both strong and permanent. From an artistic perspective, we like the way the Swarovski Crystal Peals look when contracted with the Swarovski Round Sapphire Crystal beads. We hope you like it also.

To view our free instructions for how to make these 2 Strand Jewelry Wire & Beads Bracelet select here, or select either picture above.

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 a discussion on how to make the beginner's clasp used in our 2 Strand Bracelet shown above. You can view this clasp at right. Making this clasp is a beginner's jewelry making project. For those readers who like to make their own findings, this is an excellent project. Please select the picture above-right, or select here to view our free instructions for making this beginner's clasp. In our next newsletter, we will add directions to make a slightly more advanced clasp.

Nostalgia Corner:
This week's featured design in our Nostalgia Corner is the design for our Bead Still My Heart Earrings shown at right. With Valentines day just about a month away, now is the time to make your earrings for Valentines day. This is a beginners jewelry making project. Whether you use red wire as shown at right or silver or gold-filled wire as shown at left, these earrings are certain to get noticed on Valentines day.

Please select here, or select either picture to view our free instructions for making our Bead Still My Heart Jewelry Wire & Beads Earrings Project 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, television or over the Internet.

Boomer Humor:

Boomer's roommates are Gary and Suzanne. Since Suzanne is getting mature, like a fine wine, Gary decided to make some "Menopause Jewelry" for Suzanne. As a Christmas gift he made her a mood ring using beads that changed color based with her moods. He learned that when Suzanne is in a good mood, the ring turns green. He also learned that when she is in a bad mood the mood ring leaves a big red mark on his forehead. (Please remember, this is just a joke.)

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 Global Priority Mail and charge $5 over the US Mail charge for this shipping service. Please select here to view our entire shipping policy.

WigJig University. We provide over 2,700 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 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.

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Beads, Jewelry Tools & Jewelry Making Supplies by WigJig Jewelry Making Newsletter

6mm Swarovski, Bicone, Violet Crystal Beads Sale Priced $2.40 per package of 12 beads	6mm Swarovski, Garnet, Round Crystal Beads Sale Priced $4.16 per package of 12 beads
Sterling Silver Thin Head Pin 2" Long Sale Priced $2.64 per package of 10.	Sterling Silver Lever Back Ear Clips Sale Priced $2.80 per package of 1 pair
Silver-plated 8mm Magnetic Clasp Sale Priced $2.48 per package of 1 clasp	20G Natural Silver Artistic Wire $3.20 for an 18' Spool (This wire has an anti-tarnish, enamel coating.)

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