Beads, Jewelry Wire, Tools & Jewelry Making Supplies by WigJig Newsletter 09/30/2008

To view our free instructions for how to make these new bead stringing projects select there, or select any picture above.

Jewelry Technique:
This week's jewelry making technique is our new instructions for how to use a pinch bail to make gemstone earrings.  This may be one of our easiest jewelry making projects.  In fact, if you can open and close a loop using bent chain nose pliers and you can squeeze a lemon, you can make these earrings.  The pinch bail finding is called by that name because all you have to do to use the finding is position it properly and then pinch it closed.  The picture at left shows how the bail looks when in position on a gemstone.  The picture at right shows a bail by itself.  In the picture at right, you can view the two prongs on the bail finding.  These two prongs are positioned into the holes in a gemstone that has front-to-back holes and then pinched closed.  You can use just your fingers to pinch the bail closed.  Some people may find that using nylon jaw pliers makes it easier for them to pinch the bail closed.  The one caveat is to pinch slowly so that the finding doesn't get bent out of shape. 

The gemstones in our Internet store that work best with the pinch bail finding are our 18mm flat pear cubic zirconia gemstones, item 3388 in pink, item 3389 in clear, item 3390 in champagne, item 3391 in red, item 3392 in lavender, item 3393 in golden yellow, item 3394 in amethyst and item 3395 in olive green. 

Please select any picture above or select here to view our free instructions for making jewelry using bail findings.   

Nostalgia Corner:
This week's featured design in our Nostalgia Corner is the design for making jewelry with 1/2 drilled pearls.  With Christmas coming, it is time to begin thinking about some inexpensive and easy to make jewelry projects to give as gifts.  These pearl bead projects could not be easier.  If you can use glue, you can make this jewelry.  All that is required is to apply jeweler's cement (item 0359 in our Internet Store) to the post on the jewelry finding and then slide the 1/2 drilled pearl onto the post.  You will need to allow 30 minutes to an hour for this glue to fully set.  When you are done, you can begin wearing your new pearl jewelry. 

This week we have real 1/2 drilled, white Grade AAA freshwater pearls on sale in a 6mm size for a discount of 30%.  Please select here to view these freshwater pearls in our Internet store.  These pearls work perfectly with our earrings findings item 3289 in sterling silver or item 3290 in gold-filled. 

Please select here, or select any picture above to view our free instructions for making earrings and necklaces using 1/2 drilled pearl beads.

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: 

A man and a woman are sitting at a restaurant and the waitress notices that the man at the table slowly slides down out of his chair and under the table.  The woman at the table completely ignores the fact that her partner seems to be in distress.  After viewing this situation the concerned waitress comes to the table and asks the woman if there is anything she can do to help.  The woman at the table says "no thank you."  This confuses the waitress and she asks the woman if she is aware that her husband has slipped under the table.  The woman responds "That's not my husband.  My husband just walked in the door." 

Remember, no actual infidelity took place during the telling of this joke, and it is just that, only a joke. 

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. 

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

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