Making Your Own Jewelry as a Hobby, Art, or Business

Are you an artistic and creative person who likes arts and crafts and arts and crafts hobbies? Then you should consider making your own jewelry. You can make your own jewelry as a hobby, and/or you can start a business making your own jewelry. You can also make jewelry as an art form and sell your jewelry and arts and crafts shows. 

How do you start? 

First you need to find suppliers of jewelry products. Here are a couple of suppliers:

JewelrySupply.com 
http://www.jewelrysupply.com
Here are you can beads, beading supplies, stringing materials, jewelry tools, magnifiers, packaging and other items needed by those interested in custom-designing and making their own jewelry.

Jewelry and Bead Supply 
http://www.jewelryandbeadsupply.com
Here you can learn how to make jewelry as well as find supplies. There are jewelry making courses, books, DVDs. You can also purchase business packages: Small, Professional, Master's Business Packages. This is the website if you want to purchase instructional products on jewelry making and especially if you're interested in jewelry making not as a hobby but as a business. You can also purchase wholesale beads, wholesale wire, and gemstones. With their instructional books and courses, you learn that anyone can make jewelry and there's no experience necessary. Their business packages also contain ebook guide to craft show selling.


Pmegio.com 
http://pmegio.com
This website contains free jewelry making projects and recipes for how to make different types of jewelry and beads. For example there are project using African trade beads, Indian glass beads, and vintage beads, among other free projects. There are also links to other jewelry making websites. This website is excellent for hobbyest, business jewelry makers, and those interested in jewelry as art. There are also recommended beading books and supplier links.