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Jewelry-Making Supplies I Use & Love

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Jewelry Making is Fun! Let’s make shopping for beginner products easy to find without much guesswork so you can get started quicker and with ease. Happy Designing!
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Simple Tools to Begin Your Newfound Art

A Few Things To Get Started…Let’s Go!
 
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WORKPRO 7 Pcs Jewelry Pliers Set for Jewelry Making Tools with Easy Carrying Pouch. A simple beginning set of tools that help you get started with your jewelry making journey!
Pliers for Benchwork
 
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These chain nose pliers are high quality polished steel, heavy duty and built to last. They are designed ergonomically to help with hand fatigue and assist in beading and intricate design work.
Chain Nose Pliers
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These looping pliers are ideal for making wire wrapping, creating loops, jump rings and curves in your designs. The center creates a nice space for no inclusions or dents on your metal.
Wire Looping Pliers for Jewelry Making
 
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Pliers for multiple uses in your jewelry making craft. Perfect set to start with and it has a nice wood stand to keep your workspace organized.
Set of 8 Jewelry Pliers with holder
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Ideal for all your jewelry making and beading projects, use these faceted glass beads to create sparkly earrings, bracelets, necklaces, anklets and more. Perfect to create statement jewelry, combine them with matching beads for a one of a kind projec...
Crystal Beads for Sparkling Jewelry & Accessories
 
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I love having a variety of different metals, textures and shapes when I design jewelry. I love the selection I get at Michael’s especially when I’m in between gem and bead shows. It’s so fun creating wearable art and accessories!
Metal Bead Strands for Necklaces and Bracelets
 
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Crafters and beaders will love creating with these Polymer Clay Beads. Each pack contains 110 beads, and packs contains multiple colors and are assorted into 6 packs as shown. Great for small businesses! Perfect for creating keychains, bracelets, jew...
Crafters Square Polymer Clay Beads, 110-pc. Packs
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These earring hooks are the ones I use the most in my jewelry making. They are stainless steel, easy to work with and stay looking shiny. I also like that they are hypoallergenic especially because I have sensitive ears.
Surgical Stainless Steel Earring Hooks
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The flocked surface helps beads stay in place. Measurements are printed on board for ease and the compartments help you sort out your design. I have a few of these which helps me stay organized.
Bead Boards for Creating Jewelry
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When you’re working with beads a nonslip surface is always helpful. It’s also helpful when you’re trying to layout your pattern or design.
Silicone Art Mat with Raised Sides
 
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Nothing worse then when I’m working on a design and I’m on those last few beads and the pre-drilled hole is way too small for my thread, tiger tail wire or my silk. That is where being prepared comes into play with a bead reaper from Michael’s come...
Bead Reamers
 
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This thread burner makes finishing your knots a breeze. It’s rechargeable and compact in size. Great for beading, jewelry making and for clean finishes on your beadwork.
Thread Burner Rechargeable Pen for Jewelry
 
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The beading needles are made of stainless steel, which is rust-resistant and wear-resistant. The ultra-fine needles are lightweight. A variety of sizes makes them useful for many different types of beading projects.
Flexible Needles for Beading & Jewelry Making
 
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One of my favorite go you when I’m heading necklaces, bracelets or even fun beaded chandelier style earrings. It’s durable, flexible and withstands wear very nicely and holds its shape. It’s durable also makes beading the tinier beads so much easier!
Craft Medley Tiger Tail Beading Wire 7-Strand .45mmx39'-Silver
 
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Plied from 100% pure silk, new twisted three-ply silk cord is luxuriously soft, smooth, and supple, yet durable and stretch-resistant. Ideal for knotting pearls, gemstones, and crystal beads.
Beadsmith® Silk Cord
 
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Jewelry Cord and Thread Create custom jewelry with jewelry cord and thread. They are the perfect base for necklaces and bracelets. String beads and pendants on leather jewelry cord, or use it on its own for a natural, rustic look. Shop popular brand...
Jewelry Cord and Thread
 
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The precision tip helps put the clear cement right where you need it, secures your knots and dries clear. This cement dries quickly. Its versatility for use on different mediums is why it becomes an essential tool.
GS Hypo Cement Glue for Jewelry & Beads
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No matter your project, E6000 Industrial Strength Contact Adhesive is up to the task. It permanently bonds with most materials—including ceramic, cement, fabric, glass, leather, metal, rubber, and remains flexible. It’s also paintable and washer/drye...
E6000 Industrial Strength Contact Adhesive
 
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I absolutely adore and love the feel of this fimo polymer clay on my fingers and don’t really mind digging it out of underneath my nails after I’m done creating my pieces. It’s really no different thsn the feel of the Earth in my hands as I plant my ...
Staedtler Fimo Soft Polymer Clay and Sets
 
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Everything you need to get started with making beautiful hand crafted molded pieces that you can use for so many different designs… From wearable art to hanging pieces or utilitarian there is an artist waiting to emerge within all of us…Michaels is ...
Clay Molds | Easy for Shaping Polymer Clay
 
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The Liquid Sculpey liquid polymer clay is easy to use and extremely versatile. Just like a regular polymer clay, liquid polymer clay is cured through baking in your home oven. After gently stirring the liquid polymer clay before use, you can squeeze ...
Liquid Sculpey® Liquid Polymer Clay
 
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Let the little hands join in on the fun too! Easy-to-Follow Guide: Comes with a fully-illustrated project guide, making it simple for anyone to start creating their own jewelry.
Just My Style Ultimate Jewelry Center, For Everyone Ages 6+

Helpful Jewelry Tips

Helpful Tips To Save For Reference
 
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Keep this chart handy so you know the birthstone of the month when getting shopping ideas for that special occasion!
Traditional Birthstone Chart by Month
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The club is located in Melbourne, Florida where our members have use of a wonderful fully-equipped workshop and attend monthly meetings with various topics of interest regarding gems, minerals and jewelry creation. ​ We hold an annual Parade of Gems...
Canaveral Mineral & Gem Society
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Magnasonic Professional Ultrasonic Jewelry Cleaner Machine is perfect for at home care for your precious baubles. The excitement repeatedly stated at our shop is how happy and beautiful their pieces look once we give them back after a bath! Though t...
Ultrasonic Jewelry Cleaner: Digital Cleaner for Rings & Watches
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Helpful guide to clarify some questions you may have when shopping for that special significant moment in your life. Save this so you have it and get familiar with the information and equip yourself with knowledge before you start shopping so it’s ...
4Cs of Diamonds & Diamond Buying Guide
 
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One of the beauties of our locally owned and run business is our ability to design one of a kind pieces in your perspective. We feel like a unique one of a kind custom designed piece is designed completely by your passion of wanting something to wear...
diamond cut vector - Stock-illustrations
 
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Full 4Cs assessment with a plotted clarity diagram. For loose, natural D-to-Z color diamonds only, weighing 0.15 carats or more.
Natural Diamond Grading Reports & Services
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Extraordinary One Of A Kind Custom Made Pieces Master Crafted by TJ Snyman only at Snyman Jewelry. My husband’s love of design began in South Africa as an architect…he took that degree and transformed it into continuing design but on a smaller scal...
Snyman Jewelry | Melbourne FL
 
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Thank you so much to all our customers that continue to support our small locally owned brick and mortar shop and for continuing to see our vision. This will be our 23rd year at this location and we could not have done it without you and your love! W...
Snyman Jewelry | Melbourne FL
 
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Ana’s Custom Designed Jewelry at Snyman Jewelry. Small locally owned business.
Snyman Jewelry | Melbourne FL

Custom Artwork other than Jewelry

Splashes of Paint intertwined with Jewelry
 
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Custom design studio, repairs and art all made in house. Small business owners.
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A Glimpse into the Art Gallery at Snyman Jewelry. We love to work together and we have been known to collaborate on pieces together that we sign uniquely!
Snyman Jewelry | Melbourne FL