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It's Stay-At-Home Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today?

I have on some well-worn silver stamped rings.

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It's Stay-At-Home Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today?

It's millefiori earring day.

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It's Stay-At-Home Hand Made Friday. What hand made pieces are you wearing today? I wore Paisley Earrings on my walk at noon. Stay safe.

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It's Hand Made Friday! What It’s Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces did you wear today?

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It's Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today? These stamped silver rings are a bit scratched because they're well worn. I don't leave home without them.

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It’s Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces did you wear today? I'm wearing silver filigree earrings made by a silversmith in The Netherlands.

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It's Hand Made Friday. What hand made pieces are you wearing today?

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It’s Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today? I purchased these sterling silver filigree #earrings from C. A. Kuijf, Gold and Silversmith. I was fortunate to be able to watch him work. It was mesmerizing.

HMF & IWD

It's Hand Made Friday and International Women's Day! What hand made pieces are you wearing today? I'm wearing these Imperial Jasper drop earrings, possibly the most popular earrings in the store to date.

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It's Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today? I'm wearing my favorite--well, really my only--hand set cabochon ring and my peace pendant. Have a great weekend!

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It’s Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today? I’m wearing a lace agate silver ring--my first bezel setting ever!--a couple of well-worn fine silver stacking rings and a springy beaded bracelet.

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It's Hand Made Friday! What hand made pieces are you wearing today?


Beadlemania

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It's Hand Made Friday! I'm wearing 3 rings from Beadlemania, 2 fine silver stamped stacking rings and an aluminum pinkie ring that has the word of the day, "peace".

What hand made pieces are you wearing today?


Beadlemania

Twisted, bent, and wrapped

I admit it. I'm hooked on Craftsy classes. The one I've been engrossed in lately is the Jewelry Workshop taught by Max Goodman.

Engrossed. That's one word for it.


Red Jasper and sterling silver wire wrapped bracelet


Czech beads and sterling silver wire wrapped bracelet


Sterling Silver Wire Wrapped Bracelet and Earrings With Glass Beads


Crystals and Wire Wrapped Bracelet and Earrings


Glass Beads and Sterling Silver Bracelet


Glass Beads and Sterling Silver Bracelet

The class also covers chain making and chain maille. I had a lot of trouble with the jump rings flipping around with the chain maille, but I finally got it. These practice pieces are made with inexpensive aluminum jump rings.


Bird's Nest chain


Chain maille

I decided it was time to order sterling silver jump rings and assorted Swarovski crystals from Rio Grande Jewelry Supplies to make a "for real" chain maille piece.


So much potential

Here are the chain maille earrings.


4-in-1 Chain Maille Earrings

The design is from Beaducation.com.