In addition to the Designer Tip Sheets on this page, Project Sheets are also available. All Project Sheets include excellently detailed step-by-step instructions, but the jewelry itself is sometimes outdated, or lists a bead we no longer stock.

Designer Tip Sheets:

To view the designer tip sheets (PDF files), you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
You can download it free here.
The high-resolution images print better, but are much slower to download.

Basic Jewelry-Making Techniques

Wire loops
Basic Jewelry-Making Tips
How to tie pendant cords

Beading cable techniques
Basic earring techniques

Easy
Aikanaka Necklace \| hi-res Amber's Hat Pin \| hi-res Anchor Blue Bracelet \| hi-res Angel Wing Pendants/Charms \| hi-res April Flowers Earrings \| hi-res Barbed Necklace \| hi-res Beachcomber Anklet \| hi-res Bejeweled Hoopla Earrings \| hi-res Blue Desert Necklace \| hi-res Branched Jasper Earrings \| hi-res Brilliance Necklace \| hi-res Bullet Proof Bracelet \| hi-res Cappuccino Twirl Bracelet \| hi-res Caramel Cubes Necklace hi-res Celestial Sphere Earrings \| hi-res Charm Pins Aplenty \| hi-res Charming Holiday Napkin Rings \| hi-res Chinese Jump Rope Necklace \| hi-res Coral Inside the Lines Necklace \| hi-res Crock Zipper Pull \| hi-res Cute Cubes Set \| hi-res Day at the Seashore Earrings \| hi-res Demona Threader Earrings \| hi-res Disc and Loop Bracelet Project \| hi-res Disco Ball Bracelet \| hi-res Dyed Wood Charms \| hi-res Ear Cuffs Galore \| hi-res Easter Hair Clip \| hi-res Everything is Turning to Gold \| hi-res Favorite Things Bracelet \| hi-res Fireworks in the Park Bracelet & Earrings \| hi-res Fleur Noir Choker \| hi-res For Love or Money Bracelet \| hi-res Frida's Revenge Necklace \| hi-res Friday Night Concert Keychain \| hi-res Garden Party Necklace \| hi-res Gentle Gem Bracelet \| hi-res Get Off My Cloud Earrings \| hi-res Ghost Rider Necklace \| hi-res Go Baroque Earrings \| hi-res Golden Girls Earrings \| hi-res Green lantern Bracelet \| hi-res Halleys Comet Earrings \| hi-res Have a Heart Keyring \| hi-res Having a Ball Necklace \| hi-res Hula Hoop Earrings \| hi-res Identify Yourself Badge Holder \| hi-res It's a Hard Rock Life Bracelet \| hi-res Jaded by Gems Bracelet \| hi-res Jasperian Festival Necklace \| hi-res Jubilee Earrings and Necklace Set \| hi-res Land & Sea Bracelet \| hi-res Key to My Heart \| hi-res Keys to the Seas \| hi-res Leonid Meteor Showers Earrings \| hi-res Lola's Birthday Dog Collar \| hi-res London Calling Cell Phone Lariat \| hi-res Loopy Earrings \| hi-res Love You to Death Bracelet \| hi-res Madison Square Garden Bookmark \| hi-res Malibu Barby Bracelet \| hi-res Margarita Earrings \| hi-res Mint Chocolate Chip Necklace \| hi-res Missing Pieces Earrings \| hi-res Missing Pieces Choker \| hi-res Modern Nature Bracelet \| hi-res Motley Cord Necklace \| hi-res Orion's Bow Earrings \| hi-res Paint it Black Earrings \| hi-res Paua Shell Necklace hi-res Pearls & Pebbles Necklace \| hi-res Pearl Parties Threader Earrings \| hi-res Pink Chandelier Earrings \| hi-res Poison Ivy's Envy Bracelet \| hi-res Polly's Peace Necklace \| hi-res Pop Rocks Bracelet \| hi-res Red Hat Purse Clip \| hi-res Regal Wine Garnet Necklace \| hi-res Ring Around the Rosie Bracelet \| hi-res Ring Toss Lariat Necklace \| hi-res Rose Bug Bookmark \| hi-res Rouge Crystal Necklace \| hi-res Rubik's Cubist Earrings \| hi-res Ruby Tuesday Earrings \| hi-res Shamrock Necklace \| hi-res Silver Bloom Necklace \| hi-res Silver Surfer Earrings \| hi-res Skeletor Zipper Pull \| hi-res Smokin' Hot Threader Earrings \| hi-res Snowflake Cocktail Ornament \| hi-res Solid Gold Dancing Bracelet hi-res Sorting Hat Earrings \| hi-res South Pacific Hair Stick \| hi-res Space Debris Bracelet \| hi-res Steel Wheels Bracelet \| hi-res Strand That Goes Like This Necklace \| hi-res Stringing in the Rain Earrings \| hi-res Summers in Arizona Necklace \| hi-res Super Nova Necklace \| hi-res Sweet Seventeen Necklace \| hi-res Tafuri Tough Cuff Bracelet \| hi-res Take Me Dancing Choker \| hi-res Tether Ball Pearl Earrings \| hi-res Tinkering Toys Necklace \| hi-res Toil & Trouble Necklace \| hi-res Tropical Illusion Necklace \| hi-res Turbulent Waters Necklace \| hi-res Twelve Days Sun Catcher \| hi-res Twist & Shout Bracelet \| hi-res Water Signs Earrings \| hi-res West Coast Cowgirl \| hi-res Whirlwind Earrings \| hi-res Willows Reflection Bracelet \| hi-res
Medium
Afternoon Tea Necklace \| hi-res Amythyst Glass Lariat-Style Necklace \| hi-res Aphelia Choker \| hi-res Around the World Necklace \| hi-res Ball and Chain Bracelet \| hi-res Beachy Blue Bracelet \| hi-res Before the Butterfly Bracelet \| hi-res Between the Buttons Bracelet \| hi-res Black Onyx Bracelet \| hi-res Blue Jean Button Bracelet \| hi-res Blue Pearls 101 Necklace \| hi-res Blue Sky Fantasy Bracelet \| hi-res Cell Block Tango Necklace \| hi-res Celtic Cowgirl Bracelet \| hi-res Chain Reaction Necklace \| hi-res Coils & Coral Earrings \| hi-res Cool Confusion Necklace \| hi-res Copper Comets and Craters Bracelet and Earring Set \| hires Coral Crustacean Figures \| hi-res Crush and Salpicar Painted Pendants \| hi-res Davids Rosary \| hi-res Dragonfly Toggle Necklace \| hi-res Dress Blues Choker \| hi-res Engaged Cuff Bracelet \| hi-res Everyone Loves a Slinkie Bracelet \| hi-res Eye of Horus \| hi-res Fearless Necklace hi-res Galileo's Garden Earrings \| hi-res Garden Shells Bracelet \| hi-res Gem Doll Necklace \| hi-res Gift for Lois Lane Necklace \| hi-res Great Balls O'Fire Earrings \| hi-res Greek Ice necklace \| hi-res Hooked on French Hooks Earrings hi-res Kryptonite Killer Necklace \| hi-res Lassoed Necklace \| hi-res Lilith's Aurora Bracelet \| hi-res Linked Bracelet \| hi-res Masquerade Earrings \| hi-res Melt Your Cold, Cold Heart Bracelet \| hi-res Moody Blue Necklace \| hi-res Olive Vine Necklace \| hi-res Phoenix Rising Necklace \| hi-res Pin Wheel Pearls Necklace \| hi-res Raindrops Earrings \| hi-res Ribbon of Sterling Necklace \| hi-res Rock the Casbah Bracelet \| hi-res Romantic Rendezvous Earrings \| hi-res Searching for Venus Necklace \| hi-res Shamrock Purse Clip \| hi-res Smoldering Heart Necklace \| hi-res Spritely Seeker Zipper Pull \| hi-res Sojourner and Truth Necklace and Bracelet set \| hi-res Spiral Galaxy Necklace \| hi-res Spring Cocktail Ring \| hi-res Stellar Spectrum Earrings \| hi-res Stringing in the Rain Necklace \| hi-res Summer Necklace \| hi-res Take it or Leaf it Necklace \| hi-res Teardrop Bracelet \| hi-res The Bangles Bracelet \| hi-res Trip Through China Town Necklace \| hi-res Velvet Underground Necklace \| hi-res Web O Spiders \| hi-res We Go Together Bracelet \| hi-res Winter Moon Earrings \| hi-res Winter Sun Earrings \| hi-res World's Tastiest Donut Necklace \| hi-res
Difficult
Alice in Wonderland Chess Set \| hi-res Blue Moonday Watch \| hi-res Branching Out Necklace \| hi-res Brown Sugar Earrings hi-res Cluster Earrings \| hi-res Forget Me Knot Meteor Ring \| hi-res Hip to Use Squares Necklace hi-res Jingle Dangle \| hi-res Just Because Bouquet \| hi-res The Love Chain Necklace \| hi-res Lyra's Locket Necklace \| hi-res Mardi Gras Choker \| hi-res Matrix Necklace \| hi-res Message in a Bottle Necklace \| hi-res My Square Lady Necklace \| hi-res Pirate's Life for Me Necklace \| hi-res Rhythm & Blues Necklace \| hi-res Sea of Tranquility Bracelet \| hi-res Secret Garden Necklace \| hi-res Serendipity Necklace \| hi-res Shell Shocked Necklace \| hi-res Square Pegs Bracelet \| hi-res Storm Necklace \| hi-res The Tank Bracelet \| hi-res White Oak in Winter Bracelet \| hi-res Oak Branches in ACS \| hi-res Wrapped Elegance Bracelet \| hi-res

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You are welcome to print any of these instructions, for your own use only. Feel free to wear, sell, or give away any jewelry made as a result of these instructions, but please do not sell the actual instructions, or distribute them without asking permission.

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