Jewelry & Beading Designs For Dummies
Chapter One
Gearing Up
In This Chapter
* Selecting the right tools and equipment
* Creating your collections of beads, stones, and crystals
* Figuring out the necessary findings
Get your gear on! Actually making jewelry is the highlight of the creative process, but
we think it's almost as much fun to get ready to make jewelry. Think of it as the crafty
equivalent of getting new supplies at the beginning of the school year. If you've flipped
through a bead supply catalog or browsed an online bead store, no doubt you've seen hundreds
of different tools and supplies, which may overwhelm you. In this chapter, we pare
down the seemingly endless catalog of gadgets and gotta-haves and give you the real deal
on just what you need to get started.
If you want more details about any of the tools, beads, or findings that we talk about in this
chapter, please check out our first beading book, Jewelry Making & Beading For Dummies
(Wiley).
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