I love origami because of the elegance that carefully folded paper can bring to a look. Similarly, gluing paper beads is a great way to easily incorporate paper crafting into your jewelry repertoire. The materials are easy to find and the technique is simple. Learn how to make your own paper beads with this quick photo tutorial.

• How to Make Paper Beads

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The shapes and colors of Halloween are hard to resist in jewelry form. Learn how to create creepy spiders, cutesy ghosts and more with these complete photo tutorials.

• Halloween Jewelry Projects

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Instructional books are a big help when you're trying to learn away from the computer. This book, Hemp Jewlery, has step-by-step instructions to lots of knots and designs. But is it worth buying?

• Sherri Osborn has looked it over for you and has the 411. See her full review.

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Okay, so toes aren't always the cutest part of your body. In summer, you'll need to glam them up enough so they don't gross out your friends. Making this toe ring is as easy as slapping on some polish. Both of which I suggest before you even think about those sandals.

• Get the free instructions from your About.com Guide to Jewelry Making.

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Our favorite project for June is all about down-home country cookin'. Get your hands dirty this summer by baking flour beads. The dough is easy to work with, so you can make beads any size or shape. Painting the beads is up to you as well, so feel free to match your favorite pair of flip-flops.

Get together with your buds for a flour bead cook-off that yields a heapin' helpin' of yummy jewelry. These beads are perfect for making our easy bead earrings.
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Make a Toothbrush Bracelet
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This is DIY Monday- where you can post links to blog posts that show off your creative spirit. These can be photos of finished creations or comprehensive tutorials. Clothing, Garden, Paper crafts...all handmade items are welcome no matter how big or small. The above image is from my photo frame bracelet tutorial. Use just polymer clay and your favorite photos or magazine cutouts to make a picture frame bracelet.

• Picture Frame Bracelet
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I saw a few doll jewelry organizers in Bath and Body works selling for $30.00, and knew I could make them at home. After all, Barbie would rather rip off her head than let you pay that price. How convenient, because we were going to take it off for her, anyway.

• Decapitated Barbie Jewelry Organizer Tutorial
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Desiree at 'Jewelry by Desiree' submitted this cool tutorial on how to make a multi-strand seed bead necklace with just one strand. It's like a magic trick! Check it out at her blog.

• Multi-Strand Seed Bead Necklace
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Put your scrap fabric to good use with these stylish fabric earrings. You can make earrings to match any outfit. Adjust these squares to large or small, or cut them in circular shapes. It's totally up to you.

• Fabric Scrap Earring Tutorial
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These resin jewelry tutorials from Gelt Designs are a great way for beginners to get started in making resin jewelry.

• How to Make Your Own Plastic Resin Ring
• How to Put Images in Resin
• How to Make Your Own Photo Jewelry
• How Make Resin and Sterling Silver Jewelry
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Gelt Designs has put together the following tutorials for those new to wire wrapping. Introduction to Wire Work

• Make Your Own Beaded Drop
• Make a Wire Wrapping Tool Kit
• How to Make Your Own Silver Bangle Bracelet
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Ah, the classic friendship bracelet. Until 4th grade, these little beauties were a mystery to me, and I always wondered how to make them. Once I made some friends, these started to come in handy.

• Spiral Friendship Bracelet Tutorial
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These free tutorials were posted on eHow by Gelt Designs. These are all a great introduction into making your own jewelry out of various metals. Art Jewelry 101:

• How to Use a Jewelry Saw
• How to Use Sand Paper
• How to Transfer a Design
• How to Drill
• How to Pierce Metal When Fabricating Jewelry
• How Use Renaissance Wax
• How to Protect Your Patina
• How to Use a Disc Cutter
• How to Cut Circles in Metal
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From Morning Sky Jewelry: "I do a lot of work in copper and I go back and forth between liking it most in its natural shiny state and adding a patina to it so it looks darker and aged. There are examples in the photo to the right of the copper both ways. A lot of artists use liver of sulphur to add patina, but I don't have a source close by and I really didn't want the odor and fumes in my house. I don't have a separate shop with a ventilation system so I looked into alternative methods. After much research and discussion on various forums I decided to give the egg method a try."

• How-To Patina Copper Using an Egg
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I had an old ring that needed to come out of the bottom of my jewelry box, and with a little bit of decoupage varnish, I was able to give it a face lift. Decoupage is cheap and easy, requiring few supplies.

• Decoupage Ring Tutorial
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This soda tab bracelet is a great way to show off your resourcefulness and attitude toward recycling and reusing found objects. It is a great accessory for Earth Day and festivals or occasions that celebrate tab-collecting organizations like the Ronald McDonald House. Once it is finished, this bracelet is truly a durable and colorful accessory.

• Get the step-by-step photo tutorial.

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