All posts by Judy Ellis

  • Featured Tool Apr. 29: Chrome Magnifying Mirror

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Tool of the Week for April 29, 2013 This week’s tool: Chrome 2 Sided Mirror, #MIR-107.03 Video by Kate, JewelryTools.com This week’s featured tool from JewelryTools.com is the Deluxe 2 Sided Mirror, MIR-107.03....

    • Posted April 29, 2013
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  • Gem Profile Apr. 26: Name that Rock!

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Gem Profile Contest for April 26, 2013 You know the deal: it’s time to identify 8 rocks from recent gem profiles for the chance to win a $10 gift certificate to Wire-Sculpture.com. The...

    • Posted April 26, 2013
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  • Featured Jewelry Tool Apr. 22: Utility Tool Box

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Tool of the Week for April 22, 2013 This week’s tool: Translucent Utility Tool Box, #PKG-320.70 Video by Kate, JewelryTools.com This week’s featured tool from JewelryTools.com is the Utility Tool Box, PKG-320.70. Using...

    • Posted April 22, 2013
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  • Gem Profile Apr. 19: Peridot

    by Layna Palmer, Wire-Sculpture.com Olivine and Peridot Shop Peridot Cabochons | Shop Peridot CZ Stones In a previous Gem Profile we discussed Basalt, that bland black rock that makes up magma and lava, as being the most...

    • Posted April 19, 2013
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  • Featured Jewelry Tool Apr 15: Brilliant Polishing Cloth #POL-705.00

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Tool of the Week for April 15, 2013 This week’s tool: Medium Brilliant Polishing Cloth, #POL-705.00 Video by Kate, JewelryTools.com This week’s featured tool from JewelryTools.com is the Medium Brilliant Polishing Cloth, POL-705.00....

    • Posted April 15, 2013
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  • Gem Profile Apr. 12: Diamond

    by Layna Palmer, Wire-Sculpture.com Diamond Shop Diamond CZ Stones | Shop Quartz Gems | Shop White Topaz Gems “Diamonds are Forever” is a phrase you have heard from DeBeers to James Bond, and it fits, because diamonds...

    • Posted April 12, 2013
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  • Featured Jewelry Tool: Brass Brush #BRS-968.00

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Tool of the Week for April 8, 2013 This week’s tool: Brass Brush with Wooden Handle, #BRS-968.00 Video by Kate, JewelryTools.com This week’s featured tool from JewelryTools.com is the Brass Brush with a...

    • Posted April 8, 2013
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  • Gem Profile Apr. 5: Goldstone

    by Layna Palmer, Wire-Sculpture.com Goldstone Shop Goldstone Beads | Shop Goldstone Cabochons I’ve always liked goldstone; it’s not really gold, and it’s not really a stone, but it sure is pretty! So, if goldstone isn’t really gold...

    • Posted April 5, 2013
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  • Wire Jewelry Tip: Sharpening Wire Cutters

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Jewelry Resource for April 3, 2013 Open Topic: Caring for your Cutters Here’s a discussion topic: what do you do when your wire cutters start to become dull? I talked to Megan, our...

    • Posted April 3, 2013
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  • Exclusive, Never-Before-Seen Gem comes to Wire-Sculpture

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com New Gemstone: Barelytherium Beads Available, Synthetic Cabs Coming Soon Today’s tip is about our brand-new beads! (Sorry today’s post is a little later than usual – the beads were a little difficult to...

    • Posted April 1, 2013
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  • Gem Profile Mar. 29: Unakite

    by Layna Palmer, Wire-Sculpture.com Unakite Shop Unakite Beads| Shop Unakite Cabochons Unakite (pronounced you-na-kite) is a beautiful green and salmon-pink metamorphic stone. Unakite is an altered form of granite, classified as an Epidote. Epidote is crystallized in...

    • Posted March 29, 2013
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  • The right & wrong way to open jump rings - Rebecca Rudaski, Wire-Sculpture.com
    Wire Jewelry Tip: How to Open and Close Jump Rings

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Jewelry Resource for March 27, 2013 Opening & Closing Jump Rings Today’s Tip is from Rebecca Rudaski, a chain maille artist who taught with us in Tucson at the JOGS Show this February....

    • Posted March 27, 2013
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  • Featured Tool: 9 in 1 Texturing Hammer

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Tool of the Week for March 25, 2013 This week’s tool: Texturing Hammer with 9 Faces, #HAM-470.00 Video by Kate, JewelryTools.com This week’s featured tool from JewelryTools.com is the Texturing Hammer with 9...

    • Posted March 25, 2013
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  • Gem Profile Mar. 22: Cowrie Shells, Conch Shells, and Drilling Shells

    by Layna Palmer, Wire-Sculpture.com Conch Shells, Cowries, and Shell Safety Shop Mother of Pearl Cabochons| Shop Shell Cameos | Shop Mother of Pearl Beads | Shop Mother of Pearl Carvings Conch Cameos and Engravings Conch (pronounced “konk”)...

    • Posted March 22, 2013
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  • Jewelry Business Tip: 20 Ideas to get your Jewelry Biz Busy!

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Jewelry Resource for March 20, 2013 20 ways to Focus your Jewelry Business This weekend was one of “those” weekends. I sat at my workbench, spinning my wheels. I knew I wanted to...

    • Posted March 20, 2013
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  • Say Goodbye to Clearance Beads & Sterling Findings

    It’s time to say goodbye. Here’s your last chance to get these sterling silver findings, pendants, and charms – now at 60% off, their next step is the SMELTER unless you save them I’m not sure when...

    • Posted March 19, 2013
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