Author: Doug Napier
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How to Make Oval Bezel Earrings Part 2
How to Make Oval Bezel Earrings Part 2 On my last blog post, I started making a bezel, actually 2 of them, for a pair of oval stone earrings. The stones I am using is fairly small, 6x4mm Red Coral Oval Cabochon. I went about this a little differently than I usually do, just to…
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How to Make Oval Bezel Earrings
How to Make Oval Bezel Earrings Here is a fun little project that you can make in a short time. There are times when I design and plan in advance what I am going to make, and there are other times when I look around and see what is in sight and create as…
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How to Solder a Post Onto an Earring
How to Solder a Post Onto an Earring One of the most fulfilling, but also one of the most frustrating aspects of jewelry making is deciding to delve into the soldering world as a beginner. This opens up so many possibilities, but the unknown can be scary when you don’t have many soldering skills. So…
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How to Set a Stone Using a Simple Bead Setting Process
How to Set a Stone Using a Simple Bead Setting Process “Sometimes ya just gotta bling things up a bit”. There are plenty of times when I have a piece of jewelry and it just needs a little something to make it “pop”. I have shown in the past how I set stones in different…
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How to Make a Milgrain or Patterned Edge
How to Make a Milgrain or Patterned Edge Sometimes I like to jazz up an edge of a ring or piece of jewelry. Today I will show you a quick way to add a “patterned” edge or a “milgrained” edge. This can be done to many edges or even the top of a bezel. I…