36 results for 'donut'

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Rose Quartz Healing Necklace Tutorial(Post)

Created by: Tiffany WhiteDesigner TipsCut 12" of wire to wrap the gemstone donut.Center the wire on the donut and wrap each side 2 times.Pinch the two wires flush together with chain-nose pliers.Use ...

The North Star Necklace Tutorial(Post)

Created by: Mollie ValenteDesigner TipsCreate a bail using a 5/16" x 3" piece of 24-gauge copper sheet: Cut, file, stamp, punch and ream the holes a bit larger. Use bail-making pliers to bend the sta ...

Metallo Elemento Bracelet Tutorial(Post)

 Created by: Polly Nobbs-LaRue Designer Tips For a small wrist (shown), cut 2 pieces of leather each 5" long. For a standard men's bracelet, cut 2 pieces each 6" long. or measure the w ...

Flowers Cove Viking Knit Necklace Tutorial(Post)

Created by: Amy ScaliseDesigner TipsFollow the instructions that come with the Lazee Daizee™ to create a Viking knit necklace using 20-gauge wire. The 16" necklace uses about 8 yards of wire.Use 28-g ...

Gemstone Index: Jasper(Post)

Jasper is a semiprecious chalcedony (or microcrystalline quartz), and is usually red, brown or green. Its patterns are much less regular and defined than agate, the other chalcedony variety. Another ...

Gemstone Index: Onyx(Post)

Onyx is a striped, semiprecious variety of agate, with white, black, brown or red alternating bands. It is different from regular agate only in that the bands of which it is composed are parallel and ...

Gemstone Index: Tiger Eye(Post)

Richly striped tigereye is a variety of quartz with a fine luster. These semiprecious beads are available in their natural, unenhanced brown-gold state, and sometimes in heat-treated blue or red. Als ...

Gemstone Index: Jade(Post)

For centuries, the word jade applied to green gemstones brought to Europe from China and Central America. It wasn't until 1863 that society realized the term "jade" was being applied to two different ...

Gemstone Index: Agate(Post)

No gemstone is more creatively striped by nature than agate. This distinct and dramatically banded variety of chalcedony is composed of quartz layers. This composition varies greatly and can be of ma ...

About African Trade Beads(Post)

We carry an eclectic (and diminishing) variety of African beads, both old trade beads, and newer beads made or strung in Africa for the world-wide bead trade. Trade beads are old and/or used beads, a ...