Inexpensive Jewelry Crafts

Executive Summary about Inexpensive Jewelry By Beverly Frank

There are plenty of inexpensive jewelry crafts that you can make. Just making your own jewelry can be more cost effective than buying jewelry. There are also some inexpensive jewelry crafts that you can make for gifts or to decorate your home.

One such inexpensive jewelry craft is made when you use some of your leftover jewelry supplies such as beads, crystals and other gems. Use these leftover jewelry supplies along with a long piece of jewelry wire to string your own candlestick wraps or vase covers. These leftover beads can be strung onto the length of wire. Use any pattern or no pattern at all doubling back through some beads to fix them into place. Wrap the newly strung line of beads around a candlestick or hang from a vase for a great inexpensive craft.

Original artwork made form jewelry craft supplies is also a great inexpensive idea. Once again you can use leftover beads, gems or crystals to make your original artwork. Use an old or inexpensive picture frame and use the backing to adhere some white linen to. Next you can hot glue your leftover jewelry supplies onto the linen in any shape or pattern you wish. Once the glue has dried you can then re-frame the backing and hang on any wall or rest the frame on any shelf. Again, you will need a hot glue gun to add any gems, beads or crystals to the picture frame. You can fill the full frame with the jewelry products or just a few. Use a mixture of the jewelry craft supplies for a one of a kind look.

Instead of buying charms for your mobile phone or even wine glass charms you could make your own out of beads and wire. You can use beads of different colors or ones that are different shades of the same color. String the beads along a small wire. Double back onto the last and first bead to tuck in any extra wire. Use a clasp to hang the charm from you mobile phone or wrap the wire around the wine glass to keep it in place. You can also create multiple string napkin rings or use undecorated rings to add many smaller lines of beads.

Inexpensive jewelry crafts can be used for the jewelry itself. Learn some of the more elaborate ways to make jewelry and you can make some very fashionable pieces of jewelry instead of paying full price. The jewelry supplies you buy will become less expensive the more you use the supplies to make more jewelry. You can also give your jewelry crafts to friends, family, co-workers and even neighbors as a great and inexpensive gift.

After the initial cost of some of the jewelry tools such as pliers and the beginning beads, crystals, or gems your cost will decrease. Just about anything you can make can become an inexpensive jewelry craft.

Discover the Pros and Cons of Inexpensive Jewelry

Executive Summary about Inexpensive Jewelry By Pierre Smith

It is normal for people to search for stuff they can afford. That is why secondhand shops and flea markets are quite popular, especially in times of recession. Jewelry, especially, is something that people would love to see as cheap. It is a guilty pleasure to have to wear a flashy trinket at an important occasion. Inexpensive jewelry of good quality is a combination that is so elusive that people still continue to hunt sales and pre-owned stuff. Here are the pros and cons of good old cheap jewelry.

The Good Points

Affordable - Obviously, inexpensive jewelry is affordable. With a low price tag, the average person can enjoy wearing a few trinkets from time to time. Accessorizing with jewelry during a formal occasion just becomes more possible for those who are not earning six figures or more.

Guilt-free - Because it is affordable, cheap trinkets are easier to justify. Even when you are in a strict budget, you can say that you have actually saved some money because normally, jewelry should be worth quite a fortune. Also, with such a low price tag, the piece of jewelry may not put a big dent on your savings account

The Downsides

Cheap-Looking - The problem with inexpensive jewelry is that it usually looks its price. This means that people can tell that your bracelet is quite cheap if not downright fake. This could make your whole look a failure especially if you are wearing something quite expensive, such as a gown or a designer piece of clothing. The expensive and cheap pieces will just clash miserably. You could wear it with clothes that are more eclectic or bohemian.

Poor Quality - While the thought is what counts most, if you are buying jewelry for a very special occasion, take care that the cheap stuff you have bought is not made up of poor materials. So even if you are searching for affordable stuff, try to pick something sturdy and pretty at the same time.

Stolen Goods - What if you bought jewelry that is so inexpensive you thought it was a fake? Could it have been stolen stuff that robbers had gotten rid off so fast? While stolen stuff could still be expensive, jewelry can be relatively much cheaper than the original price. What if somebody sold you an inexpensive piece of jewelry because the person is in dire financial straits? Would you still go for the jewelry? There are so many doubts that could be attached to a cheap trinket. Just be wary of illegal offers and poor quality stuff.