Storing Handmade Elements

by Judy Larson

Writing fabrication notes right on your storage bags helps you remember your own tips, plus helps with consistency.

Instructions

There are many things we make over and over-head pins, ear wires, jump rings, embellishments, etc. Every time we want to replicate a particular item, we probably don't remember all the details-wire gauge, length, mandrel size, specific tool, etc. Rather than constantly looking up the information needed, store the often-made items in small, resealable clear bags. Adding notes to the bags with the necessary replication information on them is a time saver. A quick look at the notes is most often all that is needed to make more of a particular item.

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Use an ultra fine point retractable Sharpie to write on all the bags. However, since Sharpie ink can wear off over time, another option is to write the information on a slip of paper. Put the paper in the bag facing backward with all the hand-made pieces in front of it.

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WireJewelry - Ultimate Wire-Pliers Jewelry Pliers with Case, Set of 5

G15-20

G15-20
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $170.72
Gold Club Price: $128.04

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Category: Storage
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Judy Larson

My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!

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