Storing Jump Rings

by Judy Larson

Here's one way to store all you different jump rings, by size, by metal, by gauge. All easily identifiable.

Instructions

I am not a chain mailer so don't have large quantities of any size of jump rings. When I make jump rings for a project, I make just a few more than I need in case I might need a couple in that size for a later project. The jump rings are stored in little closable bags I have labeled with the wire size and mandrel size I used to make them.

When cleaning out a closet, I found some old baseball card storage pages that belonged to my son when he was young (he is now 42 so you know how long it took me to get to that closet!) and I had an epiphany. The little bags easily slide into and out of the baseball card sections. The labels show through the plastic sleeves. The little bags are no longer a jumbled mess in a box and I can easily find what I need or see if I need to make a few more.

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Materials

Gold Filled Jump Rings Open (.040) 18ga. (OD) 6mm Heavy (ID) 4.02mm - Pack of 10

J11-196

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $13.02
Gold Club Price: $9.77

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Gold Filled Jump Rings Open (.040) 18ga. (OD) 4mm Heavy (ID) 2.24mm - Pack of 10

J11-195

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $8.06
Gold Club Price: $6.05

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Gold Filled Jump Rings Open (.040) 18ga (OD) 5mm Heavy (ID) 3.2mm - Pack of 10

J11-194

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $9.94
Gold Club Price: $7.46

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Gold Filled Jump Rings Open (.035) 19ga (OD) 7mm (ID) 5.2mm - Pack of 10

J11-193

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $9.74
Gold Club Price: $7.31

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Tools

5 Inch Bent Nose Pliers

G2-125

G2-125
Lesson Quantity: 2.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 2.00 each
Price: $3.97
Gold Club Price: $2.98

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Category: Storage
Technique(s): 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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