subject: How to Design Jewelry on Your Own [print this page] What does it take to design jewelry? Do you need to be an expert gemologist? Do you need to know the complicated techniques involved in wrapping stones in wire or how to attach a special clasp? Well, perhaps if you intend to make a career of jewelry designing you would want to learn such esoteric techniques, but for most people it is enough to know that you can find what you need online.
Find Your Tool
While there are many websites that will offer to send you kits, tools, and materials with which you can create many things at home, they don't come along and show you how. For the rest of us, there is a special online jewelry designer we can use. This tool will let us see exactly how our project will look when it arrives at our home, and we don't have to lift a finger once we have laid out our item.
Select Your Personalized Jewelry
What do you want to make? Is it a necklace? Perhaps a bracelet? Maybe a pair of earrings to match a particular outfit? Any and all of these can be made in the aforementioned jewelry designing tool. Pick out which one you want to make and select the appropriate button. Let's hypothesize that you want a necklace.
Pick Your Strand
Which strand you choose will depend strongly upon what you wish to design. You can select something as simple and independent as a strand of pearls, available in a number of colors and shapes. You can also select a simple sterling silver or a braided leather strand upon which you will hang a pendant or several beads.
Click through the plentiful options until you find one you like and have it placed upon the "tray."
Accessorize
Do you want a bohemian look to go with your new "hippie" outfit? How about making a long necklace that will match your "casual Friday" clothes? You are only limited by your creativity here.
Select from the plentiful pendants; some are independent and others require additional stones or beads. Which best matches the look you want to achieve? If you need to select additional items, search under the beads tab. There are plenty of choices from garnet to pearls and more. If one option doesn't produce the look you want, try another.
Finishing Up
Once you have your necklace exactly the way you want it to look, click on the "buy" link. Your order is placed and confirmed and all you have to do now is wait for it to show up in the mail. A professional jewelry maker will take your design and create the piece exactly as you ordered.
The Perfect Gift
Of course, you don't have to limit your creativity to what you wear yourself. You can make custom jewelry gifts for your friends or relatives, especially for the holidays. Perhaps the nicest thing is that you can create several identical pieces of jewelry for best friends, siblings, or several generations of wearers.
With so much flexibility and such a simple program to use, it won't be long before all of your jewelry is something you designed yourself.
