Turning the broken ear hook into a finding

Do not just throw your broken jewelry parts away. If you have the sense of "Do it yourself.", you can turn broken objects into useful objects easily.

Even you do not have ideas what to do with broken parts. If the jewelry are made of precious metal, you can sell them to precious metal merchants at good price by collecting them.

The ear hook is broken. Use round nose pliers to round the wire, and get a jump ring.

The broken ear hook

Customized jewelry findings: close jump rings

Handmade findings is unique but time-consuming. When it comes to sell or buy crafts or jewelry, artisans will not sell items that take much time to make. Because time is precious, adding up time value, prices will be too high to sell.

If you do want something special, you might have to do it yourself.

Use one piece of wire to make close jump rings.

It's wrapping not twisting.

close jump rings

close jump rings

In the picture, a 18 gauge wire flower is in the left for comparison.

Customized findings: wire bonnet, perigone, spacer

There are so many jewelry findings in the market. All the little findings help craftsmen make various crafts and jewelry. Every craftsman has purchased some different kinds of findings from supplies sellers.

Make your own customized findings with materials at hand so to create special and unique crafts.

Findings:  Wire bonnet,  perigone or spacer

Use colorful wires in different sizes to match beads or other objects.

Customized findings

Customized findings

Findings: Bead perigone

Findings: Bead perigone

White bead necklace

Machine-made findings provide convenience and options, and handmade findings provide uniqueness.