Use Jump Rings to Make Creative Jewelry

Jump rings are metal circles that you can open or close by using pliers. They are a very popular connector to use in jewelry making. Using these rings, you can form your own chain link jewelry, hanging jewelry or connect several different chains together.

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Jump rings come in all different kinds of materials including silver, brass, base metal, silver plated, and coated colored. They also come in various different sizes ranging from2mmto10mmand above. As they are available in many different sizes and colors, they can help you to create different style jewelries. When you begin jewelry making, you many not have a need for jump rings as you might well be making “string” jewelry with leather thong that just knots together, but as you progress on your jewelry making journey, you will need to have them in your arsenal of materials. These rings give a professional finish to your pieces, finishing them off nicely, and you can use them to make complete pieces of jewelry with a method called chain maille. They also hold your jewelry together, preventing it from falling apart.

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Jump rings are the best choice for jewelry makers to make hanging jewelry. A jewelry design from PandaHall.com’s official Facebook page is a good example. The materials required are a big blue square Swarovski crystal beads (has been glued on pendant setting already), three light purple drop Swarovski crystal beads, one oval clear Swarovski crystal beads, some jump rings, head pins, eye pins and earring hooks. String head pins through purple beads and make a loop on the other ends, and add two of them on the loops of blue square pendant setting by jump rings. String one eye pin through a clear oval bead, and make a loop at the other end. Attach the third purple drop bead on one loop of clear beads by using a jump ring, and attach blue square bead pendant setting (middle loop) on the other loop of clear bead. Till now, the hanging part of the earring is finished. The last step is using a jump ring to attach the hanging earring to hook. A fashion and elegant hanging earring is finished. You just need follow the same steps to make the other one for a pair.

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But what else can I use jump rings for? Someone may ask. Basically, if you can think it, you can make it. Only your imagination can limit you. You can also find more creative jewelry designs about using jump rings and other findings or beads on PandaHall.com’s official Facebook page. Just have a check to get more your own inspirations. In addition, you will find PandaHall’s special offers and latest product information there.

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Use Jump Rings to Create Inexpensive Thanksgiving Gifts

These days most people are struggling about preparing thanksgiving gifts for some special people on the coming Thanksgiving Day. But some gifts are really expensive and very common. How to prepare some meaningful and special thanksgiving gifts? Trying to make some personalized jewelry gifts with usefuljump rings and beautiful jewelry beads. Handmade jewelry gifts will be the best but inexpensive thanksgiving gifts to express your sincerely thanks to them.

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Jump rings are a very popular connector to use in jewelry making. They come in all different kinds of materials including silver, gold, iron, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, alloy, base metal, silver plated and coated colored. Jump rings also come in many a different sizes ranging from2mmto10mmand above. Those rings are versatile in jewelry making. Round or oval jump rings can be connected to make stylish necklaces that weave around your neck in luxurious swatches of silver. If you want to make a fashionable necklace for a young girl, you can make it with some shining glass beads and add some crystal pendants on the necklace by using jump rings. You can also choose other materials to instead. If the one who you want to thank like vintage style, you can make charm bracelets by attaching small vintage charms to the jump rings. Apart from those functions, jump rings can be fashioned into earrings that dangle like chandeliers. You can attach various shapes through the split on the ring to create unique pair of earrings. As those rings are come in different styles, no matter which style the people like there is one suitable to her.

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Jump rings are very easy to be used, but something may be ignored by the beginners of jewelry making. Those rings can be a quick, easy and secure element in jewelry design if it is done correctly and securely. Here are some tips about how to open and close jump rings:

1, Use your round nose and chain or flat nose pliers to grip the jump ring on both sides of the split.

2, Now move one plier towards you and the other away from you. Don’t put it open from left to right; otherwise the round shape of the jump ring will be distorted.

3, Follow the same guidelines for closing the jump ring. Grip both ends with your pliers again. Move the jump ring back into place by wiggling the ends back and forth. You will feel the ends sliding against each other.

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Most people buy jump rings fairly cheaply at jewelry supply stores in package of 100 or more. If you are just confused by a multitude of online jewelry supply stores and not sure where to buy, I would like to recommend PandaHall.com to you. It can offer more than 200,000 items including jump rings, jewelry beads, findings, gems and jewelry tools for you at quite competitive prices. You can enjoy one-stop shopping there.