Making Your Own Gemstone Jewelry!

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Why Should I Make My Own?

That's an easy question to answer....Making your own beautiful gemstone jewelry means More Bling for Less Cha-Ching! 

Let's begin our discussion on how to get More Bling for Less Cha-Ching with a few words on why finished jewelry costs so much.  First and foremost, jewelry costs a lot because the materials used to make it are rare and therefore the materials are expensive.  At this time, the price of gold is well over $500 an ounce.  Any jewelry made with gold is therefore going to be expensive and the more gold in the jewelry, the more the finished jewelry will cost.  Second, jewelry can be expensive because some jewelry components (diamonds) have their prices set artificially by a monopoly that controls the commercial price of diamonds by limiting the number of stones available on the market at any time.  A third reason that jewelry can cost a lot is that there may be a lot of labor that goes into making the item. A final reason that jewelry is expensive is that there are many companies involved between the source and the consumer and each company has to make a profit.  All of these reasons are well documented and well known.

Well I Like Saving Money...But Will My Jewelry Look as Nice?

If you could acquire earrings that looked the same as earrings that sell for $10,000 but only cost you $25 would you be interested? If this opportunity would interest you let's discuss how you can make jewelry that looks the same as jewelry selling for $10,000 but only costs $25. In short, how do we get More Bling for Less Cha-Ching?

1. Solid gold is expensive and wasteful. You can't see the gold inside the jewelry, only the gold on the outside. Why pay for gold that you can't see or touch? The answer to this question is very simple -- don't pay for gold that you can't see or touch. Use gold-filled wire and findings. Our gold-filled wire and findings have the outside 5% of the wire or the finding made of 14k gold alloy. This is the part you can see or feel. The inside of the wire is a gold tone metal, but you can't see or touch this metal so why pay more for solid gold?

2. Don't support the diamond monopoly. Diamonds are naturally rare, but are made even rarer still by the monopoly. Simulated diamonds (cubic zirconia) have almost the same optical properties as a diamond. The cubic zirconia (CZ) stones are as bright as a diamond and can not be distinguished from a diamond by appearances alone. A pair of two carat flawless white diamonds can sell for over $10,000. Why pay a lot for a diamond when you can pay a little for a 2 carat, flawless, white CZ and not be able to tell the difference?

3. Jewelry can be expensive because of the labor involved in making the piece. You can easily reduce your labor costs by a>. We will show you how. For the pieces shown here the steps involved are very easy. The instructions can be found starting with the link at the top and bottom of this page.

4. Most jewelry is sold after passing through many middle-men between the source and the end customer. By cutting out several of the middle men, you can make jewelry at a much lower price. We purchase CZ's directly from the factory in China. This allows us to offer the components for making jewelry at very reasonable prices.

Gemstone Jewelry Making Kits

For the easiest way to start making your own gemstone jewelry - try a WigJig Gemstone Jewelry Making Kit!

WigJig has 9 different gemstone jewelry making kits. Some of these kits don't even require any jewelry making tools.

For a closer look at our gemstone jewelry making kits, click on any of these beautiful gemstone pieces that you could make for yourself in no time!

















Gemstone Selection

Now that you know how EASY it is to make your own beautiful gemstone jewelry, you have an almost endless amount of choices in the color and size of your stunning gemstones. You can even make your own beautiful birthstone jewelry for any month! Here are just some of the beautiful gemstone choices we at WigJig offer for your jewelry making needs:

Gemstone Jewelry Making Links

Gemstone Jewelry Making Kits from Beads and Jewelry Making Supplies by WigJig
Jewelry making kits sold in the Beads & Jewelry Making Supplies by WigJig web store. The kits include the supplies to make jewelry using beads, wire, gemstones and findings
BlingKits :: Beads & Jewelry Making Supplies by WigJig Store
Kits of Bling gemstones and jewelry making findings used to make earrings.
More Bling :: Beads & Jewelry Making Supplies by WigJig Store
More Bling
Jewelry Making Kits from Beads and Jewelry Making Supplies by WigJig
Jewelry making kits sold in the Beads & Jewelry Making Supplies by WigJig web store. The kits include the supplies to make jewelry using beads, wire, gemstones and findings
Jewelry Making? - Birthstones in Gemstones
WigJig jewelry making tools, beads, wire, and jewelry supplies to make consistent and repeatable wire and beaded jewelry components.
WigJig Beads -- Our Online Beading Supplies Store
Beads by WigJig an online beadstore. We also include Beadology -- information on the sizes, shapes, types and styles of beads. Page includes links to jewelry designs.
Beads, Jewelry Tools, Wire, & Jewelry Making Supplies by WigJig
Making jewelry with wire, beads and gemstones. 2500+ free web pages of designs. Online store selling jewelry tools, beads, wire and jewelry making supplies. This is our home page.
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Bead strung necklaces will always be an elegant, classy way to accessorize - no matter what styles may come and go. They are also an easy and fun project to take on for any do-it-yourselfer!

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