Hey, Santa: Gift Ideas for Jewelry Makers

If you're like our Sheffield School Jewelry Design instructor Haley Mindes, you're always on the lookout for gifty items for both yourself and those like-minded jewelry makers on your holiday shopping list.

Haley has given us a few items that she thinks anyone who's making jewelry would love finding under the tree or in their stocking this year. Click on each photo for more product information.

Beadalon Beading Station - Every beader needs workspace tools to help organize their tools and materials, and this station lets you store multiple materials and even sort beads by colors and different color combinations.
 

Beadsmith Three-Step Wire Looping Round Nose Pliers (5mm, 7mm, 10mm) - While tools aren't necessarily the most glamorous of gifts, they're inexpensive and you'll use them again and again to save you time and money as you're putting together your wireworking creations. These wire-looping pliers are nifty and essential.
 

 

The Workbook Guide to Jewelry Techniques - It's great to have some handy reference materials, suitable for both students and professionals, at hand when you want some inspiration or quick how-to help; this guidebook has photographs to help illustrate the steps of different techniques.

Beadsmith Solid Stainless Steel Mini Jewelry Anvil Wire Work Tool - With straight edges on one end to assist in wire bending, and a tapered end for wrapping and shaping, this heavy (1 pound) anvil takes up little space (it's only 4 inches long), but it will be a workhorse part of your design projects.

Handcrafted Wire Findings: Techniques and Designs for Custom Jewelry Components - Every jewelry designer is looking at holding down the costs while adding personal style to their pieces, and this book inspires jewelry designers to creatively do it themselves. 

Beadsmith Craft Wire Multi-Mandrel - Use these different mandrels or shaping tools to create round, oval, triangle, and square shaped jump rings, toggles, pendants, earrings, and other jewelry items.
 

 

Profiting By Design: A Jewelry Maker's Guide to Business Success - It's important to focus your attention on starting a business and earning a living from your jewelry creations, and author Marlene Richey gives you abundant ideas and inspiring case studies to help your business grow and find its unique niche.

 

 Eurotool 6-Step Multi Size Wire Looping Jewelry Pliers - Haley's certainly a tool lover, and this is a favorite!
 

Sheffield School began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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