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Findings, findings, findings

26 October 2011

In the lead up to Christmas I always do my best to make sure I have plenty of handmade jewellery findings – the components used to finish pieces of jewellery, such as ear wires and clasps.

Handmade jewellery findings.

I tend to go through them at an alarming rate over the festive season, so it’s always good to try to stock up beforehand.

Almost all of the findings I use in my jewellery are handmade – and handmade by me rather than by someone else! This means I’ve been spending a lot of time forming, hammering, soldering and finishing a variety of findings recently. And I still have a lot more of this work to do!

So I thought I’d share some images of some of the findings I’ve been making recently as I build up my stock levels.

Handmade jewelry findings.

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Destashing: beads and findings

4 June 2010

I’ve been making jewellery for about 18 years now. I’ve accrued a lot of materials in that time – especially a lot of vintage and gemstone beads. So I’ve decided it’s time to do a bit of a destash!

To this end I’ve set up a destash bead and findings shop on Etsy where you can find an array of beads in particular, but some sterling silver findings as well.

Note that everything in the shop comes from my personal collection. That means quantities are very limited – generally just a single listing per item type. So if you think you can use any of these items, get in quick!

Below is a little selection of some of the beads for sale in the shop.





Visit my destash bead and findings shop!

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Christmas is coming!

16 August 2009

I seem to get in a panic about Christmas earlier every year! But the reality is for many indie designers, the festive season is generally insanely busy and difficult to keep on top of. Early preparation is a must … but it can be hard to find the time to do it earlier in the year too when you’re running a micro business.

Photograph of handmade jewellery findings.

Yesterday I had my first ‘OMG it’s almost Christmas!’ moment of panic. This year part of the issue for me is having just taken on a major web project which will tie me up for much of the next six to eight weeks … and then suddenly it will be October and handmade jewellery sales are likely to already be picking up considerably and things probably won’t really slow down again until around March.

To try to ward off the panic I decided to make findings! I handmake most of the findings I use and always see making them as being a bit of a chore. It’s a major pain to run out of them – even more so during the busy season when there is so much else to worry about. Also making them in very small quantities is really inefficient so a chunk of time needs to be set aside to make a pile of the things.

And above is the outcome of my labour – fresh out of the tumbler this morning. It’s of course nowhere near enough to see me through to the end of the busy season, but it’s a start. I think I need to set a bit of time aside regularly to keep adding to my findings stash from here on in.

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