Handmade Wedding Jewelry

You can create your own handmade wedding jewelry for your wedding. Necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and even hairpieces are not difficult to make on your own.

Jewelry for your bridesmaids and your flower girl can also be handmade by you, if you have the time.

There are several types of earrings that are easy to make. Just stop by a craft store like Hobby Lobby, Garden Ridge, or Michael's and shop for a few basic pieces. Wal-Mart now has an excellent craft department with beads and jewelry-making supplies. Check it out.

Of course, you can use miniature items instead of beads. I have made pretty Christmas earrings using mini ornaments on earring wires. I have sold these at craft fairs and they sell like hotcakes.

If you would like to see some of my Christmas earrings, check them out here at my Etsy shop!

At Easter, you could use little Easter ornaments or mini silk or porcelain flowers, anything that is not too heavy. Tiny bows made from real ribbon look pretty, too.

I have made beaded necklaces and bracelets to sell at craft fairs as well.

The stores have pretty plastic beads and nicer, more expensive ones to use, like real stones and crystals.

You can also make beads out of polymer clay. Polymer clay can also be fashioned into flowers and other objects for use on jewelry. I love to work with polymer clay. Sculpey is my favorite to use when I play with clay.

Handmade wedding favors can also be made with polymer clay.

Getting back to handmade wedding jewelry, you will need some small needlenose jewelry pliers, 22 gauge wire, earring wires, beads of your choice, craft glue, wire cutters, stretchy bracelet string, and anything else that catches your fancy at the craft store.

If you are making a hairpiece, you may want to buy metal barrettes with no decorations at the craft shop as well. I used to decorate these all the time for my daughter when she was a little girl. She had all sorts of pretty, one-of-a-kind barrettes for her hair. You can also pick up a hair comb or two if you would like to use a decorative comb instead of a barrette.

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