How I did it: I admire different types of earrings and also other pieces of jewelry so I wished to make something by myself so it can match to my clothes and my mood. I planned to start at my exam period, when I already finished all the exams and had a little break. I had no idea how to start, so I went to a hardware store and bought some wires (wrong ones, of course :-) I have also checked some eshops who provides necessary stuff for that and I bought many beads, few wires and three differnt pliers. And then I started...
In the beginning it was not easy because I didn't know which wire is good for what, how to work properly with it and so on, but it started to change quickly. I didn't use any books or manuals, just my fantasy or I tried to imitate some nice stuff I have seen on someone or somewhere on the internet. Soon I was able to make really nice stuff (I hope) and I learned many new things about it. Making jewelery became an important and almost essential part of my life, at least for some time. Now I have many many pieces of jewelry at home and I'm not able to wear everything. The material is also quite expensive (when bought regularly) so I started to think about selling the jewelry. I put my products on the internet and already sold something. It is now my next goal here in 43 things...
If anyone is interested what I have made, see this page: http://www.fler.cz/zbozi?uid=19655

Lessons & tips: Just some from my own experience:

• when you work with a wire, be careful if you use stainless one and also it shouldn't contain nickel - many people have alergies for it

• for copper wire:

- use 0,8 mm or thicker (1,0 mm and more) when you want to make hammered jewelry
- the best wire for making ordinary pieces is 0,8 mm
- 0,8 and 0,7 are great for making earring hooks
- 0,6 is good for making tiny necklases and earrings, but is the thinnest one which is able to hold it's shape (I mean mainly for the eyes which hold the small pieces together)
- 0,2; 0,3 mm are great for winding thicker wires

• a kind of fleece pad is almost necessary when you want to work with beads

Resources: pictures on the internet, some forums

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