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Bead & Wire Fashion Jewelry Book Offer

Bead & Wire Fashion Jewelry’ is a fresh and modern take on the classic techniques of making beautiful bead and wire jewellery.

This new book, from the founder of the London Jewellery School, combines in-depth easy-to-follow techniques with a fashion-focused approach to design and is suitable for complete beginners and more experienced jewellery-makers alike. The book follows the central ethos that ‘everyone can make jewellery’, as a result all the projects use easy to source materials and are designed for anyone to make their own professional quality jewellery from the kitchen table. 



Jessica Rose founded the London Jewellery School in 2009. It began as one class a week in her local community centre and in a few short years has grown to be the UK’s largest independent jewellery training centre, with over 100 classes to choose from. Jessica has taught thousands of students how to make jewellery and this book was written in response to their reoccurring questions about technique, materials and inspiration. You can read my review of one of their courses here.

The reader is first introduced to all the essential techniques used to make bead and wire jewellery, whilst also combining mixed materials such as feathers, fabric, leather and buttons. This offers a toolbox of techniques from which countless designs and collections can be made. 

Alongside techniques, this book showcases a simple but inspiring design process using mood boards, cutouts and collages and encourages you to consider the design of a piece in relation to an overall style, outfit or occasion as any fashion designer would. 

Bead & Wire Fashion Jewelry is suitable for all levels, from complete beginners to experienced jewellers looking to diversify their skills. It is written by a jewellery lover, for jewellery lovers everywhere.  

**Offer To My Readers**

 The book is available from the 7th of September but you can order it now at the special offer price by ringing the number below and quoting the offer code.

Bead & Wire Fashion Jewelry 9781861089670
RRP £14.99, offer price ONLY £11.24 plus p&p
To order, please call 01273 488005 or go to www.thegmcgroup.com and quote code: R4622

Direct Link Here

Closing date for offer: 15th December 2014
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Cocktail Rings Against Cancer Campaign With The London Jewellery School

The London Jewellery School are raising money for the charity Cancer Research UK throughout 2014 by getting people to make their signature cocktail rings and sharing images of rings they've made.

There are several ways to get involved in the Cocktail Rings Against Cancer campaign and one of those is by coming along to the London Jewellery School to join in one of their special CRAC events.

The first of these is a family fun day on Sunday 16 March from 12 to 4pm. There will be a chance to make a cocktail ring with help and advice from one of our tutors, jewellery making for children, face painting and a cake sale to raise money for the appeal.


An example of the ring you could make

Everyone is welcome and to take part in the ring-making you need to make a minimum £10 donation - this includes the materials for your ring which you will take away with you.

Find out about how else you can take part in Cocktail Rings Against Cancer and contribute a picture of your ring go to the campaign page here.
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Jewellery Making For Absolute Beginners

The London Jewellery School is a great organisation. Coming from a jewellery and teaching background I was delighted to find out recently that I have acquired part sponsorship from The London Jewellery School towards my visit to Brit Mums Live, the largest blogging conference in the UK. Consequently you will be seeing more posts about them in the near future. Today I am going to talk about a new venture of theirs.

 Called Jewelry From Home, The London Jewellery School are bringing their jewellery making courses to people up and down the country. This is a great idea for those who are interested in making jewellery but don't live near London where they are based. The online video based courses are delivered by jewellery professionals in the comfort of your own home, and come with a lifetime access and downloadable course notes to support your learning. Information is also given on where to source the materials you need. 
Recently I tried their first course, which is free, called 'Jewelry Making For Absolute Beginners.' This is presented by Jessica Rose the young entrepreneur and director of The London Jewellery School. 

What I liked about the first video is that Jessica appears to have a natural teaching style. Her descriptions are very clear and the video angles are excellent to capture exactly the steps she goes through when making the jewellery. At certain stages it was also useful to have the important points highlighted on the screen to reinforce it.

 Jewelry Making For Absolute Beginners - A free course

The first part of the course takes you through what materials and equipment you need. I suggest you check this carefully, as my husband said we had everything we needed and then I had no round nose pliers.

Then onto making my first piece of jewellery!

The first pair of earrings were very easy to make. Jessica explains in simple terms how to cut the findings and put together your earrings.  I was pleasantly surprised how great they looked as well. Although I found creating the loops on the headpins a little tricky, these earrings are certainly an achievable project for the complete beginner. A key note is that practice makes perfect here.

 Then I went onto making the three drop earrings. I have to admit, I did have problems again creating the loops, so they ended up as two drop earrings, but I think they are very effective still! Luckily my husband who used to repair jewellery showed me how to create the little loops. Again I think it is practice creating the perfect round loops with the round nose pliers. I put too much pressure on the wire, and bent it, so I have learnt my lesson there. 


Simple drop earrings and bracelet

The next section shows you how to make a bead bracelet. For this you need elastic type plastic twine and a selection of beads. I found this very therapeutic to make and enjoyed picking out the colours. That's the beauty of making your own jewellery, you can design the piece however you want, to go with an outfit or colour scheme. In the end I was pleased with my finished product although the twine I used wasn't the correct one I found out later. The beauty of making your own jewellery yourself however is that it is easy to change, I just snipped the twine, measured out the more stretchy one and made it again. 

My first bracelet

It's obvious here that there are some skills involved in making the jewellery, which at first can be time-consuming, but persevere as it is surprising how quickly your skills develop.

 I'm now going to source some different beads to make my next project - a necklace.


Camera angles help show techniques required, highlighted text to reinforce points

So would I recommend the "Jewellery Making For Absolute Beginners" ? A resounding Yes! If you are new to the whole aspect of making jewellery, love crafting and making projects or are even someone who has made jewellery in the past, it is a simple easy to use video to take you through the steps of making your first pieces of jewellery. Best of all, the first one is FREE! All it takes is some basic materials, some pliers, time and your creativity.

 What do you think of this course? Would you give it a go?
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A Different Romantic Date With The London Jewellery School

For Valentine's Day it's often difficult to find that gift that is that little bit different, well I think I have found the perfect present for your other half.

 The London Jewellery school is offering the perfect antidote to the usual dinner date. They are offering a Valentine's Day workshop where you get to make a special silver ring for each other and you finish it with a glass of bubbly.

 This evening workshop is a perfect gift for those who are creative but it is also suitable for complete beginners to jewellery making.  Workshops are small with no more than 4 couples per group and tutors are professional jewellers, patient and informative, guiding you through the whole process of cutting, texturing and shaping your ring for the perfect fit.

 At the end of the workshop you will have two silver rings to take home and cherish :)


So if you are creative, adore unusual gifts or simply love the idea of creating two special rings as a little gift or as a sign of commitment to each other why don't you sign up to this workshop.

 Date: Friday 14th February 2014 
Times: 6.30-9pm 
Location: London Jewellery School, B7 Hatton Square Business Centre, 16-16a Baldwins Gardens, London EC1N 7RJ 
Nearest Tube: Chancery Lane or Farringdon Price: £99 per couple (all inclusive) 

Advanced booking is required and can be done online  –  Or call 0203 176 0546

 What do you think of this idea as a Valentine's gift? I thought this was a lovely idea, I was not paid for this post.
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