How to Make Earrings

 When you first start out making your own earrings, you’ll likely have a manageable amount of supplies. As you get more experienced and aquire more findings, beads, rings, wire, etc, you will need to store them in such a way that finding what you are looking is not a project unto itself. I’m going to share with you how I have my supplies organized. If you have any ideas on how to organize jewelry supplies, I’d love to see your comments. I have my gold and sterling silver wire on top. (I know it’s messy. You can keep them coiled better. I just got a bit lazy)

I found these large organizers at a local hardware store. I imagine they are designed to hold different shapes and sizes of screws, etc, but I find them perfect to store findings and jump rings of various sizes and metals. I label each with masking tape on the front so that I can easily find what I am looking for. They also have larger bins at the bottom. I use one of them to hold my hematite beads.

For my smaller beads, I have a bead box. The bead box is a tray with a lid that contains 24 smaller containers with lids. I label each of these with masking tape too. I keep my semi-precious small beads in one tray and my glass beads in another. These small containers have a glass top which helps a great deal, as I can see what they contain without picking them up or having to open them.

Below, you can see my amethyst container close-up.

I keep other tools and equipment in a medium sized Rubber Maid tub. I’ve seen handy tool holders that you can keep on your work bench or table. I don’t own one myself though.

Do you have any ideas on how to organize your jewelry supplies? Leave a comment below if you do.