Creative Studio - Learn to Bead & Make Jewelry 101

Home / Annie's Creative Studio / Programs / Online Classes

Beginner

Learn to Bead & Make Jewelry 101

Watchlist

Details

Meet The Expert

Keri Lee Sereika

Keri Lee Sereika is a talented and versatile designer with a broad range of artistic skills and interests. Keri Lee is prolific and designs in various media, including beading, jewelry making, card making and stamping. Teaching others to learn new crafting skills or expand their current skills is a passion of Keri's. She has authored crafting articles for a variety of... Full bio »

View other episodes by Keri Lee Sereika »

Learning to make your own beautiful beaded necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings is fun and easy with Annie's Learn to Bead & Make Jewelry 101. Beading and jewelry making is a great craft for anyone of any age because it's an easy and inexpensive hobby to get into. All you need are a few basic tools, beading wire and a handful of pretty beads, and you're all set to create your own handmade jewelry. And who doesn't love a handcrafted piece of jewelry to wear or share?

In this online beading and jewelry-making class, designer and instructor Keri Lee Sereika starts by explaining the most common beading supplies and tools, taking the mystery out of the packed beading aisle at large craft stores. You'll learn what supplies and materials to look for to begin your jewelry-making adventure.

Next, Keri demonstrates and explains all the basic and essential beading and jewelry-making techniques in excellent detail. You'll learn:

How to string and secure beads onto wire
How to make simple and wrapped loops
How to properly open and close jump rings
How to work with chain of different thicknesses
How to make floating beads and floating bead groups
How to work with different ear wires
And much more

Throughout this class, Keri demonstrates the fundamental techniques needed to make the 10 delightful projects included with the class. Soon you'll be making necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings for yourself and as attractive gifts for family and friends!

Annie's online classes can be viewed online at your convenience, 24/7, 365 days a year from any mobile device, both tablet and non-tablet (phones, iPod Touch, etc.) but classes are best viewed on tablets or computers.

Annie's Creative Studio subscribers can enjoy unlimited access to this online class while subscribed to Annie's Creative Studio. If you'd like to have lifetime access to this class, you can purchase the online class or DVD at www.AnniesOnlineClasses.com. The Ask Pattern Services, Supplies and My Notebook features available with lifetime access are not available on Annie's Creative Studio.

Patterns