How to Make Bezels for Resin Jewelry

I love this tutorial, though I don't care for how she finished the pieces off. I hope to be able to experiment with this procedure.

Black and White Painting

I love black and white paintings, pictures, jewelry you name it. I have not watched this whole video yet, but I am painting on Monday and I think I am going to give this one a shot.

How To Wire Wrap A Faceted Gemstone

I have been so busy learning to paint and crocheting a lot, that I have not had time to make much jewelry. I love this video on how to wire wrap a faceted gemstone. I hope to give this one a try soon. This is for a pear shaped gemstone, but I am sure once you learn the technique you could modify it for any shape gemstone.

How To Set A Snaptite Ring Setting

Snaptite settings are the easiest to use. This short video will teach you how to set a gemstone in a snaptite ring setting.

How To Set Faceted Gemstones, Easy Tutorial

As promised, I found a tutorial that teaches how to set gemstones in ring settings. The first one is for snap tite settings, the easiest to use, but not as durable. The second is for a four pronged ring. I would like to add one small tip. They using flat nose pliers to tighten the prongs. I am not saying that is wrong, but if you buy gem setting pliers, they have a groove in them, that makes the process even easier. Here are the links, happy jewelry making. This website by the way has tons and tons of jewelry making tips, classes, and information. Look around, you will love it.

http://www.wigjig.com/jewelry-making/bling/pg.13.htm
http://www.wigjig.com/jewelry-making/bling/pg14.htm

While they make it look easy, it takes a lot of practice to get the right feel. Plus you will find you will scratch and break prongs easier than would be expected. Some gemstones also are not calibrated exactly as the setting, or the pavilion is deeper or more narrow than the setting will allow. With practice, and time you will be an expert at setting your own gemstones.