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Ready-to-Wear Sterling Silver Jewelry for Your Retail Store
by Erica Stice
Bulk up your retail store with ready-to-wear jewelry pieces! Ready to wear items are great for low price point impulse purchase items making them quick upsells yet easy to stock.
5 Ways to Use a Rolling Mill in your Jewelry Studio and Maintenance Primer
by Erica Stice
Rolling mills and jewelry studios go hand in hand. Some jewelers use their rolling mills to imprint patterns on an annealed metal sheet. Others use a rolling mill as the raw material workhorse of their studios. See these and more uses in action.
Holiday Gift Guide: Ready-to-Wear Jewelry Items
by Erica Stice
Check out our holiday guide for trending jewelry items that can boost your seasonal sales as well as studio essentials for your own wish list. This blog post has been updated for the upcoming holiday season.
How to Buy Jewelry Making Metal Sheet
by Erica Stice
A quick FAQ guide on how to buy metal sheet for your jewelry business. Learn the lingo and how to navigate the typical units of measure used for sheet sales.
Riveting Techniques from Gwen Youngblood
Gwen Youngblood's jewelry riveting cold connection techniques make it easier than ever for everyone to master a basic wire rivet and ball rivet as well as riveting to set bezel cups.
How to Set Geodes & Slabs
by Erica Stice
Setting geodes and slabs can be challenging at times but this blog will cover the two basic settings to get you started. Both require basic soldering skills.
Jewelry Ring Design Tips & Ideas
by Erica Stice
Fast & Fabulous! What better way to explain our seven ring tips & trends that are featured below. Summer is the perfect time to show off silver rings for stacking, pattern wire bands or embellished charm rings. At Halstead we offer ring making materials and simple ready-to-wear rings in sterling silver, gold-filled and rose gold-filled.
Rock Salt Casting as Seen in Belle Armoire Jewelry
by Erica Stice
Get a sneak peek at rock salt casting: it's easier than you think! Watch a quick video demo and preview some of the designs that appear in the Spring 2018 issue of Belle Armoire Jewelry.
Turning Your Art Glass Beads into Jewelry
by Katie Hacker
Learn a few easy ways to turn your stash of lampwork art glass beads into beautiful, marketable jewelry. Sterling ear wires, basic tools and a few other jewelry supplies are all you need to get started. Plus, tips for selling your jewelry.
5 Rookie Tips for Buying Jewelry Supplies
Leaving the comfort of a well stocked school studio can seem daunting. Read on for some tips on sourcing materials for your own studio.
