DIY | Macramé bracelets
Beautiful DIY macramé bracelets In this blog post, we show a range of beautiful, feminine bracelets made using the well‑known macramé knotting technique. These bracelets, which you can easily make yourself, are created...
DIY jewelry blog with guides and creative ideas
Make your own jewellery with Smyks.com
Here you can learn how to make your own beautiful, trendy, and modern jewelry with beads, charms and other materials. You can find guides for earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, and much more!
At Smyks.com, we constantly keep an eye on the latest fashion trends so we can create current designs that harmonize with the trends of the time. You will also find classic designs that never go out of style - we want to share the joy of DIY beading and jewelry making with you, no matter what your personal style and taste are.
Our guides have all in common that they are thoroughly described and easy to follow, even if you are completely new to the world of jewelry making. Therefore, you will find ideas and guides for many easy and creative accessories you can make at home on this page.
Most designs are both inexpensive and quick to make, but turn into the finest jewelry that you can look forward to showing off. With our large selection of beads, pearls, jewelry parts, charms, chains, wire, and tools, you can also put your own personal touch on your next jewelry.
Open the Pandoras Box of creativity and have fun in Smyks' creative DIY universe!
You will find the step-by-step guides here and our more detailed blog about different design further down the page.
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DIY | Jewellery with cubes
Created onSmyks has added a beautiful selection of cube‑shaped beads made of semi‑precious stones to their range of products. You can choose between labradorite, amazonite, moonstone and carneole. Their distinctive cube form brings a...
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DIY | Jewellery with half-drilled beads
Created onSmyks has recently acquired a range of new, delicate half‑drilled beads, and this collection is designed to inspire you with ideas for using them in earrings and necklaces. A half‑drilled bead has a hole that does not go all...
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DIY | Exquisite jewellery sets
Created onAre you looking for inspiration for beautiful jewellery this December? Then you’re in luck — there’s plenty of ideas waiting for you below. This time, I’ve created a few elegant examples featuring matching...
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DIY | Jewellery with Zodiac Signs
Created onToday, we’re showing you how to create your own jewellery inspired by zodiac constellations. The zodiac constellations represent the twelve groups of stars that stretch across the night sky. Start by identifying which...
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DIY | Earrings with glass charms
Created onSmyks now offers a new selection of mounted glass charms and connectors. The faceted glass comes in a range of beautiful colours and can be combined in countless ways. Below, we’ve put together a few...
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Everything you should know before buying a DIY jewellery starter kit
Created onDIY jewellery kits: how to get started What is a DIY jewellery kit? A jewellery kit consists of a collection of loose and semi-finished jewellery parts, beads, ear hooks, wire, clasps, etc. used to make jewellery, all packaged in a nice...
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DIY | Earrings with Zirconia
Created onSmyks has acquired an exclusive range of earwires and connectors. The earwires are crafted from oxidised sterling silver and decorated with four small zirconia stones. They are available in three distinct versions, and the...
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DIY | Necklaces with rough semi-precious stones
Created onSmyks has acquired an exquisite new selection of rough semi-precious stones . These stones have no holes, making them ideal for necklaces where the wire is wrapped around the stone to create your own decorative pendant....
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DIY | Bracelets with wavy leather cord
Created onAutumn is in full swing, and with it comes our newly acquired wave‑edged leather cords — available in five beautiful, autumn‑inspired colours. Here, we show you how these wavy leather cords can be used as bracelets,...
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DIY| Folklore-inspired bracelets
Created onThe folklore look has been a major favourite this summer, and it continues well into the autumn and winter season. Create your own quick and easy bracelets using the colourful round‑stitched cotton cord. The examples shown...
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DIY | Colour trends
Created onIn this special blog post, Smyks aims to inspire you with fresh and exciting colour combinations for your DIY jewellery. We’ll keep sharing new palettes you can use, and we hope they encourage you to mix and match your own...
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DIY| Delica Jewellery with Memory Wire
Created onDelica beads remain a firm favourite, even as we move into the autumn season. In this blog post, we share fresh ideas for Delica jewellery along with new colour combinations to spark your creativity. For this bracelet, we’ve...
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DIY | Long necklaces with pendants
Created onMake your own necklaces with symbols of the east. Smyks has several fine Buddha pendants, tassels in different colours and plenty of hand of Fatima pendants to protect you from evil. The hand can be found painted on walls, or...
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DIY | Do it yourself pearl pendant
Created onThe classic loop on a pearl or bead Below, we’ll show you how to create traditional earrings finished with the classic loop on a pearl or bead. There are certainly other techniques, but this method works reliably. Do arm yourself...
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Ankle bracelets | DIY
Created onSummer means beautifully tanned feet – the perfect time to decorate your ankles. Choose a simple chain, or create a colourful anklet with Delica beads and finish it with a small tassel. DIY Ankle chains with charms...
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DIY | Stud earrings with hanging beads
Created onSimple stud earrings with hanging beads Here we present a simple idea for creating beautiful earrings with genuine semi‑precious stone beads. The design consists of stud earrings paired with a long eye‑pin and a single bead or...
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DIY | Wrap bracelet with rhinestones
Created onLearn how to make your own stylish bracelet with rhinesstone chain and soutache. Wrap Bracelet with Rhinestones You will need: approx. 40cm gilded 2.5mm rhinestone chain . 2m of 3mm ...
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DIY| Delica jewellery
Created onDelica beads are still a big hit and are available in a wide array of different colours. We have made a small collection, which we hope will inspire you to make your own jewellery using Delica beads. ...
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DIY | Beautiful rings
Created onYou can make these elegant and rings yourself. It's so easy. Wear several together for a layered, modern look, or choose a single ring for a clean, understated touch. You can find more inspiration and tutorials on rings...
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DIY | Silk cord bracelets
Created onTry out the new, soft silk cords from Smyks next time you want to make a bracelet. Each cord has a gentle cotton core wrapped in real silk. You can see our full selection of silk cords here . ...
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DIY | Cool keyhangers with watch
Created onYou can check out our large assortment of watchfaces on Smyks.com . Here are a few examples of how you can combine a pendant watch with a key hanger. Key hangers made of round-stitched leather...
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DIY Bracelet with patterned leather
Created onSmyks has just recieved flat leather with pattern Use it to make beautiful and simple bracelets – or maybe a narrow belt. It is entirely up to you. Here we have chosen to show how to make fine bracelets with the...
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DIY Leather bracelets with chain
Created onNew leather straps with silver-plated chain We’ve received a whole range of stylish leather straps with silver-plated chain in-store and on our online shop. You can now choose from flat leather straps in various prints, framed...
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DIY | Minimalistic earrings
Created onSmyks has just received new earstuds and and DIY components in geometric shapes They are available in sterling silver, gilded sterling silver and oxidised sterling silver. Here is a little inspiration to show how you...
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DIY Rose Gold Earrings
Created onRose gold is the hottest new spring trend It gives a beautifully feminine look and pairs exceptionally well with other metals. Smyks.com offers both earstuds and earwires in rose gold. Here is a...
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DIY Elegant party earrings with lots of bling
Created onIn this jewelry guide, we’ll show you how to easily make your own elegant earrings to wear at parties and special occasions, all with Swarovski crystal encrusted pendants and beads from Smyks.com . The earrings displayed here are with...
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DIY Necklace with tiger-tail beading wire
Created onAt this blog post from Smyks.com we show you how you can make a beautiful necklace or bracelet with tiger-tail beading wire and genuine semi-precious stones. Beading wire or Tiger-tail wire, as it is also known, is the best choice when...
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DIY pearl necklace with silk thread
Created onDIY Pearl necklace with genuine freshwater pearls on silk cord. There are several different ways to make pearl necklaces, this guide shows you step by step how you make a pearl necklace with silk beading thread and one of...
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DIY Jewellery with brushed pendants
Created onJewelry parts with a slightly brushed and rustic surface are very modern, and are a good match for timeless jewelry design. In this entry we present a series of new and simple designs for necklaces as well as earrings, which you can create with...
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DIY Jewellery with circle shapes
Created onElegant and simple jewelry made of different ring shapes with rustic surfaces is one of the big current jewelry trends. at Smyks, these jewelry parts are now available in round, oblong and teardrop shapes and are found in silver coated,...
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DIY earrings with triangular decorations
Created onMake your own line of exciting designs with beautiful triangular jewelry pieces. Below we show you five examples on how to use the triangle jewelry pieces to make beautiful earrings, simple and easy. Note, the triangles are...
Be inspired by our many DIY guides
You can see our blog as an online jewelry school. Just like in our in-house courses, we try to guide you thoroughly and understandably, in our online DIY guides, so you can create the most beautiful jewelry in your own home.
The detailed explanations are always accompanied by either pictures or videos that show the procedure, and we also write which materials and which jewelry tools you will need.
You can freely choose whether you want to use our creative ideas to create jewelry exactly like ours, or if you want to be inspired to create your own designs. If you are not quite comfortable with venturing into your own designs yet, you can start by playing with the colors and choosing your own favorite beads, pearls and materials instead of our suggestions.
You can also start with one of our many jewellery kits for both adults and children, as well as advanced and novice jewellery artists.
From Hollywood to your hobby workshop
We love creating current designs that fit perfectly into the fashion scene with the leading trends. Therefore, you will find plenty of DIY instructions for jewelry that do not look homemade but could easily be used on the red carpet or in the next fashion week if necessary.
That's actually where we get a lot of our inspiration from - and you might be surprised at how easy it is to create your own earrings, necklaces, and bracelets that look like the stars' on the dot.
Overall, we hope to show that there are plenty of creative things you can do at home without a lot of equipment or experience and that will look like a million with our DIY blog.
Jewelry guides for both adults, children, and the young-at-heart
We don't believe that being creative is something you grow out of. That's why it's important for us to make guides that benefit different ages, skill levels, tastes, and needs.
It should be cozy and fun to do something creative, such as making homemade jewelry. We hope that our guides can provide an opportunity for a cozy afternoon in the world of beads and pearls where both children, parents, friends, and colleagues can slow down and gather around our jewelry universe.
We love to design and create DIY guides
As one of the only bead webshops in Denmark, we at Smyks are dedicated to developing new jewelry designs and DIY instructions for DIY jewelry. When you shop with us, you are directly supporting our work and ensuring that we can continue to deliver exciting content, guides, and inspiration to the delight of all jewelry enthusiasts such as yourself.
How our DIY guides and videos are made
We have our own creative designer who gathers inspiration from everything from fashion to interior design when she puts together new collections and makes DIY guides. You can read more about Charlotte and her work here.
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