DIY | Beaded Bowknots
Dear reader: In this blog post by Smyks.com, our designer Charlotte shows you how to make cute bow jewellery. The bow as an elegant symbol of love and faithfulness is experiencing a revival and we predict that it will become...
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 | Seed Bead Fruits
Created onDear visitor In this blog post, our jewellery designer Charlotte presents some sewing techniques that you can use to make little fruits out of seed beads . With these designs, you can assemble jewellery with a beautiful, fresh and playful...
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DIY | Bracelets with Mini Fruits
Created onIn this blog post, Charlotte, our designer, shows you how to make bracelets featuring beaded fruits and flowers. The different designs are actually very simple in terms of beadwork, so anyone can follow the instructions. ...
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DIY | Exclusive Macramé Bracelets
Created onAll the examples presented here are made with the basic macramé knotting technique. We show you how you can decorate the otherwise simple bracelets with beads, cubic zirconia, links, pendants and crimp beads. We...
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DIY | Necklaces with mini pendants
Created onIn this blog post, our jewellery designer Charlotte provides design inspiration for different necklaces with sterling silver or gold-plated sterling silver jewellery parts. The different jewellery designs follow current trends with organic and...
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DIY | Mini-Duo Daisies
Created onMini-Duo Daisy Earrings We love the Danish spring! This is why in this DIY blog post we have focused on flowers - the eternal jewellery theme. The Japanese manufacturer Matubo produces the slightly overlooked, but beautiful ...
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Gemstone Teardrops
Created onIn diesem Blogbeitrag präsentiert Smyks eine neue Serie handgefertigter Tropfenanhänger aus Halbedelstein und Sterlingsilber. Die Anhänger sind klein und eng facettiert ... und damit sehr gut geeignet für...
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DIY | Friendship Bracelets
Created onDear guest In this jewellery blog by Smyks, we teach you a knotting technique that is particularly up-to-date. It is used to make the popular friendship bracelets, among other things. This technique is a bit time-consuming but not...
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DIY | Behind the Ear
Created onHere you can find a lot of inspiration to make your own "behind the ear" earrings. All these earrings have in common that one of their elements ends behind the ear. The chain or beads are fastened to the ear nut. In...
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DIY | Brick Stitch Earrings
Created onIn this blog post, you can learn how to use the brick stitch technique to make colorful earrings with delicate patterns using delica beads . The Brick Stitch jewellery technique has a fascinating history, with its origins in Native...
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DIY | Ear Cuffs
Created onIn this blog post, we show you a range of designs you can create yourself using the popular jewellery piece known as ear cuffs – a stylish accessory that doesn’t even require pierced ears. Ear cuffs are clever...
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DIY | Peyote Stitch with a Twist
Created onHere we show you how to make your own version of the popular beaded bangles. These bangles are made with seed beads and the sewing technique peyote stitch - with a twist. We offer a wide range of seed beads so you can design your...
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DIY | Exclusive Bohemian Earrings
Created onIn this blog post you will find inspiration and instructions on how to make your own earrings with various semi-precious stones and pendants. The article wants to inspire especially those of you who already are familiar with the basic...
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DIY | Duo Bead Jewellery 2
Created onSuper-duo beads and Mini-duo beads are quality glass beads by the Japanese company Matubo. The beads are very uniform in size and shape and feature a soft oval shape and two parallel holes. This special shape and...
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DIY | Wire Links Earrings
Created onYou can easily make your own ornamental links and earwires with this wire links board. First you place the studs on the board in the pattern you want to create, then you wind the wire around the studs. See more...
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DIY | Wire wrapped rings
Created onIn this guide, we'll show you how to make your very own finger ring using the wrap method! The design gives you plenty of creative freedom to choose how the ring sits on YOUR finger, which gemstone, crystal or natural pearl to include...
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DIY | Russian Leaf Earrings
Created onThe history behind the iconic Russian Leaf design The Russian leaf beadwork technique has a fascinating history and has become a valued part of the world of beadwork and jewelry making. The technique was originally...
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DIY | Earrings with Wreath of Beads
Created onIn this blog post, we show you how to make elegant chandelier-style earrings with a sparkling garland of small beads around a large center bead. The technique is simple and can be used in a multitude of combinations and color schemes. In...
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DIY | Earrings with enamel bead chain
Created onThis cable chain with small enamel beads is available in various colour combinations . In our new blog post, we show you how easy it is to make these earrings yourself - you just wind the chain around a pair...
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DIY | Wrapped earrings
Created onWith the help of these DIY jewellery instructions you can make your own wrapped earrings with small pearls, beads and crystals. In this blog post, we provide you with instructions on how to make earrings wrapped...
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DIY | Hoops wrapped with gemstone beads
Created onClick here for a printer-friently version in Danish . Hoops with Green Onyx The choice of small semi-precious stone beads varies but the technique is always the same. We used the...
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DIY | Spring jewellery
Created onHoops with small gemstone beads We used the following DIY materials to make these earrings: 1 pair of hoops, 20mm, gilded sterling silver 8 crimp beads, gold-plated sterling silver 18 various...
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DIY | Jewellery with Tila beads
Created on | 1 comment(s)In this DIY blog post from Smyks.com, we show you how to make a series of stylish bracelets and finger rings with the beautiful Miyuki Tila beads. Tila beads from Japanese Miyuki are flat square beads with two parallel holes, which...
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DIY | Earrings with gemstone bead links
Created onIn this blog post you can find instructions on how to make the popular earrings with long chains made of bead links. You will learn how to make the links, i.e. how to link the beads together with wire forming eyelets and windings. You...
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DIY | Delica hoop earrings
Created onAbove we’re showing super simple hoop earrings with Delica beads. You can choose to fill in the hoop completely, or do as we did and only do a small part of the ring, so you still can see the gilded silver earring. Super simple...
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DIY | Jewellery with mini tassels and pendants
Created onJewellery with tassels, step by step tutorial Jewellery with tassels are becoming popular again. The little decorative pendants come in many different colors and lengths. A wide collection of tassels can be found at Smyks.com. In...
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DIY | Tassel earrings with Seed beads and Delica
Created onEarrings with seed beads are currently setting the trend. Here we show a little collection of earrings which can inspire you to start your very own earring production. We used different techniques for our pieces of...
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DIY | Earrings with tassels
Created onEarrings with tassels are currently on-trend and this trend will continue throughout this year’s spring and summer season. These earrings are statements – you are free to wear them as long as you want … or as short as...
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DIY | Simple earrings
Created onHere you find a little collection of simple, elegantly shaped earrings made with jewellery parts from Smyks.com which are very easy to make. We have combined round and cubic shapes in different ways and thereby created interesting contrasts....
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DIY | Exquisite jewellery setpieces
Created onAre you in need of inspiration for beautiful jewellery this december month? Then you are in luck, because there is a wealth of inspiration coming your way down below. This time, I have chosen to make some beautiful examples with...
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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 | Necklaces with rough semi-precious stones
Created onSmyks has acquired an exquisite new selection of rough semi-precious stones . The stones are without holes and are therefore suitable for necklaces, where you wrap wire around the stone and in doing so, create your own...
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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