DIY | Double Daisy Chain
Dear reader In this blog post, we’ll be showing you the lovely double daisy chain technique, which can be used to make bracelets with small flowers or pendants for earrings or other decorative items. In this example,...
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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 | Square Stitch Icons
Created onIn this blog post, we show you how you can use the square stitch technique to make beautiful bead icons with images and symbols, ready to hang on a necklace. The small Delica beads are perfect for making images and motifs out of beads - the theme...
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DIY | Keychains and Bag Charms
Created onMake your own fashionable bag charms In this blog post by Smyks, we show you how to make cute, personalised and funny bag charms and keychain pendants with beads. These trendy and eye-catching little pendants can be incredibly expressive...
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Beaded Bags with Crystals
Created on | 1 comment(s)DIY Bags and Accessories with Crystals One of the hottest trends at the moment are bags and accessories covered with sparkling crystal beads. There are handbags, mobile phone cases, mug holders, key rings and much more. The...
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DIY | Crystal Easter Egg
Created onCrystal Easter Egg For this Easter egg, you need the following DIY components: Crystal beads, light golden yellow , 136 pcs. Nylon beading thread, 0.50mm , approx. 3m 1 pinch bail, gold-plated steel...
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DIY Silver Jewellery for the Confirmation
Created onJewellery for the big day We have here collected some inspiration for you so you can make your own jewellery for celebrations, such as a confirmation. This collection was made with sterling silver components, but of course you can make...
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DIY necklace made with silk beading thread
Created onHow to make a pearl necklace with silk thread and knot cover – easy DIY guide Learning how to make a pearl necklace is one of the most popular techniques in DIY jewellery making . This method gives you an elegant, durable and...
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DIY | Earrings with Floral Garlands
Created onHere we show you how to make your own floral garlands which can be used as beautiful earring pendants. You can compose these floral garlands with all kinds of flowers and seed beads. For our examples we used flower beads made of coral...
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DIY | Earrings with Beaded Tendrils
Created onIn this blog post, we show you how to make beautiful organic earrings with bead anchors using different types of beads. With this jewellery design, you can create unique jewellery with your favorite beads finished with the earring...
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DIY | Mini-bracelets with Delica beads
Created onIn this blog post, we’ll show you how to use the popular small Japanese Delica seed beads to create beautiful bracelets. Delica beads, which are typically used for peyote stitch, bead weaving and embroidery, turn out to have...
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DIY Peyote Folded Leaf
Created on | 1 comment(s)Folded leaf earrings are an elegant jewellery style which combines a traditional beading technique with modern design. We used the classic Peyote stich to make these earrings - a beading technique we have presented in a number of Smyks blog posts...
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DIY Peyote Stitch Jewellery
Created onIn this blog post, we introduce a small collection of jewellery and pendants created using the simple Peyote stitch beading technique. All the tubular shapes are made in the same way, with only the length and width varying. We’ve put...
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DIY | Mala meditation chains
Created onMake your own DIY Mala necklace for meditation Malas are traditional Indian meditation chains with 108 beads. According to the ancient Vedic scriptures, the human body consists of 72,000 energy channels called nadis. There...
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DIY | Stitch Markers and Chain Row Counters
Created on | 1 comment(s)How to Make Your Own Stitch Markers Whether you're an experienced knitter or a beginner, this blog post from Smyks will inspire you to make your own stitch markers and knitting fish. Stitch markers are a valuable aid and tool for any...
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DIY | Bracelet Sets for Men
Created onDIY | Bracelet Sets for Men In the following blog post, we show you how to make various men's/unisex bracelets with leather, magnetic clasps, chain and beads. There are endless possibilities - you just have to know the methods. Once...
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Earrings with Bead Wreath
Created on | 1 comment(s)Dear reader In this DIY blog post, we're trying our hand at a series of flower-like circular pendants. We call them bead wreaths (for lack of a better name). The pendants are made of 925 silver wire and various beads. The size of...
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DIY | Wire Wrapping
Created onDear guest In this DIY blog post from Smyks.com, we take a closer look at the many options silver wire can offer you if you want to make your own beautiful and unique jewellery pendants and links. You can work with beads...
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DIY | Chokers with Seed Beads
Created onDear reader In this blog post, we at Smyks.com explore new seed‑bead patterns that we’ve used to create beautiful, close‑fitting choker‑style necklaces. The designs range from softly romantic to bohemian and even...
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DIY | Beaded Bowknots
Created onDear 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...
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DIY | Jewellery for Confirmation and party
Created onConfirmation jewellery - tradition, symbolism and personal style There are many things that need to be taken care of for the confirmation and it's not just the dress and hair, but especially the jewellery that needs to be found and...
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DIY | Confirmation jewelry with Delicas
Created onFind inspiration for your confirmation party Here you find some examples of festive jewellery inspired by traditional Danish confirmations. On this occasion the girls are dressed elegantly in white. Consequently, this little confirmation...
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DIY | Men’s bracelets
Created on | 1 comment(s)It’s not only women who love to spruce themselves up. Men love showing individuality and personality through jewelry too – and what’s more personal than designing your own bracelet with the many leather cords and...
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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 | Sun, Moon, Stars
Created onHoops with Sun, Moon and Stars We used the following components to assemble these earrings: Hoops, 18mm, gold-plated sterling siver 2 star pendants, 6mm, gold-plated steel...
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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 | Crystal Balls
Created onIn this blog post by Smyks , we present an old acquaintance in beautiful new clothes. We are talking about the so-called berry beads and flower balls. Both can be used as pendants but each of them is made in its own special...
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DIY | Crystal Earrings
Created onFloral Earrings with Genuine Crystal Beads by Preciosa In this blog post, our designer Charlotte demontrates that a few beads and thread are enough to create a beautiful and exclusive look that will attract everybody's attention....
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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 | Earstuds with Semi-Precious Stones
Created on | 1 comment(s)Make Your Own Earstuds with Semi-Precious Stones Summer is coming ... and we are in our best beading mood. In this blog post - written by Smyks´ designer Charlotte - we play with exciting combinations of some of...
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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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DIY | Paracord Bracelets
Created onDIY Army Bracelets / Survival Bracelets, Bracelets with Paracord In this blog post by Smyks, we go through a few techniques you can use to make the popular knotted macramee bracelets with parachute cord which are also...
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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