DIY jewellery

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.
 

Guides Video guide

 

  1. Gemstone Teardrops

    Gemstone Teardrops

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    In 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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  2. DIY | Friendship Bracelets

    DIY | Friendship Bracelets

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    Dear 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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  3. Zodiac and birthstones | DIY

    Zodiac and birthstones | DIY

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    Make jewellery with your zodiac birthstone  Each zodiac sign has its own birthstone that bestows strength and energy and gives stability and tranquillity to those who are born under the sign. The power of your birthstone can help...

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  4. DIY | Behind the Ear

    DIY | Behind the Ear

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      Here 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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  5. DIY | Brick Stitch Earrings

    DIY | Brick Stitch Earrings

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    In 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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  6. DIY | Ear Cuffs

    DIY | Ear Cuffs

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      In 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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  8. DIY | Peyote Stitch with a Twist

    DIY | Peyote Stitch with a Twist

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    Here 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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  9. DIY | Exclusive Bohemian Earrings

    DIY | Exclusive Bohemian Earrings

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    In 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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  10. DIY | Duo Bead Jewellery 2

    DIY | Duo Bead Jewellery 2

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      Super-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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  11. Duo Bead Jewellery

    Duo Bead Jewellery

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    Super-duo beads og Mini-duo beads are quality glass pearls 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 the...

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  12. DIY | Wire Links Earrings

    DIY | Wire Links Earrings

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      You 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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  13. DIY | Wire-wrapped rings

    DIY | Wire-wrapped rings

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    In this guide, we show you how to create your very own statement ring using the wrap method. The design gives you plenty of creative freedom: you decide how the ring sits on your finger, which gemstone, crystal or natural pearl you...

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  14. DIY | Russian Leaf Earrings

    DIY | Russian Leaf Earrings

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    The history behind the iconic Russian Leaf design   The Russian Leaf beading technique has a fascinating background and has become a valued part of contemporary beadwork and jewellery making. Originally developed in Russia,...

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  15. DIY | Earrings with Wreath of Beads

    DIY | Earrings with Wreath of Beads

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    In 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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  20. DIY | Wrapped earrings

    DIY | Wrapped earrings

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    With 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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  23. DIY | Spring jewellery

    DIY | Spring jewellery

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    Hoops 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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  26. DIY | Earrings with bead clusters

    DIY | Earrings with bead clusters

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    Here you find inspiration and instructions on how to make your own beautiful earrings with bead clusters. This type of earrings with small and colourful gemstone beads is wonderful as weekday jewelry, while the more exclusive version...

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  29. DIY | Delica hoop earrings

    DIY | Delica hoop earrings

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    Above 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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  32. DIY | Jewellery with seashells

    DIY | Jewellery with seashells

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    Make your own jewellery with cowrie shells or other seashells and conch shell horns. Cowrie shells is the name of the pretty seashells we used for the macramé bracelets. In this blog post we want to inspire you to make...

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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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