AAFD Articles
Tips, stories, and updates from our K-Jewelry supplies studio.
How to Use Bead Caps: A Beginner's Guide
Bead caps are the finishing touch most beginners skip — tiny metal cups that sit at the end of a bead and turn 'a bead on a wire' into something...
How to Use Bead Caps: A Beginner's Guide
Bead caps are the finishing touch most beginners skip — tiny metal cups that sit at the end of a bead and turn 'a bead on a wire' into something...
One Tiny Hammered Coin, Three Gifts You Can Make
Some findings shout and some just quietly work. The hammered mini coin is the second kind: a 6mm disc of softly dimpled gold with a hole at each edge, small...
One Tiny Hammered Coin, Three Gifts You Can Make
Some findings shout and some just quietly work. The hammered mini coin is the second kind: a 6mm disc of softly dimpled gold with a hole at each edge, small...
Earring Findings, Explained: Ear Posts, Leverba...
Every pair of earrings you will ever make starts with the same quiet decision: what actually holds it on the ear. That part — the post, the wire, the hoop...
Earring Findings, Explained: Ear Posts, Leverba...
Every pair of earrings you will ever make starts with the same quiet decision: what actually holds it on the ear. That part — the post, the wire, the hoop...
5 Surgical Steel Pendants to Build Your Next Pi...
Every finished piece starts with one part that sets the tone — and a pendant is usually it. Surgical steel is one of our quiet favorites for that starring role:...
5 Surgical Steel Pendants to Build Your Next Pi...
Every finished piece starts with one part that sets the tone — and a pendant is usually it. Surgical steel is one of our quiet favorites for that starring role:...
Jewelry Chain Types Explained: Cable, Rolo, Bal...
Chain is the quiet workhorse of jewelry making — the length of linked metal that becomes the body of a necklace or bracelet. But not all chain is the same:...
Jewelry Chain Types Explained: Cable, Rolo, Bal...
Chain is the quiet workhorse of jewelry making — the length of linked metal that becomes the body of a necklace or bracelet. But not all chain is the same:...
How to Open and Close Jump Rings (Without Ruini...
If there's one finding every maker reaches for a hundred times a day, it's the jump ring — the little metal loop that joins almost everything to everything else. They...
How to Open and Close Jump Rings (Without Ruini...
If there's one finding every maker reaches for a hundred times a day, it's the jump ring — the little metal loop that joins almost everything to everything else. They...
4 Summer Jewelry Trends to Make This Year — and...
Summer is when jewelry gets a little braver. The light is better, sleeves are shorter, and everyone's reaching for pieces that move and catch the sun. As makers, that's our...
4 Summer Jewelry Trends to Make This Year — and...
Summer is when jewelry gets a little braver. The light is better, sleeves are shorter, and everyone's reaching for pieces that move and catch the sun. As makers, that's our...
Framed Glass Stones, Explained: A Faceted, Fine...
If you've ever wanted that set-stone, fine-jewelry sparkle without the gemstone price tag, framed glass stones are the closest thing to a cheat code I know. Each one is a...
Framed Glass Stones, Explained: A Faceted, Fine...
If you've ever wanted that set-stone, fine-jewelry sparkle without the gemstone price tag, framed glass stones are the closest thing to a cheat code I know. Each one is a...
What Are Jewelry Findings? A Maker's Plain-Engl...
What are jewelry findings? Jewelry findings are the functional metal parts that connect and finish a piece — jump rings, clasps, ear wires and posts, head and eye pins, bails,...
What Are Jewelry Findings? A Maker's Plain-Engl...
What are jewelry findings? Jewelry findings are the functional metal parts that connect and finish a piece — jump rings, clasps, ear wires and posts, head and eye pins, bails,...
Coastal Summer Jewelry Findings: 8 Ocean-Inspir...
Memorial Day weekend just slipped by, the first real sun of the year is on our skin, and somehow our jewelry workbench deserves a saltwater glow-up too. If you spent...
Coastal Summer Jewelry Findings: 8 Ocean-Inspir...
Memorial Day weekend just slipped by, the first real sun of the year is on our skin, and somehow our jewelry workbench deserves a saltwater glow-up too. If you spent...
10 Jewelry Making Ideas Using Charms, Chains, B...
Discover ten beginner-friendly jewelry making ideas using charms, chains, beads, and basic findings — from simple charm necklaces to seasonal mini collections you can sell or gift.
10 Jewelry Making Ideas Using Charms, Chains, B...
Discover ten beginner-friendly jewelry making ideas using charms, chains, beads, and basic findings — from simple charm necklaces to seasonal mini collections you can sell or gift.
Wholesale Discount Codes — Save up to 35% on Bu...
Save up to 35% on wholesale orders. Tiered discount codes for jewelry designers and makers: WHOLESALE25 to WHOLESALE35, based on order subtotal.
Wholesale Discount Codes — Save up to 35% on Bu...
Save up to 35% on wholesale orders. Tiered discount codes for jewelry designers and makers: WHOLESALE25 to WHOLESALE35, based on order subtotal.
Welcome — 30% Off Your First Order with WELCOME30
Welcome to AllaboutFindings — get 30% off your first order with code WELCOME30. Hand-cast jewelry findings from our Korea workshop since 2010.
Welcome — 30% Off Your First Order with WELCOME30
Welcome to AllaboutFindings — get 30% off your first order with code WELCOME30. Hand-cast jewelry findings from our Korea workshop since 2010.