Pricing, as you might have experienced, is something many people struggle with. If you've already created your product, you'll know what I mean. When I first had to price my products, I checked out some marketing textbooks. They were unfortunately of little use to me, other than telling me there were different ways of pricing the products.

What are the 2 challenges of pricing?

1) Pricing at a level that attracts the buyers

2) Pricing at a level that maximizes profits while remaining attractive to the buyers

In certain businesses, the cost-plus method of pricing works very well, meaning you calculate your cost and add a certain percentage of profits. However, in the crafts business, this method, while being able to give you reasonable income, may not always be the best.

For example, the Harrod's bear and Paddington's bear don't cost much more to produce than a nameless toy bear, but they sell for so much more. If you were to simply apply the cost-plus method, can you imagine how much you'd have lost?

The difference here is the perceived value of the item. If you can make something look expensive or create something that people want, you can and should charge much higher than the cost. In pricing, you will have to look at your packaging and promotion so don't be pressured to price low simply because your material costs were low. However, if what you have is not unique then it may not be wise to put a high price tag on your product. Your customers may be willing to pay the price at the point of purchase but if they see a similar product selling much cheaper elsewhere, you may lose your credibility and the potential of repeat purchases from them.

If your craft item is not entirely new or you're just making a popular item to sell, it's easy to check the market price by visiting a few stores or checking the internet. An original product is trickier because it might involve some testing before you get the right price. Start by asking a few friends, especially those who share your interest in crafts. A better way would be to make a prototype and then take it to your friends and the gift and/or crafts stores and ask them how much they would be willing to pay for it or how much it can sell for. You should be able to get a pretty good idea.

Whether you want to use the cost-plus method or price at the market price, you'll need to have a very good idea of your cost. Failure to do so may result in you losing money instead of profiting from your crafts.

Here's a simple checklist to help you work out your cost.

1) Material cost

Make sure you list down everything, even things you are able to get for free now because you may have to pay for them later and that will affect your pricing. Furthermore, even free things need time and time is money.

2) Labour cost

If you're making them yourself, you need to ask yourself how much you're worth per hour then work from there. Suppose you make ten of an item in an hour and you want to pay yourself $20 per hour. The labour cost of each item would be $2.

Remember to include packaging time and even the time you need to travel to the post office.

3) Marketing cost

Depending on the sales channels you're using, the cost here will vary. If you're selling on the internet, you'll need to factor in your webhosting, domain name, design fees etc. If you're selling via catalogs or mail-orders, you must factor in your printing and shipping cost as well.

Also, if your product requires you to explain or clarify things on the phone, remember you need to factor in your phone bills and more importantly, the time you'll need to spend on the phone.

4) Your Profit

This is an area which many freelancers or work-from-home business people miss. It's alright to just earn your income based on your per hour worth but that would be a bad way of running a business. We need to remember we're running a business here and we need to treat a business as a business. This profit amount will make up for lower sales volume, increase cashflow for purchase of more materials and also fund your expansion. If we don't factor this in, we'll forever be stuck with the same pay. Even employees get raises right?

After you have included your material and labour cost, you should mark up another 20% to 30% or more as your profit margin. However, this only represents the minimum amount that you'll accept for your product. The next part will help you determine the cost you'll sell to different parties.

5) Distribution Channel Markup

For most product-based businesses, a product typically flows through the distribution channel in this fashion.

Manufacturer -> Distributor/Wholesaler -> Retailer

In between them, there may also be agents and if the products are sold to different states or different countries, there may be other local agents/distributors and the chain will get longer and longer.

What this means for you as you're pricing your product is you will need to ensure that you keep the retail price competitive and that the various parties get their fair share of profits at the same time.

Typically wholesalers will accept a lower markup than retailers because they work with higher volumes and because they need to ensure that the retailers have enough to earn. If you're just starting out, you can be your own distributor and go directly to the retailers. This allows you to earn more or give a greater markup to your retailers but because you or your staff will need to go to the stores, it will require greater effort on your part.

Retailers will as for a minimum of 20% to 30% markup for most products, depending on the products. I may be spoiler here but many products are marked up hundreds or thousands of percent. In my own store, I only retail products that I have at least 30% to 40% (usually more for craft products) unless the product is so popular that I can sell a lot more to justify the lower markup. With a healthy margin, I have some room to do promotions or clearance sales so even if the product doesn't do too well initially, I can do something about it without losing money.

It is very important to keep yourself focussed on your core competency and earn from that. Some people get greedy and try to do everything themselves and earn from every stage of the distribution channel. It may sound attractive but don't forget that to do everything, you will need to do a lot more work and you only have 24 hours a day.

To become a wholesaler requires a lot of running around from store to store. Retailing requires significant capital to startup. If you spend time on these, you will not have time to create your products. We all work with limited time so you will need to choose your business focus wisely. Ultimately, if you learn the power of leveraging then you will be able to create a company that controls the whole process. However, our focus here is about starting a home-based crafts business so that is out of the consideration for now.

The whole idea is to do very well in what you focus on and let the experts in the other areas help you succeed in the other areas. If you find that you are good in product distribution or retailing instead of craft-making, you might want to focus on those areas and source your products from others.

If we are able to implement the win-win thinking in our business, we should be able to at least do ok. At the end of the day, business is about making money. If your suppliers or distributors or retailers can earn well from your products because they move fast and they have high markup, you can rest assured they will put in that extra effort to promote your products. Some people try to save a few percent here and there and cut down on others' profits. While this might sound logical and prudent, it might work against you in the long-run because your distributors and retailers will gravitate towards whatever is making them the most money. If you are in doubt, err in favour of the distributors/retailers without compromising your minimum amount (see part 3 of this checklist) and you won't go wrong.

5) Check against the market

Lastly, you should always check your pricing against the market instead of just plucking a figure from the air. If it's an existing product, check your price against your competitors to see if your price is competitive. You don't have to be lower. In fact, try not to be lower because low price often indicates low quality as well. Don't compete on price. Compete on quality instead. You just have to ensure you're not so way off the market price that people would not even consider buying. Once you've gone through this thought process, I'm sure you'll be able to come up with a good price.

With the internet, it has become much easier to do price research. Just go to Ebay, Yahoo, Amazon, Froogle and other price-comparison sites and you will be able to get a good feel of the prices around. However, if you are going to sell in retail stores, do go and take a walk to check the prices because there can be a significant gap between the prices at brick-and-mortar retail stores and internet stores.

The last thing to note for pricing is that price is dynamic. The market is changing all the time and so does the price, especially for trend items. Evergreen items can afford to be priced the same for long periods of time because of a slower but steady demand. Trend items because of the demand can often start out with a very high price but as demand dwindles the prices will go down as well.

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A new jewelry maker can create handmade sterling silver earrings for less than the cost of a fast-casual lunch or dinner out.  One does not need complicated tools and an endless supply of components to make elegant, attractive earrings.

This article presents only sterling silver earwires, posts and components for two reasons:

Sterling Silver is hypoallergenic for most people Sterling Silver, a precious metal, costs much less than white gold or platinum

What are Jewelry Findings

In jewelry terms, "jewelry findings", or just "findings", are jewelry components less than a finished piece. 

Common Earring Findings

One type of earring finding is an earwire (also known as a "french wire" or a "hook").  An "earring post" has a "post" ("stick") that fits through the piercing, with an "ear back" (also known as a "ear nuts", "butterfly clutches" or "stoppers") that fits over the stick behind the ear.  A full ball, half ball, shield, or other design will be soldered onto the front of the post.

Sterling Silver Earrings: No Tools Required

The first simple earring design needs no tools to assemble -- hands are good enough.  Good sterling silver shield post earring findings show a thin, rounded profile in the vertical.  a "U"-shaped hook soldered to the bottom edge of these findings is open to the back.  One only needs to hang a Sterling/Cubic Zirconia Bezel-set drop with a soldered ring at the top from the "U"-shaped hook, then pinch the top of the hook closed with the fingers.

With representative prices of $2.35 per pair for Sterling Silver Shield Post earring findings and $6.97 or less for a pair of bezel-set Sterling/Colorless Cubic Zirconia drops, one may make a pair of earrings with the fire and sparkle of simulated diamond for less than $10 (not including shipping or sales tax), with no tools.  For those who prefer earrings entirely of sterling silver, replace the Sterling/Cubic Zirconia drop with a pair of sterling teardrops with soldered top loops for $2.65 per pair.  You can keep your cost of a pair of sterling silver earring less than $8.

Tools Recommended for Simple Earrings

Flat nose pliers or chain nose pliers are the tools recommended for most earring styles considered in this article.  These pliers, when used in jewelry making, will be smooth on the inside, to minimize the marks added to jewelry; normal pliers usually have serrated jaws to "bite" into metal.

Sterling Silver Earrings: One Tool Required

Many earring posts and earwires have open rings soldered to the bottom of the earring findings.  These open rings need to be gently opened to the side to hang a drop or dangle.  It MAY be possible to do that with your hands, but we recommend one pair of either flat nose pliers or chain nose pliers because they will offer you better control than using only your hands.

To use either earring posts or earring findings, one must GENTLY move part of the open ring soldered to the bottom of the finding to the side.  Then, it is possible to hang a drop or a wire-wrapped dangle onto the open ring.  Once again, use the pliers to GENTLY move the open piece of the ring back into place -- to close the gap of the open ring.  

With a representative price of $0.66 for a pair of short Sterling Silver French earwires and a pair of 4mm Sterling/Cubic Zirconia bezel-set drops, you can make a pair of earrings for under $5 (before shipping or sales tax).

Inexpensive Earrings for Formal Affairs

For formal affairs, such as weddings or holiday parties, a pair of 6mm Princess Cut Sterling/Clear Cubic Zirconia posts with 6mm Sterling/Clear Bezel Set Cubic Zirconia drops are stunning earrings that can be made for under $16; one set of pliers is recommended to assemble these as discussed above.

Earrings with Wire Wraps

Dangles made with wire wraps require some instruction and practice for good-looking results, but they increase the number of possible earring designs one may choose to make.  Wire wrapping will usually take three tools: flush cutters, chain nose pliers and round nose pliers.

Wire wrapped dangles may incorporate a greater variety of beads, charms and findings.

Conclusion

Families feeling a "budget crunch" can still indulge in sterling silver costume jewelry for personal wear or for gift giving, offering pleasing handcrafted gifts to loved ones and wearing attractive earrings, too.

Handmade Jewelry-Making Basics: If Money is Tight, Make Your Own Sterling Earrings is a post from: Watthamai Crafts

What is a split ring?

A split ring is a round jewelry finding made of wire that does not have a gap all the way through the ring, so jewelry components do not fall through a cut.  The wire curves over almost two whole circles -- 720 degrees.  At the first circle, the wire makes a bend, then the second circle is right next to the first.  If you have ever purchased a plain key ring and "wound" your keys onto the ring, then you have already used a split ring.

Jewelry Making with split rings

An obvious use for split rings are as key rings.  Key rings themselves can be decorated with charms or pendants fit directly onto the key rings (if they have big holes); if not, they may be placed on a smaller ring before decorating the larger ring.

For putting charms on bracelets, choose rings with diameters smaller than the beads on either side if you want the charms fixed in place.  Lobster claw clasps and toggles may be attached to either bead wire projects or chain projects using small split rings.

Some people will use split rings as the target for a lobster claw clasp on bead wire projects -- crimping the ring into place at the end of the jewelry piece.  However, the "transition" point from the two wires of the ring to the one wire may damage a stranded bead wire. 

Split Ring Materials

Split rings used in DIY jewelry making will most often be made of low karat gold, gold-filled, sterling silver or plated metals over brass, steel or aluminum.

Many sterling split rings are not tempered hard enough to let them to return to shape after having jewelry components "wound" onto them.  Plated and gold-filled split rings do not have as much problem "springing" back into shape.

Small split rings of thick wire are difficult to open.  Large rings with small wire diameter may not have the strength one needs for a jewelry piece.

Tools for Split Rings

Many jewelry makers will open split rings with split ring pliers.  These pliers have a "hook" jaw bent toward a flat jaw that makes these pliers more safer and easier to use than teeth or fingernails.

Split rings are basic jewelry-making findings.  A jewelry designer should quickly learn when split rings are permissible or recommended.

Handmade Jewelry-Making Basics – What is a Split Ring? is a post from: Watthamai Crafts

New jewelry designers will come up to speed faster when they earn the terminology of different jewelry-making components.  Find the right components quicker, project professionalism to potential customers, and enhance your jewelry making credibility by using correct terminology.

Definition of Jewelry Findings

In the jewelry industry, "jewelry findings" are components of jewelry less than a finished piece.

Definition of Headpin

A headpin is a long, thin piece of wire with a "head" -- a flattened piece of metal bigger than the diamter of the wire that acts as a stop to beads on the wire.  The opposite end of the headpin is flush cut, not sharp as with straight pins used in sewing.

Fancy headpins may have a ball end, granulated bead design, crystals or other decoration as the head.

How is a Headpin Used?

Headpins are used to create dangles (such as earring dangles) or links, with beads or charms wire wrapped onto the pin.  For a dangle, beads will rest against the head.  The remainder of the pin will be twisted and wrapped to make a loop which can be strung on stranded beading wire, silk or another jewelry fiber or attached to a clasp with a jump ring or split ring.  

To create a link, the head end of the pin must be wire wrapped into a loop; then, after putting the beads and charms in the middle of the pin (above the first loop), a second loop is wire wrapped.  These links can be used "in line" - between two sections of chains or strung beads.

Headpin Materials

Headpins are available in the noble metals - gold, silver and platinum.  However, in the DIY Jewelry market, headpins are usually sterling silver, gold-filled or brass plated with silver, gold, antique copper, antique brass, gunmetal, imitation rhodium and nickel.

Headpin Diameters

Headpins are also available in a variety of wire diameters.  Very thin headpins (under .020 inch diameter/24 gauge) are often required for freshwater pearls or for gemstones sourced in India.  Thick headpins (21 gauge) may match a bold jewelry design better than a thin headpin.  A headpin may need a small stop bead to be used with a bead that has a larger hole size.

Conclusion

Headpins come in a wide variety of shapes, designs and prices.  After mastering simple jewelry construction using stringing methods, learning to use headpins and wire wraps will dramatically extend the possibilities in jewelry design.  One who learns what pearl clasps are and how they are used will project a professional knowledge and attitude when making jewelry.

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Come up to speed faster as a jewelry designer when using correct terminology for different jewelry-making components.  Locate the right findings faster, converse with suppliers intelligently and boost your credibility in the jewelry making marketplace.

What are Jewelry Findings?

A jewelry components less than finished pieces are called "jewelry findings" or just "findings".

What is a Clasps?

To connect the ends of a necklace, bracelet or anklet,  you may use a jewelry clasp, toggle, s-hook or hook-and-eye closure.  A jewelry clasp is different from toggles, s-hooks and hook-and-eye closures in that they provide a lock between the two ends of the jewelry by using two or more pieces.  The connection is more secure than pinching an s-hook or hook-and-eye finding closer together or putting a safety chain on a toggle.

What is a Pearl Clasp?

Pearl clasps originated with pearl jewelry.  Now, pearl clasps may connect a single strand or multiple strands of pearls, beads, or jewelry chain.

A pearl clasp has at least two parts - a body or "box", plus an insert that locks into the body, sometimes called a "bracelet tongue".  The number of jump rings on the bracelet tongue should match the number of jump rings on the body -- one set of rings per strand.  Designs come in simple polished metal, corrugated metal, filigrees, "bullseyes" or other fancy pattern.  The bracelet tongue may push directly into the body or may need to be inserted around an intermediate pin that provides some safety if the clasp becomes undone accidentally. 

Some pearl clasps also have additional safety provided by a figure eight and a pin.  The figure eight, which looks more like a pop bottle, attached to one side of the clasp will click over a pin fastened to the second side of the clasp.

Pearl Clasp Materials

Pearl clasps have traditionally been made of precious metals - gold, silver and platinum.  In the DIY Jewelry market, pearl clasps of sterling silver, gold-filled or brass plated with silver, gold, antique copper, antique brass, gunmetal, imitation rhodium and nickel are common.

Conclusion

Pearl clasps come in a wide variety of shapes, designs and prices.  One who learns what pearl clasps are and how they are used will project a professional knowledge and attitude when making jewelry.

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Good crimping practices and quality crimps play an important part in jewelry design, but many designers minimize the roles these components play in favor of the more visible components.

What is a jewelry finding?

In jewelry terms, a "finding" is a component of jewelry less than a finished piece.

What is a jewelry crimp?

A jewelry crimp is a jewelry finding pinched or pressed together with the purpose of holding findings onto a jewelry piece or fixing beads in place.  Crimp tubes, crimp beads, crimp-on eyes and crimp-on hooks are four forms of jewelry crimps commonly used.

Jewelry beads are spheres with the hole cut through.  When they are flattened, they usually form an hourglass shape.  Crimp tubes have a uniform diameter and flatten into rectangles.  Twisted crimp tubes have a spiral pattern cut into the tubes that might add patterns to the crimp, but they still flatten into rectangles.  Crimp-on hooks and crimp-on eyes have either a hook shape or an "eye" (a closed loop) attached to a tube made of heavier gauge metal.

How are jewelry crimps used?

Bead Wire Projects

A first use of crimp tubes and crimp beads is to fasten findings such as toggles or lobster claw clasps and jump rings onto stranded beading wire.  The end of a piece of bead wire is threaded through a crimp, around a finding and back through the crimp before the crimp is flattened with one of two jewelry-making pliers: flat nose pliers or chain nose pliers, both of which are smooth on the inside and meant to minimize marking on the findings.

Some use two alternate tools for crimping: two stage crimping pliers and magic crimping pliers.  The author does not recommend either of these two pliers because of either the amount of labor involved to crimp or because of the damage to the underlying bead wire.

Floating Bead Projects

Jewelry crimps are also used with bead wire or beading chain to "float" beads in a style like the "tin cup" necklace popularized by Rene Russo in the 1996 movie of the same name.  In this case, the crimps should fit snugly around the beading chain or beading wire.  For instance, 1.5mm diameter or 1.1mm diameter (outside diameter) crimps will fit a 0.6mm beading chain or beading wires in .018", .015" or .012" diameters.

Crimp-on Eyes and Hooks

Crimp-on eyes and crimp-on hooks are ideal for some jewelry pieces, such as those using the 0.6mm beading chain or some cords such as leather.  The ends of a beading chain or cord are placed into the tube before the tube is flattened.

Sizing Crimps

Crimps are available in a variety of sizes.  Two strands of bead wire between .012" and .019" should be able to fit (doubled) into a 2mm diameter crimp tube; larger crimp tubes may not hold the wires securely and smaller crimp tubes will not fit the wires through the tube very well.  Crimp tubes of 1.5mm diameter may be more suitable for .010" or .012" diameter wires.  Fabric cords should be tested with crimps to verify holding power.

Crimp Materials

Crimps tubes are available in many metals to match the primary metal of the jewelry piece: gold-filled, sterling, and plate over brass.  Crimp beads are more often available only in the base metals.  Crimp-on eyes and hooks are often available in gold-filled, vermeil (gold over sterling), sterling and some plated metals.  Silver-plated crimp beads have a reputation for cracking not seen in the other plated crimps.

Jewelry crimps. although unseen, are important jewelry components.  Jewelry designers need to determine the highest quality crimp materials and methods to keep their jewelry pieces from falling apart.  Quality of the finished piece many times depends on the quality of crimps and crimping practices.

Handmade Jewelry-Making Basics – What is a Crimp? is a post from: Watthamai Crafts

Selling crafts online can seem rather difficult. Crafts are typically seen as a luxury and not a necessity. So when selling crafts online you must work hard at enticing, charming and ultimately convincing online shoppers to buy your crafts. When starting to sell your crafts online it is important to understand that sales won’t come pouring in overnight. If you can wrap your head around this fact in the beginning you will be less likely to become discourage if you don’t make a sale your first week selling online.

Selling crafts online requires separating your role as artist from that of seller. You must put on your seller’s hat and separate your emotions from the sales process.The artists who are most successful in selling their crafts online have learned the importance of treating all visitors or potential customers as guests they would invite to their home, whether they make a purchase or not. Remember to be polite and charming to all who contact you via your online shop or web site. Be careful not to judge those who simply ask you a question but in the end do not make a purchase. You never know that person who seemingly pesters you with a question could turn around and make a purchase at a later date.

When a potential customer visits your web site or online shop, make sure that you have your contact information easily displayed along with your return policy. These two items will set you apart from the competition and it lets potential customers know that no. 1 you are a credible artist and no. 2  being accessible and providing  them with good service is important to you. Also having a frequently asked questions section is a good idea. This way commonly asked questions are easily and quickly answered without you being bombarded with a bunch of emails or phone calls and potential customers having to wait on your response. Of course 3 more obvious things to have on your web site are professional images, accurate descriptions of your crafts and pricing. If you don’t have these things then you are not going to sell anything.

No matter what, the most important tip for selling crafts online is to approach the task in a realistic and practical manner. You must be diligent and patient in your efforts knowing that it may take awhile for you to start consistently getting sales online.

If you would like help promoting your crafts online then visit HandmadeCraftShow.com, an online virtual craft show dedicated to bringing buyers and sellers together.

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Jewelry-makers should learn terminology of basic jewelry-making components and techniques to work effectively with friends, customers and suppliers.

Jewelry toggles make up one category of many different jewelry closures for handmade artisan jewelry, mass-market costume jewelry and fine jewelry.  While toggle clasps definitely fasten jewelry, they can also enhance jewelry appearance.

What is a jewelry toggle?

A jewelry toggle is a set of two pieces: a jewelry loop and a jewelry stick.  The jewelry loop is attached to one end of your unfinished jewelry; the jewelry stick attaches to the other end.  The jewelry stick gets pushed through the jewelry loop, then turned so it rests longways against the loop, gravity holding the two components in place.  A skin-tight jewelry piece without any slack will not last long -- this style closure is made to have some slack.

Toggle clasps come with a bit more risk than lobster claw clasps.  However, many jewelry fans seem to regard jewelry toggles as more fashionable than lobster claw clasps.  Jewelry closed with toggles may fall off the body if they are made with too much slack; sometimes the toggles may come undone when the tension on the jewelry is relaxed.

Fancy toggles will often be used at the front of a necklace as a visual centerpiece -- especially fancy shaped toggles or toggles with addition decorations.

Jewelry toggles come in many different shapes:  round, oval, square, diamond, heart-shaped, floral, stirrup, etc.

Toggle Mechanics

A toggle is most secure when it cannot easily slip back through the loop accidentally.  The widest opening of the toggle loop must still be smaller than the shortest distance from your anchor point (often a ring soldered on or cast midway a metal toggle stick) to the end of the stick.    The toggle loop must also be big enough to accommodate the smallest beads on the end attached to the toggle stick.  The stick must be pulled through the loop before it can be turned to rest against the toggle loop.  Many jewelry pieces with toggle clasps will have beads graduated in size from the larger beads at the center, where they are most visible, to the smaller beads at both ends.  Toggles that are light with respect to the center beads will shift to the top as a bracelet rotates due to gravity.  A heavy toggle will help a bracelet to hang comfortably, with the toggle loop underneath the wrist.

Fastening Toggles

In pieces made with jewelry chain, you may see chain end caps soldered onto the chain and toggles connected with link locks or soldered jump rings.  Unsoldered chain pieces will often use open jump rings, split rings or link locks.  Jewelry designers will usually fasten toggles to bead wire projects using flattened crimps.  Some designers favor clam shells or bead tips to make the transition to the jewelry closures for bead wire projects and fiber projects such as knotted silk jewelry.  Inexpensive leather or fiber pieces may be knotted directly onto the toggle pieces with overhand knots.

Toggle Materials

Your "stick" may be as simple as a button with a shank used with a loop of seed beads on bead wire.  Your loop may be quite fancy, with "expandable" toggles of several rings attached together.   The rings on both the toggle loop and toggle stick should be firmly attached.  Toggle sticks with spiral patterns seem to be susceptible to bending more than many other designs.

Toggle in the United States will often be made of one of the following materials:

Platinum Palladium Gold Gold-Filled Silver: Thai silver, sterling silver (.925 silver) Titanium Surgical Steel Brass, usually plated with gold, silver, copper, antique copper, antique brass, gunmetal/black nickel and imitation rhodium Wood Stone

Many of these materials are available in different surface textures: shiny, matte, brushed, etc.  Crystals, cubic zirconia and gemstones may decorate toggles of the more expensive metals.

The jewelry designer's unique sense of design and style will define the jewelry aesthetics and the the possible toggles for a jewelry piece.  Fortunately, toggles are available in a wide range of prices, shapes and materials.

Handmade Jewelry-Making Basics – What is a Toggle? is a post from: Watthamai Crafts