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.
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...
Here 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...
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 the...
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...
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...
In 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...
The 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...
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...
This 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...
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...
Click 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...
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...
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...
How to make a bracelet with small pearls of semi-precious stones Smyks.com has a large selection of small beads in semi-precious stone , which are well suited for many jewelery purposes. In the following we show how they can be used...
Hairslides and hair combs with shell pearls and baroque pearls. Hair accessories like clips, combs and hairslides are in vogue . In this blog post you find step-by-step instructions on how to make your own hairslides...
In this blog entry, we’ll show you a line of jewelry and pendants based on the simple beading tecniquie Peyote stitch. The different tube shapes are all made in the same way, only varying in length and width. We have...
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...
Here we’ll show you how to use the small Japanese Delica seed beads. Delica beads, which are usually used in peyote stitching and embroidery, have shown to have many other uses, if you have a little creativity....
How to make your own earrings and bracelets with seed bead flowers Daisy chain stitch is a beading technique for creating rows of cute little flowers. Here you find inspiration and DIY guides for making bracelets and earrings...
Jewellery 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...
Tila bead bracelet, easily made You can make these beautiful weaved bracelets with leather edge and Tila beads yourself. Here we show you some examples of bracelets for which we combined Tila beads, seed beads and...
Make 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...
In this week’s blog post we focus on braided bracelets with semi-precious stones for men. Smyks offers a vast assortment of semi-precious stones and fine gemstones like sapphire , ruby and ...
There is a lot of things to keep in check with, during the confirmation period. Not only the dress, but the jewellery will have to be found as well. Here we have created some examples, in the hopes of giving you some inspiration...
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 collection is kept in white and pink....
Earrings 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...
In this blog post, we would like to give you some examples of tassel earrings which are a lot easier to make than the popular but quite complicated version we showed you earlier. This time, we used Delica beads and threaded them on...
Earrings 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...
Make your own seed bead earrings inspired by Oscar de la Renta’s gorgeous tassel earrings. The instructions are detailed and it takes time to sew all the tiny beads together, but you will be rewarded with a fantastic result –...
With Smyks’ colourful enamel coins with gilded edge you can easily assemble simple but striking earrings with bars or rings made of oxidised or gold-plated sterling silver. Here we show you some examples. You don’t need tools...
They are back! Now, chokers are the new it jewellery. You can choose a classic and simple velvet ribbon or you can create your own designs. All chokers have in common that they are wrapped tightly around the neck. If you want to make...
Get ready for a dash of inspiration for simple and easy to make necklaces and earrings. For this collection, we chose the precious stones sapphire, emerald, ruby and aquamarine. In our web shop, these top quality beads are available in...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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