DIY | Behind the Ear
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...
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.
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DIY | Christmas decoration with beads and flowers
Created onIn this blog post you can find inspiration and instructions on how to make your own Christmas decoration with beads and beading wire. Please allso visit our related blog post: Christmas decorations in copper and gold First you...
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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...
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DIY | Seashell Necklaces
Created onIn this DIY blog post from Smyks.com you will find inspiration and instructions on how to make your own beautiful necklaces with natural seashells and conches. Mix your seashells and conches with freshwater pearls, seed...
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DIY | Daisy Wreath with Delica Beads
Created onWe're going to take a look at a true classic in beadwork; the daisy chain. The flower vine motif can be made with many different types of beads, whether it's zircons, seed beads or freshwater pearls, and can become your latest...
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DIY | Brick Stitch Earrings
Created onIn 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 jewelry technique has a fascinating origin with roots in Native American...
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DIY | Ear Cuffs
Created onIn this blog post, we show you different designs you can make yourself with the popular jewelry "Earcuffs". A piece of jewelry that doesn't even require pierced ears. Earcuffs are smart pieces of jewelry that can...
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DIY Chistmas decorations in cobber and gold
Created onSmyks.com is proud to present a collection of Christmas decorations for window display, hanging on the christmas tree and more. The colour palette is inspired by current interior design trends where cobber and other golden metals...
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DIY | Peyote Stitch with a Twist
Created onHere 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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DIY | Exclusive Bohemian Earrings
Created onIn 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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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 | Duo Bead Jewellery 2
Created onSuper-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...
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DIY | Wire Links Earrings
Created onYou 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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Duo Bead Jewellery
Created onSuper-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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DIY | Wire wrapped rings
Created onIn 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...
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DIY | Russian Leaf Earrings
Created onThe 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...
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DIY | Earrings with Wreath of Beads
Created onIn 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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DIY | Chain with enamel beads
Created onThis 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...
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DIY | Jewellery with chains and charms
Created onWe used various techniques to make these pieces of jewellery. You find the respective step-by-step instructions in the following guides and blog posts: DIY The famous loop - How to make an eye over a bead or pearl...
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DIY | Christmas Crystals
Created onIn this blog post, we take inspiration from the wondrous structures and patterns of ice crystals and add a touch of Christmas cheer. For this purpose we have used the classic small round seed beads in combination with bugle beads ,...
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DIY | Double Daisy Chain
Created onDouble Daisy Chain Bracelet See our related blog post: DIY Daisy chain stitch - jewellery with seed bead flowers . We have used the following materials to make this bracelet: Delica...
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DIY | Necklaces and semi-precious stones
Created onTriple necklace with tourmaline beads and two chains We used the following DIY materials to assemble this nacklace: Tourmaline beads, faceted, 3mm (38cm) Figaro chain with facets, 0.40mm,...
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DIY | Earrings with Delica fringes
Created onSmall ring with Delica fringes We used the following materials to make these earrings: Delica beads, turquoise-blue flecked DB2264V Delica beads, bordeaux DB0654 Delica beads,...
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DIY | Wrapped earrings
Created onWith 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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DIY | Hoops wrapped with gemstone beads
Created onClick 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...
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DIY | Hoops with Delica beads
Created onHoops with red pattern We used the following materials to make these earrings: 2 rings 20mm, gilded brass Delica beads, apple red, DB0791V Delica beads, yellow-brown DB2262 Delica beads, 24K...
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DIY | Spring jewellery
Created onHoops 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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DIY | Jewellery with Tila beads
Created on | 1 comment(s)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...
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DIY | Earrings with gemstone bead links
Created onIn this blog post you can find instructions on how to make the popular earrings with long chains made of bead links. You will learn how to make the links, i.e. how to link the beads together with wire forming eyelets and windings. You...
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DIY | Earrings with bead clusters
Created onHere 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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Bracelet with faceted semi-precious stones
Created onHow 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...
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DIY | Hair accessories with pearls
Created on | 1 comment(s)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...
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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