Jewellery always makes a very personal statement, and creating your own pieces is a wonderful way of saying even more about yourself and your taste, while exploring all kinds of fascinating new materias and techniques. Jewellery styles change every day - this is the perfect guide to staying up with fashion by quickly making new items, or adapting previous versions. Better still, many of these ideas are so inexpensive, you can recreate them virtually every day.This book is designed to teach you everything you need to know about making jewellery, and to give you hundreds of ideas and projects to use your new skills. Each chapter opens with a highly practical section covering all the materials, techniques and equipment you will need for the craft techniques covered in that chapter, making it all very simple so that you can get started immediately with complete confidence.Then the projects section of each chapter brings together a wonderful collection of simple-to-make but inspired and stylish pieces that you will love making and enjoy wearing - either for just one night, or for years to come. Here are all the items you would expect, from bangles and earrings to necklaces and brooches and a few that you might not, such as cufflinks and hair ornaments. Each individual project has a materials listings, clear step-by-step instructions, and a templates where appropriate.Through making these pieces, you will learn about all kinds of different crafts - from ragwork and enamelling to beadwork and mosaics. So this is not only a jewellery book, but an introduction to the whole world of crafts as well. But the emphasis is on results, fun and being able to express yourself and save money while looking stylish and totally in fashion.