DIY “Scalemaille” Jewelry Projects

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Combine Jump Rings With Scales To Make Eye-Catching Jewelry

You can make some pretty amazing jewelry with jump rings and aluminum “scale” components. We’re working on releasing several new scalemaille tutorials within the next six months, but in the meantime, try your hand at any of these projects, most of which are great for beginners!

Spike Earrings (Beginning)

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Scale Barrette (Beginner)

Nouveau Earring & Pendant (Beginner)

Reversible Scalemaille Necklace (Intermediate)

Scales can easily be attached as a finishing component onto existing jewelry designs, to add length and take the piece to a new level. Here are a couple of pieces from my Rebeca Mojica jewelry collection:

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Arrowhead Necklace - Rebeca Mojica Jewelry

 

If you make any pieces with scales, please share them with us on Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #MailledIt. We love to see what you guys come up with!

 

 

November Birthstone Inspiration (Topaz) for DIY Jewelry Designs

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Create birthstone-inspired chainmaille jewelry for November

november birthstone topaz bannerOur featured November birthstone kit is the popular Elegant Hourglass bracelet. Purchase all-in-one, limited-edition kits on our seasonal page.

If you’d like to customize a different color scheme, check out the supplies list at the bottom of the Elegant Hourglass page for a shopping list.

Other November Birthstone inspirations (click an image to purchase):

sapphire niobium jump rings latte blend niobium jump rings (brown niobum also available as hypo-allergenic earwire in coffee color)
bronze jump rings bronze jump rings
brown anodized aluminum brown anodized aluminum jump rings
Blue enameled copper amber enameled copper jump rings
Topaz Swarovski Crystals topaz Swarovski® crystal
brown anodized aluminum scales brown anodized aluminum scales
tortoise glass donut beads tortoise or smoke topaz glass donut rings – Czech glass rings in 9.4 mm or 14 mm outer diameter
cobalt blue Miyuki seed beads crystal copper Swarovski® crystal rings
bronze scallop toggle bronze scallop toggle

 

 

6 Colorful Chainmaille Jewelry Projects For The Season

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Customize these timeless designs using current fashion colors

We recently published our color palettes for the Fall/Winter 2015-2015 Color Forecast. We love playing around with those swatches because it makes us combine colors we wouldn’t have put together otherwise…and the results have been surprisingly pleasing. If you’re stuck for inspiration, we recommend using the color forecast to get your creative juices flowing!

Here are six of our favorite designs—from beginner to expert levels—using the colors of the season.

Purchase jump rings on their individual metal pages listed below, or all at once on our Ring Picker page!

double spiral chain in gothic colors

“Eternal Midnight” Double Spiral Bracelet

FREE downloadable instructions for Double Spiral chainmaille!

Anodized Aluminum Jump Rings – black, purple and iridescent gunmetal
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“Steampunk” Shaggy Scales

FREE downloadable instructions for Shaggy Scales!

Anodized Aluminum Jump Rings – brown

Scales – Metallic Mix
Metallic mix = equal amounts of gold, iridescent gunmetal, brown, black and plain aluminum scales
biomechanical rubbermaille in black and white

“Blanc et Noir” Biomechanical Bracelet

Downloadable instructions for Biomechanical Rubbermaille

Anodized Aluminum Jump Rings – black

Silicone Rubber Rings  – black, grey and white

 
chainmaille akimbo bracelet in gold, rose and brown

“Antique Rose” Akimbo Bracelet

Downloadable instructions for Chainmaille Akimbo Bracelet

Jewelry Brass Jump Rings

Enameled Copper Jump Rings – rose gold and brown

Czech Glass Rings (9.5 mm) – rose gold and bronze iris
chainmaille gridlock byzantine bracelet in copper

“Rustic” Beaded Gridlock Byzantine

Downloadable instructions for Gridlock Byzantine

Copper Jump Rings

Anodized Aluminum Jump Rings – iridescent gunmetal

Metal Seed Beads  – gunmetal
rondo a la byzantine rubbermaille in purple, turquoise and black

“Gothic Mermaid” Rubber Rondo a la Byzantine Bracelet

Downloadable instructions for Rubbermaille Rondo a la Byz

Anodized Aluminum Jump Rings – black and purple

Silicone Rubber Rings  – aqua and purple

If you make any of these projects, or create your own based on our color forecast palettes, please share it with us on Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #MailledIt. We love to see what you guys come up with!

 

Win A $200 Gift Bag Of Chainmaille Supplies!

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Win an Amazing DIY Jewelry Starter Kit from Blue Buddha Boutique!

We’ve partnered with AllFreeJewelryMaking.com for this fabulous $200* giveaway, perfect for someone new to chainmaille!

*Technically the value is $199.10 … So close, tho! 😉

Visit their webgiveawaysite and enter to win an Amazing Jewelry Starter Kit! One lucky winner will receive a SIGNED copy of Chained, 2 Euro Tool Precision Ergo Pliers, 1 Jar of Tool Magic, 1 Mini Bead Work Surface Mat, a $25 gift card for Blue Buddha Boutique merchandise and a Starter Guide, as well as packs of rings to make jewelry:

  • * 1 Pack of Practice AA Rings
  • * 1 pack of rings to make the Japanese Cross Pendant
  • * 1 pack of rings to make the Box Bracelet
  • * 1 pack of rings to make the Reversible Japanese Lace Bracelet
  • * 1 pack of rings to make the Ripple Earrings
  • * 1 pack of rings to make the Helm Chain Necklace
  • * 1 pack of rings to make the Rondo a la Byzantine Bracelet
  • * 1 pack of rings to make the Easy Earrings

The deadline to enter is October 25, 2015, at 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

ENTER NOW!

Good luck! :-)

New Satisfaction Guarantee for Blue Buddha Kits + Instructions

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We Guarantee You Can Succeed in Making Beautiful Jewelry

rebeca mojica making chain mailleOver the past decade, countless chainmaillers have told us:

“Blue Buddha Boutique instructions are the best!”
“I couldn’t understand this weave until I tried it with your instructions!”
“Your photographs are so clear!”

Since Day 1, I’ve tried to create instructions that are crystal clear. We have a very rigorous tutorial creation process and we’re always improving. And so it is finally time for our big announcement…

We’re so confident that our chainmaille tutorials are the best that we now offer no-risk purchasing. Buy any standard Blue Buddha Boutique kit with instructions and your satisfaction is guaranteed. If for any reason you cannot assemble our kit following our instructions, let us know and we’ll credit your account.

Look for this icon to indicate that your kit/instructions qualify for our Blue Buddha guarantee. Beta versions of instructions (a.k.a. “sale” instructions), free instructions, variation tutorials and a few other items aren’t eligible. See the fine print of our guarantee for full details.

READ THE FULL GUARANTEE

This type of guarantee is unprecedented in the chainmaille industry (and maybe even in the jewelry-making industry!) and we’re excited to offer this to you. It’s something we’ve wanted to do for a long time. Some people have told me that I’m crazy for doing it, but we are so sure of our instructions that we’re putting our money where our mouth is.

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Now, it’s true that not everyone learns the same way. So our instructions aren’t going to be right for a small percentage of the population. And that’s fine—our guarantee means that if you try it and discover our instructions aren’t for you, you can still purchase something else, and you haven’t lost anything except a little bit of time. And for those who love our instructions or have always wanted to try them, now you can buy them with 100% confidence.

So what are you waiting for? Go get some projects, and tackle them with the full understanding that you can do it! Because you’ve got Blue Buddha backing you up.

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