Rio Grande 2011 Catalog Available

Rio Grande's catalog containing their gems, findings, displays and packaging for 2011 just arrived in my mailbox.  A separate catalog contains tools and equipment.  If you're not familiar with Rio Grande, I highly recommend you check out their website.

While many artisans feel Rio Grande is strictly a jewelry-making resource, even if you don't craft jewelry, work in PMC or metals, you'll probably find some cool stuff that will come in handy for your arts or crafts business.

Think you might want to expand into jewelry making? Tammy Powley is the Jewelry Making Guide at About.com. 

I've also written a couple of articles on the subject:

1. Basics of Soldering
2. Making Jewelry Using Cold Connections

Wood Jewelry Mold

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