You can be an instant success at tribal jewelry-making, right from the very first time you try! Just get yourself a few rolls of .16 gauge copper wire at your local hardware store — it should run less than $10 a roll, but things have changed in just the past few weeks in the copper market, so it might be more.

You’ll also want to have on hand some genuine Czech hardwood RONDEL beads. I sell them wholesale by the hundreds and thousands, and always have them in fresh stock. They cost literally pennies apiece, so that’s not where your expense will be.

As a matter of fact, it won’t be anywhere. You can set up a whole shop of tribal jewelry for well under a hundred dollars, including your minimal beginning equipment. As you sell, so shall ye buy. Continue reading →