Skip to main content

Hand Stamped Metal Jewelry

One of FancifulWish's best sellers (when I have the time to make them) are my hand stamped metal jewelry.  I like the act of pounding a metal stamp into a piece of metal.  Maybe it's stress relief?  I bought my first kit from Beaducation.  And yes I started off with a kit because I didn't know what went into metal stamped jewelry.  I would have taken a class from my local jewelry store but I was at home with a newborn with no babysitter, so learning on my own was the way to go.

Now I will warn you - making hand stamped jewelry is NOT cheap.  You can get away with using a hammer you have at home to pound your letters into your metal but the letters themselves are pricey.  I've only managed to collect 5 different types of letters, 3 of them the same font in different size with numbers included. The other a different font in lower and upper case sizes.  And then there are punctation stamps and design stamps....not cheap.




 Alphabet set stamps can run you from $30-$60.  Individual design stamps can run you $8-10.  Just to give you an idea.  And that's why I only have a few alphabet stamps.

So when I do my hand stamping I need some tools to make things easier.  A black sharpie is needed to color in the indentations you make with the letter stamps obviously.  But I have a light color sharpie on hand to mark my lines.  Other people use tape, but I like drawing my lines with sharpies for some strange reason.  Also light colored sharpies rub away easy when you polish your piece.



Another thing you will want to have is a magic eraser.  Yup, the Mr. Clean kind that you use to clean anything else.  This baby really polish aluminum metal (which I use because it's affordable)! I use it to polish my finish pieces before sending them off to my customers.


What's great about the magic eraser, if you own hand-stamped metal jewelry is that when the ink starts to fade, you can re-ink and polish the piece yourself.  Tada!  Magic indeed!

Here are some bracelets I made in the past and sold....haven't bought more of these aluminum bracelet blanks.  But I will...


 I love stamping quotes onto bracelet blanks!  What a great way to stay grounded and motivated.


Biblical phrases are very popular with my customers.  I guess we all need to be reminded we are not alone.



I really LOVE these metal tags with silk ribbons.  I'm crazy about the ribbons and wish I could buy one of every color, but I can't do that on my small budget!  But don't you love how they wrap around the wrist?  Very organic and bohemian.
Get it at FancifulWish



I make a lot of custom metal tags for my customers.  I've had people ask me to stamp different phrases.  They give it away as gifts or keep it for themselves.  There is something special about personalization and I can see why people buy hand stamped jewelry.


Another way I make the bracelets is with macrame.  Just another way to wear hand stamped jewelry!

Then once upon a time I bought the wrong sized dog tags...

But these sold well too!  So you just never know....



Anyway, I still do the bracelets when I have a request and they will be coming back during the holidays so stay tuned!

Xoxo, Yolanda





Comments

  1. Hello, I was very inspired to discover this website. The explanation becoming that this is this sort of an useful submit. I needed to thank you for this insightful read of the subject.
    sell gold Houston
    gold buyers in Houston

    ReplyDelete
  2. I love the marathon necklace. I have completed one marathon and planning on doing my second this fall (with a better time!!) I

    ruby jewellry

    ReplyDelete
  3. I truly appreciate this blog. Hand stamped jewelry just work at any occasion and at any time.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Thanks for sharing the post. Check out fabulous colllection of gold plated silver jewellery at Rajsi

    ReplyDelete
  5. Awesome post.Thanks For share this post wit us.The urge to boost our physical look with jewellery is unchanged.custom quote bracelet part of our body is adorned with jewellery, be it ear rings for the ears, anklets String Bracelet ankles or neckpieces for the necks.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Beaded Wire Hoop Earrings

I saw a bunch of these online a few months ago and decided to try and make some because I have many left over beads from various bracelet projects.  I also LOVE hoop earrings.  Plain hoops, silver or gold plated were my favorite accessory to wear and still would be if I didn't have a son who loves to pull jewelry off me.  Ow. But I remember rocking hoops since I was in high school!  A teacher of mine asked me if it hurt to wear them because I had these real big ones (she said a bird could make a nest in there...HA HA Ms. Kepner).  Over the years I've had an obsession with hoops.  Thin, thick, rhinestone, plain, large, small.  My favorites are big thin hoops. I scoured the internet once more and found a bunch of sites with instructions on how to make wire hoops.  I bought some wire and proceeded to make them. I didn't have hoops on hand so I made that part also.  It's amazing what a tylenol pill bottle can be used for!  Anyway, I tried different sizes and lo

Acrylic Pendants / Dope

When you sell on Etsy, you also spend time scouring Etsy for really cool stuff.  I spend time looking for jewelry supplies. My biggest seller is macrame bracelets because the whole "arm candy" or "arm party" thing is in, but have you noticed the other trend? Layering necklaces? Before I was a massage therapist and a mother, I used to wear jewelry.  I loved rocking a bold watch, some bracelets, LOVE large hoop earrings and interesting necklaces.  Oh and I loved rings too!  Then the massage therapist job came along and I did that for almost 10 years and as a LMT you just have to nix the jewelry altogether because the oil and lotion gets everywhere.  No point in hurting your clients or messing up your jewelry! Now I don't do massage anymore, but I have a baby and once again, jewelry is a no-no.  I'll do bracelets, but baby boy is at that stage of grabbing ferociously at anything and everything and putting it in his darling little mouth.  Big NO-NO.  I don