At one point in my life, I had a fascination for crystals and gemstones, not so much for their healing powers but more for their shades of colours, natural grain lines and sparkliness. That was when I started learning bead craft from books and the internet.
I started buying beads, Swarovski crystals of different kinds..
.. cheap semi precious stones (precious stones are gemstones such as ruby, emerald, diamond and sapphire and any other gemstones such as amethyst, howlite, onyx are semi precious stones: source)...
...findings (items or components that link beads together)...
...and beading pliers.
Among the first things I made were earrings..
...combining strings with knots and wires with findings...
...mixing crystals and stones with beads and findings...
Joy is the heart seeing these earrings were completed 💗.
Very nice craft