Healing Jewelry
One of the most simple and beautiful ways to incorporate healing minerals into your life is to simply make it into jewelry. To learn how to make your own jewelry takes 10 minutes of instruction, 3 minutes of trial and error, and a great deal of creativity. I’ve included several examples of healing jewelry on this page made by myself, Elm, or our mutual jewelry making friends to help motivate and inspire you.
When you finally aspire to making your own jewelry, my favorite quick and easy mineral information source is a book called Love is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals - The Reference Book Describing the Metaphysical Properties of the Mineral Kingdom by author Melody and illustrator Julianne Guilbault. This is a very complete book that is great for beginners and experts alike. Of course it won’t tell you how to make jewelry. For a beginner jewelry making, I would suggest going to a local bead shop and taking a few of their delightful classes. It makes it fun, entertaining, shows you the complete “how-to” better than any book could, and it explains the special tools of the trade. If you would feel more comfortable with an instruction book or you don’t have access to a local bead shop, I recommend the local library as a source for free and plentiful information. In all honesty, it’s likely that you’ll only find a few patterns per each book that you’ll use. The library is a wonderful way to sample many jewelry making books without committing to purchasing a book, and gives you the option of purchasing your favorite book at a later time.
When making healing jewelry, I would recommend not using more than three healing minerals per piece. This simplifies the design, narrows down the intention, and will make some stunning yet simple conversation pieces. Fillers will be used as a way to space the healing minerals and creating the complete design. Fillers can be anything from glass, plastic, metal, shell or wooden beads. I prefer working with natural materials as they hold the charge longer than man-made materials. I’ll also occasionally use clear quartz as a filler bead as it will amply the healing energies of the healing minerals around it.