Dolphin Themed Gemstone Bead Bracelet with 950 Silver

Tell recipients of these gorgeously textured accessories that you relied on kumihimo (translation: gathered threads), the ancient Japanese braiding technique, to create them.

Keep your silver, gold, and baubles sparkling—sans tarnishes—with these practical tips.

To mimic icy branches, we used acrylic tubing and wintry blue beads.

If you like to live on the bright side, dress up your colorful patterned plates with matte-finish flatware and a charming bow topper: Cinch a napkin in the middle using a playful elastic adorned with wooden beads. Add a circle name tag for each guest to round out the look.

Set aside the idea that every wreath needs to be circular; it can certainly start out that way, and then trail off.

Glossy magazines have something e-readers never will: crisp, saturated pages you can repurpose in this genius way. Flip through old issues and snip parts of images containing colors and patterns you like. Then, turn your clippings into these bead-like toppers.

Nothing says 2gether 4ever like a friendship bracelet, and this technique is so speedy, you can weave one for every member of your inner circle.

Colorful beaded bracelets have signaled summer for as long as the coolest counselors at camp have been stacking them up their wrists.

Give us your delicate dinner plates, your tarnished silver, your smudged stemware. We'll show you how to make them shine and sparkle, right in time for the season of celebration.

Treat Mom to a matching set that's so stunning, she won't believe you made them. All you need is a few items and she will be dripping in jewels that make the perfect addition to her wardrobe.