fashion accessories

• Fashion – a way of expressing oneself
• Jewelry – add stylish touches to outfits (necklaces, earrings)
• Footwear – serve a practical function (shoes and boots)
• Headwear – fashionable item that provides warmth (hats)
• Hand Coverage – provides warmth and hand protection (gloves)
• Walking Aids – elegant accessory (canes)
• Metals – copper, brass, stainless, and wires
• Plastics – solid molded pieces of transparent or opaque plastic. Used for beads and to copy ivory
• Paper clay – non-toxic modeling material that can be molded
• Glass – formed or molded into any shape
• Wire – extruded metal and is quite versatile in jewelry-making because it can hold its shape
• Polymer clay – polymer polyvinyl chloride(PVC) modeling clay that will harden
• Beads – vary in types and shapes
• Leather – durable and flexible material created by the tanning of animal
• Findings – parts used to join jewelry components together
• Tusk – where ivory comes from
• Tortoise shell – hard, mottled brown shell of tortoise. Often used as inlay material
• Mother-of-pearl – iridescent whitish coating inside oyster shells. Used for studs, buttons, and carved jewelry
• Wood – can be used alone or in combination with other materials
• Seeds – which beads can be made of
• Paper – made from trees. Used for designs
• Coconut shells – common materials used as buttons as well as accessories
• Jute – thick and stuff, makes great plant hangers
• Hemp – scratchy and stiff but gets softer
• Rattail – smooth and slippery but makes up into beautiful pieces