Jewelry making journal with project logs, design sketches and bead stash

This jewelry making journal is for beaders and makers who want to recall exactly how each piece came together and what it cost. Within 45 undated pages sit 20 single page project logs, pale gray sketch templates for necklaces, bracelets and earrings, a stash list for beads and supplies, charts for wire gauge and bead size, a length guide, color palettes and an easy pricing worksheet. Download the US Letter and A4 PDF files instantly, with nothing shipped.

Your designs, your stash and your finished work finally live in the same tidy binder.

How the jewelry making journal keeps you organized

Each finished piece earns a page for its type, length and clasp, a table of materials with amounts and prices, the techniques involved, hours spent, a sketch box and its final home: kept, given away or sold. Sketch pages offer pale necklace shapes marked from 16 to 30 in, bead board style curves, bracelet rings and strands, and ear wires to draw on, so a rough idea already looks like jewelry.

Quick reference charts settle the questions that pop up halfway through, such as which wire gauge suits the job, how many 6 mm beads make a 7 in bracelet, or how long a princess length should be. The pricing sheet totals materials, time and extras, making it simpler to set a fair price for a craft fair or a friend.

Who will love this jewelry making journal

• New beaders practicing stringing, crimping and loops who want to remember what worked
• Hobby makers who sketch first and want a neat record of every finished piece
• Makers selling a few pieces at fairs or to friends who want to know their true cost per piece
• Anyone whose bead stash keeps growing and who wants to check what is on hand before buying more

Design and printing

• Elegant, minimal pages: white with soft blush pink touches that are easy on ink
• Wide margins, so nothing is lost when printing at home
• Two portrait sizes: A4 (210 x 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 x 11 in)
• Undated, so you can begin with any piece in any year
• Sketch templates in pale gray let your own drawing stand out
• Only generic material names, so it suits any beads, wire or findings
• Fits a binder or clipboard, or have a print shop spiral bind it
• Print the reference pages once and reprint the project log (pages 12 to 31) and sketch pages (32 to 37) as you need them. Print page 4 at 100% to keep the bead circles at actual size

What is inside: 45 pages

1. 1Cover page and contents
2. 2A welcome and guide to the book, why you love this craft, what you plan to make this season, your style, favorite metals and colors, the people you make for, and a safety note about small parts
3. 3Your tools and work area: a checklist of tools on hand (pliers, cutters, bead board, needles and others), things still to buy, a table of basics to keep in stock, your workspace layout and favorite supply shops
4. 4Wire and bead size chart covering 14 to 28 gauge wire with diameters and uses, seed beads from 15/0 to 6/0, actual size round bead circles from 2 to 14 mm and a bead count table for 3 to 12 mm beads
5. 5Lengths at a glance: six necklace lengths running from collar up to rope, wrist and ankle sizes, how far earrings drop, and a table to record the sizes of people you make for
6. 6 and 7Bead stash list with 48 rows for type, size, color and finish, material, quantity, storage spot and a reorder column
7. 8Stock list for findings, 14 lines for clasps, crimps, jump rings, ear wires and the rest, and 9 more lines for wire, cord and chain with gauge and how much remains
8. 9Six color palette cards, each with six circles to color, a name, a mood or season, metal, beads to use and good pairings
9. 10A pricing sheet showing the formula and a filled in sample, with three blank calculations (materials, hours times rate, extras, cost to make, profit, price) and a price list
10. 11An index of pieces 1 to 20 marking each one's type, whether kept, gifted or sold, a heart for favorites and its page number, plus lists of proudest pieces and ones worth making again
11. 12 to 31Twenty project pages, one per piece, where you name it, date when you began and finished, note its type, length and clasp, what it is strung on, hours and sessions, fill a 9 line table of materials with size, amount and price, sketch it, list techniques, the pattern or source, total the cost, add notes, rate it 1 to 5 and say where it went
12. 32Necklace sketch page with 4 pale gray neck and shoulder outlines showing dashed 16, 18, 20, 24 and 30 in lengths
13. 33Necklace layout page with 2 bead board style curves measured in inches from the center
14. 34Bracelet sketch page with 6 pale gray circles, each with a name and length
15. 35Bracelet strand page with 4 straight strands, a 0 to 7 in ruler and a center mark
16. 36 and 37Earring sketch pages with 12 pairs of pale gray ear wires and drop guides
17. 38 to 41Idea pages for the concept, who it is for, the occasion, a big sketch box, inspiration, five color circles, type, numbered steps, materials to collect and questions to solve
18. 42Sixteen techniques to rate on a 1 to 5 scale with comments, ranging from basic stringing and crimping through wrapped loops and peyote stitch to wire wrapping a stone
19. 43Record of sold and gifted pieces, 20 rows for date, piece, recipient, gifted or sold, price and notes, with totals
20. 44Season review covering pieces made, hours, gifts and sales, a favorite piece, a sketch, the colors and beads you loved and what you want to learn next
21. 45Lined notes

Files included

• Jewelry Making Journal, US Letter PDF (45 pages)
• Jewelry Making Journal, A4 PDF (45 pages)
• Read Me First, a short printing guide in PDF

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• This PDF is made for printing and is not a hyperlinked digital planner. You can import it into most note taking apps and write on it if you like.
• It is a digital download, so nothing physical will arrive.
• Printed colors may look a little different than on screen.
• For personal use only. Please do not share, resell or redistribute the files.
• Digital files cannot be returned, but if a file will not open or print correctly, email us and we will help straight away.
• Size and length guides are approximate, so always check the fit on the person who will wear the piece.
• Beads and findings are small parts. Keep them out of reach of young children and pets.
• The pricing worksheet is a simple planning aid, not financial or tax advice.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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