Host Katie Hacker discusses and demonstrates styles, media and techniques for making jewelry, beading and metal work. Step-by-step lessons, from basic to advanced, help viewers create their own one-of-a-kind designs. Among the focuses of the show is heirlooms, with new twists on traditional jewelry-making techniques. Some projects include a rippled bracelet embellished with beads; unconventional jewelry with a variety of threads, cords and large beads; and rings and earrings with vintage and new buttons.

Interchangeable strands of beads and crystals; leather and bead bracelets that can be stacked or worn separately.

Necklace and bracelet using double-drilled beads; metal clay; storing and organizing seed beads.

Wire frames; illusion-style necklaces with crystals.

Pierced metal; Frida Kahlo-inspired ear wires; a piece that shows off Joseph Cornell's style; the art of the chenille stitch.