I love to work with all sizes of gemstones. I like to decorate items with them as well as use them to make jewelry. Trying to place them on an object can be tricky unless you have a little help. I’ve tried using tweezers, but the gems like to jump out of them. Then I found the QuickStik Pick up tool, which was purchased at Joann Fabrics in their scrapbook department. They aren’t cheap. I paid $7.00 for mine, although I use it a lot. If you don’t want to spend that much money for something that you may not use very often, I have a do-it-yourself solution. It works as well as the QuickStik & you probably have everything you need to make it.
What is it? It’s a wax stick. Simple to make anytime you need it & probably won’t cost you a cent to make.
This is what you’ll need:
A candle & a toothpick.
