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Tumbling Earrings Threaded on a Plastic Card
A tip from @brightsidejewelryco: drill holes in a plastic card and thread earrings through it so they are easy to find in the tumbler.
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When you need to throw some earrings in the tumbler and don’t want to spend 20 minutes digging through shots 🤯 @brightsidejewelryco drilled holes into a plastic card, threaded her earrings and tossed into her tumbler 💃🏼 yassssss #metalsmithsociety #metalsmithy #jewelrytipoftheday #jewelrytumbler #howtopolishearrings #polishing #polishingjewelry #silversmith #instajeweler
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