Is this a good jewelry starter kit? Found on Amazon.

[hippywife]

4. I've been making assemblage jewelry for a long time

and it's been my experience that these sorts of kits are usually full of things that for one reason or another you can't/won't use. The quality usually isn't the greatest, either.

It really depends on what you want to make. I've very rarely used coils of wire (except for SoftFlex for necklaces occasionally), those head and eye pins look incredibly short, and my tools are: 2 pair straight nose (not needle nose) pliers, a set of rosary pliers and a side cutter. Mine are inexpensive ones from a hardware store, not the expensive ones that jewelry suppliers sell and I've been using them since I started. I've never used a jump ring opener like that one, so other than never needing one, can't tell you much about those. Jump rings aren't difficult to open. Haven't ever used tweezers, either. Of course, everyone has their preferences.

Rather than starting out with a kit like this, I recommend looking at what it is you'd like to make and start there. Maybe find an online project and ease your way into it by just ordering the items you need for it to see if you even enjoy doing it/have a knack for it before investing a lot of money. Maybe take an in-person (COVID safe) class at a local bead shop where the project design and the materials for it are included. That will allow for hands on assistance if you need it. Then you can decide what/if you really want to sink money into having on hand.

Beadaholique has some decent video tutorials, both "how-to" steps and projects. You don't have to buy you supplies from them, if you don't want to, but for people just starting out, their videos can be helpful:

https://www.youtube.com/c/beadaholique

Since few of these things are sold in onesies or twosies, if you continue, before you know it, you'll end up with tons of beads and findings. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Always willing to help.