After my little bit of soul searching over quality this morning and all your helpful responses I have decided to take the plunge and start actually using silver and copper findings made by me.
I've never done it before so I have no idea what kit I would need to get me started and I'm hoping it won't be too costly.
If I want to make ear wires and simple clasps what would I need?


This style ear wire I would like to be able to make for myself.
CEWR12- Copper Earwires 24pieces (12 pair) - Handmade by E2SSupplies on Etsy

Or this
SEWA4- Sterling Silver Almond Earwires 8 pieces (4pr) by E2SSupplies on Etsy

Am I being too optimistic as a total noob?

And if I wanted to solder copper and silver what would I need?

Thanks in advance for your patients, there may well be a lot more questions coming from here in the near future!