Small eyelets/Grommets

Hi Kasia!
If they are proper metal eyelets, yes, you will need an eyelet setter. U get some called Quicklets that are made of a softer material that you can bend into place but they're not readily available and really , they aren't very good!
Anyway, back to eyelet setting....
U get various types types...
1) involves a hammer and a little setter - ditch that idea! It's noisy and its hard work!!
2) you get little springloaded setter things in various sizes, they aren't much cop either
3) there are gadgets specifically for the crafting market that are meant to be quieter and easier, like this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Provo-Craft-Silent-Setter-/160637358975?pt=UK_Crafts_Embellishments_SM&hash=item2566bb937f
I have one of those. It has a magnetic handle and interchangeable tips, 3 cut holes in standard eyelet sizes, 3 set eyelets of corresponding sizes. You pop in the hole cutter u want, press & turn where you want to set your eyelet, then change to the setting head, put the eyelet in the hole you punched and press & twist again. It is quite hard work if you are doing at lot and will work on paper/card etc. Not much good on anything thicker than medium weight chipboard.
4) looks like a pair of pliers, u'll find it in a hardware store or haberdashery type place. They are mainly for punching holes and setting eyelets in something like a leather belt. They usually only handle one size (which is quite big)
5) MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE lol - You can also go for something called a "Crop-A-Dile" - it looks like a big pair of industrial pliers but cuts holes in 2 sizes and sets eyelets in a variety of shapes and sizes. The best bit is IT CUTS THROUGH STUFF AMAZINGLY.
Tin cans, chipboard, leather.... The only downside is that it will only reach a coupla inches, they combatted that issue by bringing out the Crop-A-Dile Big Bite which will reach to the middle of a 12" scrap page (on my want list)

I'm going on a bit, so, to cut a long story short:-
YES, you need an eyelet setter tool (lol)
What one to go for depends on what & where ur gonna set ur eyelets and how much you've got to spend.

You can pick up a second hand Silent Setter for a coupla bucks, and that'll do you for basic eyelets in scrapbook pages just fine.
If you fancy using it to make whole albums (punching & binding covers etc) or to punch holes in other materials, try and get one of the Crop-A-Diles. Again, you should be able to pick one up secondhand, have a look around e-bay.

Hope this helps!! If you're not sure about anything, or have any more questions about it, PLEASE, feel free to message me

Thank you so much! So much information! Really helped me out there <3

Too much information, ya mean!! ;D

Bindiibabe-Never too much I've been trying to work out which on to go for and you've just covered all the bases !
Now I know what to add to my wish list !!!
Didn't want to turn up to the course and not be able to set eyelets !
Still thinking about the envelope....

Glad to be of service Ma'am! ;D

Debs, IMHO, considering the materials you use, the Crop-A-Dile route is the one for you, and if the budget stretches to it, get the Big Bite version. Like I said to Kasia, they've been around a couple of years, you should probably even manage to pick a secondhand one up quite reasonably.

It still amaxes me how little effort it takes to punch really clean holes through a multitude of materials!! Don't know if you noticed the little book I made for part of my Newbie Swap with Nikki, but that was punched with it, slid through the chipboard covers like a dream...

this is interesting, im trying to put some eyelets in a bag (drawstring backpack thingy) so i bought http://www.maplin.co.uk/eyelet-plier-30552 which doesnt punch holes (it says) but i dont have the strength to push it together fully plus i got my mr strongman to test it on on an old tshirt and it didnt work very well, the tabs that get folded were sort of rough, and i could just pull it out with a bit of wiggling, not too good for a drawstring bag.

Nikki, Santa brought me one like that years ago (before I had trained him in the way of the craft ;D ) I used it a coupla time then bought the wee Silent Setter one with my crimbo money, so i guess i didn't really like it either...lol
Then I met my Crop-A-Dile and my life was complete (until I met it's big brother, the Big Bite, and now I'm hoping for a tawdry affair with one of those this Christmas!

hehe nice, luckily i have met this nice lady who does paperwork craft, used to sew things etc and works in an artycrafty sort of shop and she has things which she is willing to let me use to save me buying things and using them once! yay for future mother-in-laws

Hurrah for Nikki's MIL!!

It was terrible when I worked in a papercraft shop, I would have this pile of stuff round the back that i would add to all week then come payday I'D end up giving my boss money instead of her paying my wages..lol

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