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[Zombiecow99]

I built two iron statues and and was gonna encrust them with rubies ans saphires so i put them in a stockpile next to my jewelers workshop set the order to encrust....then my jeweler runs away grabs a llama wool bag and encrusts it with rubies and saphires.

[Albedo]

Yep. :/

Proximity only helps. If you want to force something, you'd have to lock it in the same room w/ the workshop, so it's the only choice.

Or, use the DFHack utility (one of the ones loaded by default) to choose the material/target item for use - [alt + a] while the work order is highlighted in the workshop menu.

[Iamblichos]

You can also set up piles which give to the workshop and only accept furniture of the types you are trying to encrust... select "Type" as only statues, and "Metal" "Iron" as the only substance. 

[StagnantSoul]

I had a really nice axe and sword pair I wanted to have gems applied to, for my adventurer, so I ordered the encrusting of weapons with my star sapphire and star ruby... Yeah, by encruster grabbed a copper short sword from a dead goblin instead. Same happens with leather hilt wrapping. And I find the whole lock them in the room thing a bit tedious. I kind of wish an option to encrust individual items from a list was a thing.

[escondida]

Linked stockpiles are exactly what you want. You can be very specific about what you want them to encrust. For instance, my master jeweler's workshop takes from a gem stockpile (obviously) and a stockpile that accepts only masterpiece furniture and finished goods, whereas my apprentice jeweler's takes instead from a stockpile that accepts only sub-masterpiece bone crafts and bone bolts.

[Psieye]

Linked stockpiles are exactly what you want.

This. For me, this was a really big feature when it came out, but there wasn't much fanfare for it. There is no excuse anymore for decorating the wrong item.

[ldog]

Mechanixm does a fantastic job explaining exactly what you are trying to accomplish here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/2n9p3u/mechanixms_guide_to_better_stockpiling_part_3/