2012/01/16

Jewelry Gifts for Her on Valentine’s Day

Almost all the girls like wearing bracelets. Valentine’s Day is coming. Are you thinking about preparing a surprise for her? Do you have any good idea? If no, why not choose some beautiful bracelets as jewelry gifts for her on that romantic day? And it would be great if you could make those gifts in person for her. Here I will share some great ideas about handmade lovely bracelets for Valentine’s Day.

Natural Pearl Bracelets

Natural Pearl Bracelets

Gemstone beads are always very popular with many people. Making a carnelian bracelet is a great bracelet for her. The materials you will need including 18pcs round carnelian gemstone beads (about8mmin diameter), 1pcs tube carnelian bead (about8 mmin diameters, about40mmlong), 2pcs8mmround silver rhinestone beads, 1pcs carnelian heart shaped pendant and elastic cord. This is a stringing bracelet. Stringing jewelry is the easiest jewelry. Stringing the tube bead on the elastic cord and adding a rhinestone bead next to that bead. Adding the heart shaped pendant on the cord, and then adding the rest 9pcs and 1pcs rhinestone bead on the cord. The final step is cutting off the rest cord and making a knot. In order to let this bracelet look more clear and beautiful, you can hide the knot into the hole of beads. The method is very simple, but the design is very beautiful right? The carnelian gemstone beads are nature. Their natural beautiful lustre let this bracelet looks very elegant and suitable for every occasion and any cloth.

Zinc Alloy Earring, with Acrylic Beads and Iron Earring Hooks

Zinc Alloy Earring, with Acrylic Beads and Iron Earring Hooks

Your girlfriend likes glass beads and Swarovski beads? Don’t worry; I will share a design with those materials now. Glass beads and Swarovski beads are very shining and colorful. Jewelry pieces made with them are gorgeous and elegant which make women love them deeply. Materials for this gift contain 10pcs blue bicone glass beads, 5pcs pink butterfly Swarovski beads, 5pcs pink shell beads in heart-shaped and elastic cord. Stringing those beads on the elastic cord according to the this order: one blue bead, one butterfly Swarovski bead, one blue bead and one pink shell bead. Stringing all the rest beads at the same order and cutting off the rest cord to make a tight knot. Hiding the knot into the hole of bead to make the bracelet looks more clear and beautiful. A lovely bracelet with your love for her has finished. It is very simple, but very sweet as it is made with sweet colors by your love. I am sure your lovely girlfriend will like it very much.

16" Copper Necklace with Middle East Rhinestone

16" Copper Necklace with Middle East Rhinestone

All the jewelry materials of the two about jewelry designs can be easily purchased. You can also change the colors of those beads, or even change the materials for the designs. No matter what kind of materials you want to use, purchasing them from online stores will be a good idea. I would like to say PandaHall.com is a suitable choice, as it can offer you low price and high quality. What is more, you can enjoy one-stop shopping there as it offers you more than 200,000 items for selecting.

2012/01/12

How to Choose Correct Cabochon Settings for Cabochons

Cabochons come in many shapes and are made from a variety of materials, such as gemstones, glass, acrylic, lampwork, plastic, polymer clay, porcelain, resin, shell, woven, wood and so on. Therefore, cabochons are produced in different shapes, sizes, colors and designs in order to suitable to those various cabochons. There are so many choices for both cabochons and cabochons settings, how to choose correct settings for cabochons?

Choose By Shape

Cabochons come in various shapes, for example, flowers, heart, oval, drop, round, cone, flat round, square, horse eye, stars, animals, human, and many other special shapes. You should choose cabochon settings which with suitable blank to glue the cabochons. That is to say, you must choose oval cabochon settings if you want to use oval cabochons.

Brass Cabochon Settings, Flat Round

Brass Cabochon Settings, Flat Round

Choose By Sizes

If you have found the suitable shapes for your cabochons, you also need to check whether the sizes of both are suitable or not. Checking on some jewelry beads online stores, you can find that they have described the sizes of both settings and cabochons beside items. While, please noted that some description of settings are the outside sizes, but not the inside blank parts which are used to glue cabochons. Ask clearly before you purchasing them.

Alloy Pendant Cabochon Settings

Alloy Pendant Cabochon Settings

Choose By Colors

Cabochons are made of different materials so that they come in a wide range of colors and styles. And about cabochons settings, they are mainly produced by brass, alloy, iron and plastic. All those materials can be produced in different colors, such as antique bronze, red copper, silver, golden, black, antique silver, antique golden, platinum and so on. Settings with different colors and designs will create different style with the same cabochons. No matter what kind of jewelry you want to create, color matching is one of the important elements you have to consider for your designs.

Alloy Cabochon Settings

Alloy Cabochon Settings

Choose By Usage

Cabochons can be used on necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings, so that some cabochons settings in different shapes or styles have its special usages. For example, some settings can be used as pendants on necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, but they are not suitable to rings. Some settings have two loops on both ends can be used as links on necklaces, bracelets and earrings too. While, if the sizes of settings are too large, they may not suitable to bracelets and earrings.

Brass Cabochon Settings, Flat Round

Brass Cabochon Settings, Flat Round

Both cabochons and cabochons settings are widely available from both offline jewelry stores and online stores. In order to save time, money and get a wide range of selection, I would suggest you to purchase them from online stores. If you find a large and leading online suppler like PandaHall.com, you can also enjoy one-stop shopping easily.

2012/01/10

Ideas of Handmade Bracelets with Spacer Beads

Jewelry makers are not strange with spacer beads. Jewelry making needs spacer beads to enhance and strengthen a piece of jewelry. They come in round, flower, rice, tube, bicone, bamboo stick and some other special designs. Some of them are produced with some rhinestone beads. They are mainly made of brass, iron and alloy and available in various colors. In fact, some other jewelry beads can also be used as spacer beads as long as you have creativity. Some beginners of jewelry making asked me that how to use spacer beads to create amazing bracelet. This time I will share some simple but great idea of handmade bracelets with you.

Handmade Stringing Glass Bracelet

Stringing jewelry is the simplest jewelry design. The materials you need to prepare are11pcs12mmpink abacus glass beads, 6pcs Tibetan silver caps, 9pcs10mmsilver iron spacer beads, elastic cord. Cut off the elastic cord at the length you need, and string one Tibetan silver cap, one pink glass bead and one Tibetan silver cap again. String the rest 4pcs caps and another 2pcs glass beads at the same order. And string an iron spacer bead with a glass bead. String all the rest iron spacer beads and glass beads one by one. The last step is make a well-knit knot and cut off the rest elastic cord. In order to let bracelet look more beautiful and clear, you can hide the knot into the hole of spacer bead or cap. A simple but lovely handmade glass bracelet is finished. You can also change the materials to create your own designs. They are great jewelry gifts for friends or closed friends.

Glass Bracelet, with Tibetan Silver Caps and Iron Spacer Beads

Glass Bracelet, with Tibetan Silver Caps and Iron Spacer Beads

Handmade Lampwork Bracelet

Handmade lampwork beads are loved deeply by women. Therefore, there is no doubt that how much they love the handmade lampwork bracelet. Those bracelets can be very simple but very elegant. Materials you will need: 5pcs purple handmade lampwork beads (about16mm), 25pcs purple glass beads (10pcs8mmand 15pcs6mm), 15pcs silver color iron round spacer beads, elastic cord and 20pcs headpins. First, string all the6mmglass beads on headpins and use plier to make a loop on each bead. String a lampwork bead, a silver spacer bead, an8mmglass bead, a spacer bead, 3pcs6mmglass beads pendants, an8mmglass and a silver spacer bead. String all the rest beads at the same order and make a well-knit knot at last. An elegant handmade lampwork bracelet is finished. I am sure every woman will fall in love with it. Getting inspirations from this design and creating your own designs.

Handmade Lampwork Bracelets

Handmade Lampwork Bracelets

For more jewelry making ideas you can easily find from jewelry beads web stores, such as PandaHall or on its official Facebook page. Hope you enjoy your jewelry making.

2012/01/09

Charms Wholesale for Jewelry Making

Are you a fan of jewelry making? Are you like charms jewelry very much? If yes, getting charms wholesale is a good way for your jewelry creation.

Charms are produced by different materials, such as metal, glass, gems, acrylic, shell, lampwork, enamel, crystal and so on. Those charms are made in various shapes, sizes, colors and designs. For example, some metal charms are produced as Owl, bowknot, scissors, cross, birds, flowers, pistol, key, comb, butterfly, crown, palm, angle, cat, wing, heart and etc. They are produced in different colors and effects which help you create different styles.

Acrylic Rhinestone Pendants

Acrylic Rhinestone Pendants

Want to wholesale charms for your jewelry business? Finished charms are available in many countries. Charms wholesale is a good method to get a lot of various charms at cheap prices as long as you have found a reliable jewelry materials wholesaler such as PandaHall.com. Good quality is one of guarantees for creating awesome jewelry pieces. Cheap costs can help you improve your profits. Plentiful styles, shapes, sizes and colors can meet all the requests from your customers.

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Want to make unique jewelry charms pieces in person as jewelry gifts? A photo frame charms are a good choice for making special charms jewelry gifts for your friends or loved ones. Those charms are available in all shapes, sizes and materials. You can fill the frames with your own custom images. You might even create a small collage of related things, then print or photocopy as many of them as you wish (making your own digital collage sheets) to fill a batch of photo frames. You can also have custom metal stamps made for creating your jewelry making charms, and order blank tags to stamp yourself. Creating meaningful and unique charms jewelry gifts is not such a difficult thing as long as you have ideas and can get charms wholesale.

Handmade Porcelain Pendants, Famille Rose Porcelain

Handmade Porcelain Pendants, Famille Rose Porcelain

Charms with customized images are great components for create jewelry that holds a special meaning for the wearer, or that appeals to a specific niche market of people. Some jewelry makers may ask me that if I know of any affordable ways to get their design ideas or images made into custom charms. You can easily find many jewelry ideas from PandaHall’s Official Facebook Page. If you are making charms for jewelry you plan to sell, you could easily outsource these charm production methods to someone else if you couldn’t keep up with the production on your own. You can create some special images or design on paper or something like that, and then put them into a frame pendant—wood pendant, metal pendant, glass pendant and etc. Those created charm pendants will be one of a kind out of questions.

2012/01/04

Cute Key Chain for Lovers

Are you searching for a classy accessory gift for your lover? Key chains for lovers may be exactly what you need. Those key chains are produced in different sizes, shapes and designs with different words and symbols, such as animals, cute little boys and girls, angels, flowers and many other unique designs.

European Style Key Chain

European Style Key Chain

Dolphin is a symbol of love. A pair of dolphin sculpt lover couple key chains are specially designed for lovers, each one keeps one piece. This charm key chain makes it easy for you to surprise some one. This lovely keychains include a dolphin shaped pendant, and a shiny silver attachment loop. This key chain is classic and can keep your keys organized. What is more, they are cute decorations. This kind of metal keychains are fashionable and unique for young couple. No doubt that they are perfect as a birthday gift, or just simply give one half of this lover keychain to your loved ones.

Brass Key Chains, Platinum Color

Brass Key Chains, Platinum Color

Some young people may like decorations with cute and funny little boys and girls. Couple key chains with little boy and girl are a good choice. Both bashful and lovely little boy and girl hold half of a heart which with alphabet “LO” and “VE” separately. And you will see the word “LOVE” when you put the two pieces together. It means that you and your lover have the love from each other, and you will get the completed love as long as you stay together. This pair of lovely key chains may be very small, but they are a great romantic gift for birthday or Valentine day.

Alloy Key Chain, with Rhinestone

Alloy Key Chain, with Rhinestone

In the age of pursuing fashion and uniqueness, more and more people want to find some fashion decoration would express their uniqueness, fashion and love correctly. Under the circumstances, the requirement of that kind of decoration is larger and larger. And key chains are the favorite decoration to people, especially to young people. Vivian, a jewelry businessman fromEngland, said:” I have been dabbling in this jewelry business for more than 7 years. And the young people are my target customer segments. Lovely, unique key chains are very popular those years. I purchased a lot of key chains from a Chinese leading jewelry beads wholesale—PandaHall.com. I love its items, prices and service. Its quality and prices are the guarantee of my profits. I got discount from it once I placed my first order on it. And now, I can enjoy a higher discount for all the items as I am its regular customer. What is more, it always updates new items in time which helps me attach customers easily. Those lovely little decorations are very popular here.”

2012/01/03

Why They Love Sterling Silver Beads So Much

Sterling silver beads are not only known well by many people, but also loved deeply by many jewelry makers. Why people love sterling silver jewelry so much?

In fact, sterling silver decorations have been popular for a long time, and the love to sterling silver pieces has never been stopped. Not only is that because sterling silver one kind of precious metal, but also a good material to create beautiful jewelry pieces which make people look very well. Jewelry created by sterling silver beads are neutral and can be worn by both men and women. People like to wear sterling silver pieces started from ancient age. They use sterling silver to product many different decorations, such as earrings, necklaces, bracelets, body jewelry pieces and so on. Some of them even use sterling silver tableware. One reason is sterling silver is a symbol of rich. The other reason is those kitchen wares are very beautiful with various patterns.

Sterling Silver Beads

Sterling Silver Beads

Today, people are pursuing uniqueness when they pursuing fashion. Sterling silver beads are the best choice for making fashion, decent but unique jewelry, for they are made of precious metal, and come in different sizes, shapes and designs. Of course, sterling silver beads jewelry can be very cheap, but also can be very expensive too. That is depending on the design and workmanship.

Sterling Silver Beads

Sterling Silver Beads

Fashion is a forever topic for modern people. Well, I think fashion have no relationship with cost. Fashion is an attitude of life, which is not only expressed by clothes. Jewelry pieces created by sterling silver beads have a mysterious tension. If you want to “control” they well, first you need to find out what is your style, second you must fellow the fashion trend tightly. No matter how you use them collocate with other decorations or clothes, the precondition is to your express personality and peculiarity. Sterling silver beads jewelry is suitable for any clothes and occasions. For example, simple and slim design sterling silver necklace is suitable to business wear; rings with unique designs are suitable to causal clothing; bracelet with a little bell is very suitable to cute girls; if you are present a luxurious or wearing a superb clothing, sterling silver beads jewelry with precious gems and diamond is very suitable.

Sterling Silver Beads

Sterling Silver Beads

Sterling silver jewelry can not be worn with gold jewelry together, but you can wear several of them in different style together. Today, the popular collocation of sterling silver beads jewelry is wearing two or more pieces together. You can add two pendants in different styles on the same necklace. If the jewelry has beautiful and elaborate engraving, mix and match it with other simple designs will be very good. Well, no matter which style is your favorite, you can easily find it from online jewelry stores like PandaHall.com. Purchasing fashion jewelry from online stores is a fashion, convenient and economical method.

2012/01/02

Alphabet Beads and Number Beads—Perfect for Children Jewelry

Fashion jewelry is not only popular with adult, but also popular with children. And alphabet beads and number beads are the perfect combinations for children jewelry. They are also the perfect jewelry beads for children to make their own jewelry or jewelry gifts for their friends.

Alphabet Beads

Alphabet beads, also called as letter beads, are available in different materials, such as metal, glass, wood, acrylic, rhinestone, porcelain and so on. All those alphabet beads come in different colors, sizes, shape and designs too. Almost all the children like colorful things. About jewelry gifts for children, you can use alphabet beads combined with other jewelry beads to make bracelets or necklaces. For example, you can use some clear acrylic beads, black acrylic beads, metal alphabet beads and toggle clasp to make a name bracelet or necklace. About the acrylic beads, you can choose different sizes and shapes to create a variation for the design. Those jewelry pieces must be the one of a kind for each person.

Alphabet Slide Charms

Alphabet Slide Charms

Number Beads

Children also like to add number beads to their jewelry designs. Those beads also come in different materials, colors, sizes, shapes and designs as well as alphabet beads. There is a wide range of selection too. A jewelry gift by adding the number beads of birthday, special dates, commemoration days and etc will be amazing. That kind of jewelry gifts is very suitable to express your emotion, thankful and happiness to your mom, father, friends and other people. Making bracelet or necklace with children’s birthday date as birthday gift for them, and collect those pieces to be witness of their growth.

Alloy Rhinestone Slide Charms

Alloy Rhinestone Slide Charms

You also can make jewelry together with your children to teach them how to make their own pieces. It is a good opportunity to improve your emotions. Making jewelry gifts in person and present them to their friends is a good way to enhance their friendship. Adding mom’s or papa’s name on the necklace or bracelet will be a good gift for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Those jewelry gifts will be much meaningful and unique.

Alphabet Slide Charms

Alphabet Slide Charms

Both alphabet beads and number beads can be mixed and matched with other jewelry beads well to create fashion, beautiful, cute, meaningful, lovely jewelry pieces. Both beads can be easily purchased. While, if you want to enjoy one-stop shopping for your designs, I’d like to suggest you to purchase them from large, reputable online wholesale stores, like PandaHall.com. You can not only get low prices, but also save time and avoid problems after receive orders.