2012/03/19

Choose Suitable Cabochons and Cabochon Settings for Various Jewelry

Cabochon jewelry has been popular for a long time. So cabochons and cabochons settings has become popular parts of jewelry making. Cabochons can be glued to cabochon settings and ring settings. These settings are also used to make other decoration on clothing, hair decoration and etc.

Cabochons come in different materials, such as acrylic rhinestone, cat eye, dichroic glass, gemstone, normal glass, lampwork, millefiori glass, plastic, polymer clay, porcelain, resin, shell, wood, woven and so on. They are all in various colors and shapes. These nice beadings can be used for necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings and other projects for fashion designs. Whether you are looking to supplement your line of jewelry making supplies and handmade jewelry or just shopping for yourself, you can easily find incalculable cabochons in the jewelry market.

Alloy Pendant Cabochon Settings, Lead Free

Alloy Pendant Cabochon Settings, Lead Free

After you have chosen the desired cabochons, choose suitable cabochon settings is your next step. As cabochons are come in various shapes, the cabochon settings are come in various shapes and designs too. No doubt that you must choose cabochon settings with suitable shapes for your cabochons, or else they can not be matched together. That is to say, you must choose round settings for your round cabochons. These settings also come in different colors, for example, silver, gold, platinum, black, brass, antique silver, antique bronze, red copper, antique gold, and etc. When you choose cabochon settings for your cabochons, you also need to consider about their colors. As we all know that different colors will create different effects. And you should consider about the whole color collections of your designs.

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Acrylic Rhinestone Cabochons

Acrylic Rhinestone Cabochons

from these, you still need to consider about the sizes for both cabochons and settings. About cabochons, we can easily know their sizes from sellers. While, about the sizes of cabochon settings, they are have two sizes which are outside sizes and inside sizes. The real sizes you need to know clearly are the inside sizes which are the key sizes for your cabochons. Today, cabochon settings are produced with more and more beautiful designs. Some of them are really very special, for instance, some settings are produced just like a crown to hold rhinestone cabochons; some are in flower shape just like a bead cap, which are used to hold cabochons; some are produced with the shape of animals to hold cabochons in center; some of them have normal oval or round shapes but with unique hang holes or links at the bottom.

Tempered Glass Cabochons, Oval, White

Tempered Glass Cabochons, Oval, White

As cabochon settings are produced in various shapes and designs, different designs have different uses in jewelry making. Some of them are produced for necklaces; some are used for bracelets; some are used to create earrings; and some of them have loops at two ends just like a link. Choose correct cabochon settings for your cabochons to create various jewelry designs.

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