2012/04/22

Eyepins and Headpins—Essential Findings for Jewelry Making


The mainly used pins in jewelry making are eyepins and headpins. They are used to link one component or beads to another, or string beads as link or pendant on necklace, bracelet and earrings.
Headpins are pins with horizontal pieces on the end. Well, some headpins have a ball on the end, which are named as ball headpins. As we all know that eyepins have the same basic function as headpins, but instead of a horizontal piece on the end of the pin there is a loop. This is helpful when you want to add an extra dangle to the end of an earring, a bracelet or a necklace. Both eyepins and headpins are available in various colors and sizes. No matter you like to create vintage style or fashion style jewelry, you can easily get the pins what you need.
Iron Eyepins, Nickel Color, 0.7mm thick
Iron Eyepins, Nickel Color, 0.7mm thick
No doubt that both pins play an important role in jewelry making. A jewelry designer said:” Please don’t underestimate the importance of the eyepins. Look through my gallery and notice how often eyepins are used. Even the bangles are essentially made on an eyepin. If you are using sumptuous beads with a lot of detail, too many fancy dips and curls with the wire will overpower the eye. The quality of your work will be influenced by your ability to make good basic links such as eye pins.”
Golden Iron Eyepins
Golden Iron Eyepins
Jewelry making is a fun hobby to more and more people. And the demand of both eyepins and headpins is growing every day. If you are a jewelry materials retailer, it is no doubt that you need to stock more pins to grasp this opportunity to earn more money. Purchasing online is very convenient. Choose a good online wholesaler could help you to save money, time and avoid many problems. If you are a just an amateur of jewelry making and only need several pins for a time, you can also make your own eyepins by small wires easily. You need wire cutters, chain pliers and round-nose pliers. The length and diameter of the wire is up to you. But, this is a technical job. You must have experienced skill of make loops, or else, the eyepins will be rough and ugly. So you’d better to purchase from jewelry stores before you are able to make wonderful eyepins. In fact, both eyepins and headpins can be stocked for a long time if you protect and/or stock them correctly.
Nickel Free Red Copper Color Iron Eyepins
Nickel Free Red Copper Color Iron Eyepins
Both eyepins and headpins are essential jewelry findings for beaded jewelry and available everywhere. Most people like to use Panda Hall pins as they are cheap but quality. If you want to earn more money or create gorgeous jewelry designs, don’t ignore the versatile pins.

2012/04/18

Glass Pendants are Superb for Mother’s Day Jewelry Gifts


Glass pendants are commonly seen on fashion jewelry as they are beautiful, colorful, elegant, cute and affordable. Glass pendants are classified as normal ones, foil glass ones, blown glass ones, dichroic glass ones and millefiori glass ones according to their different effects and techniques.
Glass Pendants, Leaf, Multicolor
Glass Pendants, Leaf, Multicolor
All these glass pendants are available in various colors, sizes and shapes. They are widely used in jewelry making. Mother’s Day is coming. Would you like to create some special and meaningful jewelry gifts for your mom? Do you have any idea about that? If no, why not choose some glass pendants and other jewelry materials to create your gifts? Glass pendants are versatile in jewelry making, such as necklace making, bracelet making, earring making and many other decorations making. Heart shaped glass pendants could be the first choice. These pendants are produced as normal ones and faceted ones with various colors. Some of them even plated with AB color which is very beautiful with several different colors together. Some counties are in spring and some countries are in summer now. No matter which season in your country now, colorful AB color heart shaped glass pendants are perfect for mom’s jewelry making. They can be attached on chains or cords directly to make simple but beautiful glass pendant necklaces, but also could be combined with other jewelry beads and findings to create complicated and elegant necklaces.
Handmade Glass Pendants, Faceted Butterfly
Handmade Glass Pendants, Faceted Butterfly
Heart shaped glass pendants can also be used on bracelets as long as their sizes are suitable. Pendants produced in leaf shaped, flower shaped and butterfly shaped are very suitable for bracelets making for colorful spring and shining summer. They are available in various colors and some of them even have rainbow sheen which is really beautiful. You can easily find your mom’s favorite colors. Choose some other jewelry beads and findings to combine with these lovely pendants to make a bracelet. You can also create a jewelry set contains necklace, bracelet and earrings as jewelry gift for your mom if you like. And don’t forget to say “I Love You, Mom” on that day.
Glass Pendants, Clear
Glass Pendants, Clear
Glass pendants jewelries are suitable for any occasion. They can be elegant, cute, fashion, vintage and casual, which depends on your design. Today, jewelry materials are available everywhere. Purchase them on internet is the most convenient method as there are tens of thousands of jewelry beads online stores over the world. Well, keep in mind that you must choose a reliable jewelry beads supplier in order to save time, money and avoid problems after you receive them.

2012/04/15

How to Use Lobster Claws Artfully


Lobster claws are not strange to jewelry makers, as they are essential jewelry findings for jewelry making, and many jewelry projects can not finished without them. They are probably the most popular clasp, lobster claw clasps are secure clasps ideally suited for both necklaces and bracelets. While, you need to use different method to attach lobster claw clasps to different materials.
How to Attach Lobster Claws to Different Materials
Attach to chain: Open a jump ring by using jewelry plier, and move the open ends slightly apart sideways. Insert one end of the jump ring into the loop opening on the end of the lobster claw clasp. Attach the same jump ring to the loop on the end of the chain. Squeeze the jump ring closed.
Mobile Phone Straps, Multicolor
Mobile Phone Straps, Multicolor
Attach to Wire: Slip on one crimp bead to stop other jewelry beads and then the loop of lobster claw onto one end of the beading wire, and insert the end of the wire back through the crimp bead. Pull the wire to tighten it, but make sure there is enough space for the clasp to move around. Use crimping pliers to close the crimp bead and use wire cutters to cut off the excess wire. The method to attach it to satin ribbon is similar.
Attach to phone straps: It is very easy. Just use plier to open the ring on cell phone strap and put the loop of lobster claw onto it. Close the ring of cell phone. That is it. The lobster claws are using to hang different charms to make the cell phone straps more beautiful or unique.
Alloy Lobster Claw Clasps
Alloy Lobster Claw Clasps
You are able to create new fabulous designs if you could use these lobster claw clasps artfully. Try to use lobster claws to attach several charms on necklaces or key chains to create clip on charms. What are clip on charms? They are one of the hottest collections of personal design jewelry to be introduced to the fashion jewelry market. All the clip on charms come with a lobster claw clasp already attached, which allow to fasten the charms quickly and easily onto bracelets, chains, handbags, phones and other more. These clip on charms come in a range of great shapes like fish, crown, animal etc, and great themes including animals, fashion, hearts, stars and music. You can also create some wrapping pendants and use lobster claws to attach them as your personality clip on charms. A same pendant hanged by lobster claw could be used as necklace pendant, key chain charm, cell phone pendant or others, which depends on your inspirations and creations.
Alloy Lobster Claws, Antique Bronze Color
Alloy Lobster Claws, Antique Bronze Color
About lobster claws, you have a wide range of selection as they are available with various shapes, colors, sizes and designs. Create those lovely designs won’t break your bank if you could find a good supplier like Panda Hall to purchase quality clasps but at low prices. Enjoy your jewelry making.

2012/04/11

Ideas of Using Iron Chains to Create Various Chain Necklaces


Chain is a widely used stringing material in jewelry making. According to materials, chains are stored as iron chain, alloy chain, aluminium chain, brass chain, stainless steel chain and some other chains.
All the chains are produced in different colors, sizes and shapes. They are ready for bracelets and necklaces. Iron chains are used widely by jewelry makers for various style necklaces, including fashion, lovely, cute, modern and vintage. The most popular styles of Iron Chain are twist chains, cross chains, mother-son chains, pretzel chains and ball bead chains. All the styles are available in different colors, for example, black, silver, red copper, golden, antique colors, platinum, bronze and etc. Iron chains with different colors and styles can create different effects.
Pearl Necklace, Heart Foil Glass Beads, Iron Chain
Pearl Necklace, Heart Foil Glass Beads, Iron Chain
Make handmade iron chain necklaces is very funny. You can create different styles by using different jewelry materials. Iron is hard, but it could be very elegant too. Prepare some white pearl beads, 10pcs 6mm gold heart lampwork beads, 1pcs 12mm gold heart lampwork bead, three strands silver iron chains, some headpins, 2pcs eyepins and a clasp. Use headpins and pliers to make the 12mm lampwork bead and 10pcs 5mm lampwork beads and some pearl beads (the quantity is up to you) as pendants, and attach the small beads onto three chains averagely. Use one eyepin string a 5mm lampwork bead and make a loop on the top. Use this bead to link one chain and 12mm bead pendant together. Use the other eyepin to string the rest one 5mm lampwork bead to make a loop on top, and link one chain at bottom and the other two chains at top. Use wire to string all the rest white pearl beads as average two parts for necklace. Attach them on top two chains and clasp separately. Don’t forget to use crimp beads to stop the pearl beads fall off. An elegant pearl necklace with iron chain and gold lampwork beads is finished. It is suitable for any occasion.
Glass Necklaces, with Brass Rhinestone Beads
Glass Necklaces, with Brass Rhinestone Beads
The above design maybe a little complicated. Stringing jewelry is always the simplest. Combine some glass beads and brass rhinestone bead with iron chain could create a simple but exquisite necklace. Just string all the beads on the chain and put the rhinestone bead on the middle. About the glass beads, you can choose different sizes (from 8-12mm) to create a mellow effect. If you like a lovely effect, just change the glass beads with a single color to different colors. A colorful, shinny fashion necklace is created.
Iron Twist Chains, Silver Color
Iron Twist Chains, Silver Color
You can also use some metal beads and pendants on iron chains to create some vintage style necklaces. More other styles depend on your designs. Today, more and more jewelry makers like to use safe chains, and some large jewelry materials suppliers like PandaHall could offer chains without lead and nickel.

2012/04/08

Gemstone Pendants for Different People


Gemstone jewelry is always popular with people, both men and women, even little children. Gemstone pendants are widely used in this jewelry making. Gemstones come in various kinds and are produced in different shapes and sizes, so that not all the gemstones pendants are suitable for everyone.
Gemstone Pendants for Men
Jewelry is not just for women, even in the past. Every man should have at least one necklace in his jewelry collection, as always, they should be hold and classy but not too flashy. Necklaces come in a wide array of colors and styles, and gemstone pendants are good choice, for they are natural and come in various colors, shapes and kinds. Gemstones have plenty of minerals which are good for health, and different gemstones have different effects. Men can easily find what they like or they need. Cross gemstone pendants are good shape for men necklace. These pendants can be produced in different stones, such as hematite, Obsidian, Jade and so on. Gemstone pendants come with natural patterns, some stones are also named as “picture stone”.
Non-magnetic Hematite Pendants
Non-magnetic Hematite Pendants
Gemstone Pendants for Women
As the saying goes “beauty is woman’s nature”. There is a long history about women like and wearing jewelry. Jewelry with gemstone pendants is beautiful, elegant and good for health. As these pendants come from natural, there is a feeling of connecting with natural. Gemstone pendants for women are available in various shapes, for example, flower, drop, oval, heart, flat round, rectangle, leaf, moon, star, fish, round, fan, shell and many other lovely animal shaped. All these various shapes can be produced by different stones. Natural amethyst, natural rose quartz, natural red picture jade, natural garnet etc are loved deeply by women. These gemstones are beautiful, elegant and curative, and suitable for every occasion.

Malay Jade Pendants, Dyed, Green
Malay Jade Pendants, Dyed, Green
Gemstone Pendants for Kids
Wearing jewelry is not the patent for adults. Children can also wear jewelry, and there are a number of lovely kids’ jewelries available on fashion jewelry market today. Gemstone pendants are of the popular materials for kids’ jewelry making. A wide range of materials, shapes, colors and sizes are available for kid’s jewelry. Lovely shapes like star, fish, shell, fan, flowers, leaf, tree, moon, sun, animals etc are the best choice for kid’s jewelry.
Natural Gemstone Pendants
Natural Gemstone Pendants
Today, gemstone pendants and gemstone beads are available in the whole world, but many gemstones come from China. If you want to get cheap, natural gemstone materials, purchase them from a China supplier, like PandaHall.com, is a wise choice. Of course, Do some homework before you take action to avoid problems after you receive items.

2012/04/06

Foil Glass Pendant—One of a Kind Handmade Pendant


Along with the techniques of making jewelry beads, more and more jewelry makers and jewelry wearers like handmade jewelry beads and pendants, such as handmade foil glass pendants. Foil glass pendants are one kind of glass pendants. They are produced with silver foil or gold foil inside, which make special effects for this kind of pendants and beads.
Foil glass pendants are produced in various colors, sizes and shapes as well as other jewelry beads and pendants. One pendant with several different colors is one main character of these pendants. Some of them are also added gold sand inside to make these pendants more beautiful and brilliant. Leaf, heart, flat round, rectangle, drop, square, oval, twist, animals, cross are the most popular and common shapes for these pendants. They are made in many other special shapes too. For example, eye, clothes, palm and many others. Colorful and brilliant are their common characteristics.
Handmade Silver Foil Glass Pendants
Handmade Silver Foil Glass Pendants
Handmade silver foil glass pendant with alloy surrounded on the periphery are exquisite. Silver foil and gold sand inside make the pendant more gorgeous. You can add them to chain, leather cord, satin cord or other thicker stringing materials for necklaces, bracelets and so on. Due to this kind of pendants are handmade, their size, shapes and colors may vary slightly. That is to say, each handmade foil glass pendant is one of a kind. According to their sizes, you can use them as necklace pendants, bracelet pendants or earring pendants.
Handmade Silver Foil Glass Pendants
Handmade Silver Foil Glass Pendants
Some people may like large trapezoid pendants. They can easily find handmade foil glass pendants in such a shape. These pendants are very popular, and each pendant has silver-foil-shimmering. Gorgeous silver foil and solid color glass create a winning combination that is being shown in many of the lasted jewelry designs. All the colors are permanent. As they are handmade, you are unable to find two pieces are the same.
Handmade Silver Foil Glass Pendants
Handmade Silver Foil Glass Pendants
Handmade foil glass pendants and beads are available in many countries around the world. Many of them are produced by China. Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangzhou are the main three production bases. China has a long history about handicraft. Their techniques are improving in every era. And many jewelry makers and jewelry businessmen like to purchase these jewelry materials from PandaHall just because it has manufacturers in these production bases and can offer lower wholesale prices. If you would like to save time, avoid problems and get all you need in one-stop-shopping, this online market will be a good choice.

2012/04/04

Correct Gemstone Cabochons Bring You Positive Energy


Cabochons are smooth, non-faceted gems. These gemstone cabochons normally are opaque and frequently have inclusions that add wonderful patterns and characters to the stones. Today, gemstone cabochons are available in different shapes, but not only in oval shape even if it is the most normally shape. Jewelry designers and jewelry lovers are attracted deeply by these cabochons’ special charisma.
Round Gemstone Cabochons, SkyBlue
Round Gemstone Cabochons, SkyBlue
Gemstones come in various different kinds so that the gemstone cabochons come in quite a number of kinds, including Agate, Amazonite, Amethyst, Jade, Jasper, Moonstone, Rose Quartz, Tiger’s Eye, Turquoise and many others. These gems are very charming with beautiful natural colors, and as they contain various minerals which are good for health, these gemstone cabochons are loved deeply by jewelry makers and jewelry wearers. People believe that these gems can bring strong powers to them and make their mind peaceful. While, not all the gems cabochons have the same power or energy, and you need to choose according to which power or energy you need.
Round Picture Jasper Gemstone Cabochons
Round Picture Jasper Gemstone Cabochons
Agate Cabochons: Agate is considered to be a protection stone. People believe it can attract strength and offer protection from nightmares, stress and draining of energy. If you would like to balance your energies and awaken your talents, agate cabochons are the perfect choice.
Amethyst Cabochons: This gemstone is loved by many people who are attracted by its beautiful and romantic color. What is more, it can calm the emotions, create clarity of thought and assist in attaining wisdom. It has been regarded as an aid to sobriety and useful for combating alcohol, food, and other addictions for a long time.
Hematite Cabochons, Oval, Gray
Hematite Cabochons, Oval, Gray
Jade Cabochons: Jade is regarded as a stone of serenity. Jade are produced in several main countries, and most of them come from China today. Jade beads are thought to alleviate anxiety and fear and promote good luck. Apart from that, Jade also bring prosperity, but allows you to hold on to your money. So there is no curiousness why so many people like to wear Jade, no matter they are men or women, young or old.
Moonstone Cabochons: Moonstones have beautiful and lovely colors which are loved deeply by women. Moonstones are good for promoting clear thinking, inspirations or receptivity. Moonstones also believed to help with wish fulfillment. Do you have any aspiration? Wear a piece of moonstone cabochons and work hard for it.
There are many other gemstone cabochons and each one has its special power and energy. They are good for wearing and presenting as jewelry gifts. Know them clearly first and choose the correct gemstone to absorb the positive energy.

2012/04/01

Create Healthy Gemstone Necklace with Various Gemstones

Gemstone necklaces have been popular for a long time. Why people love to wear gemstone necklace so much? The truth is that there are no other mineral elements on earth to come in such diversity of color, transparency and overall properties in general.

Necklaces, Dyed Jade Beads

Necklaces, Dyed Jade Beads

Gemstones, semi precious stones, come in a variety of kinds including agate, amethyst, ametrine, coral, amazonite, garnet, lace stone, hematite, howlite, jade, jasper, lapis lazuli, lava, moonstone, onyx, opal, prehnite, quartz, tiger eye, turquoise and many other stones. All these natural gemstones are produced in various sized and shapes. They also will be produced in a pallet of colors. Many natural gemstones are good health for body, which is why so many people like to wear gemstone necklaces or gemstone bracelets. Pursue personality and uniqueness is the forever goal for many people. And gemstones come in various styles and kinds; they offer a wide range of selection for people, which is the second reason why people like gemstone jewelry so much. So gemstone necklaces are very suitable for presenting as gifts.

Necklaces without Clasp

Necklaces without Clasp

Handmade fashion jewelry is always very hot year after year. Do you want to create some unique and healthy jewelry pieces? Purchase some gemstone beads is the best idea. Hematite beads may be the most well known remedial gemstone. While, maybe most people don’t know that when hematite is crushed, a red dust is exposed that is known as red ochre which has made it a prime choice for pigmentation throughout the ages. Hematite has been regarded as “bloodstone” and believed to possess powerful healing properties. These beads are also known to have magnetic properties that balance and draw impurities from the body. Wearing hematite gemstone necklace can be helpful in relieving anxiety, aches and pains and sleep disorders. Handmade hematite gemstone necklaces are very suitable for wearing or presenting as jewelry gifts.

Natural Gemstone Necklace, Green Aventurine

Natural Gemstone Necklace, Green Aventurine

Garnet stone beads are good for health too. There are a number of beliefs regarding the various benefits of wearing a garnet gemstone necklace to promote good health. Garnets are worn to enhance bodily strength, endurance and vigor. It is widely believed to be extremely beneficial to wear a garnet jewelry when one has to exert oneself. Garnet beads can also relieve skin conditions and regulate the heart and blood. Some gemstone only can be worn by men or women, but garnet can be worn by both men and women.

Many other gemstone beads are also good for health with different efficacies. You can choose different gemstones according to your purpose. Each gemstone come in various colors, sizes and shapes, no matter which style you like, you can easily get them.