Beading Thread and Cord in Beaded Jewelry Making

Handmade beaded jewelry is always very popular. You are unable to create beaded jewelry without beading threads and cords. These stringing materials are available in different materials, colors and sizes.

For jewelry making, there are many different beading threads and beading cords for choosing. But both stringing materials have different advantages or usages in jewelry making. Beading threads are very thin ribbons of bier. They are typically conditioned before use with a wax or thread conditioner, or keep the thread from fraying. Waxed threads are actually stronger and more durable than beading cords, but waxed beading threads can be unsightly. Beading thread is primarily used for creating intricately woven designs. You can also use very thick beading wire for some woven designs, but beading thread is the typical choice for peyote stitch and other traditional beadwork. Beading cords are the threads that are twisted or brained together to make them visually attractive.

Nylon Thread Cord

When you choose beading threads and cords for your beading designs, please notice that different thread or cord has different special usage, so that choosing a correct thread or cord can help you create beading design perfectly. For example, if your project includes sharp edged beads, such as crystal beads, semi precious gemstone or bugle beads, you will need to use a thread with a very strong, durable fiber. When you are waving with these sharp beads, make sure that you don’t rub the thread against the edges of the beads when you pull it through or the integrity of the thread can be compromised. If your thread will be visible after your design is finished, a clear beading thread is your wise choice. You can also use colorful thread to accent your piece if you like. For instance, you can use pink thread to string transparent pink beads to accent the pink color.

Colorful Nylon Sewing Thread

Some beading threads and cords can be used for several different purposes and jewelry materials, and some are fungible, just like silk and nylon cord or thread. Silk cord is traditionally used to string pearls and other gemstones with a knot between each bead. Nylon cord is a less expensive, synthetic alternative to silk. It has less stretch and is also available in a variety of colors and sizes. Nylon is a continuous fiber, very much like filament silk, making nylon threads and cord very strong. Silk and nylon fibers are the superior choices for many jewelry making techniques.

Beading threads and cords can be easily purchased in your local jewelry and craft stores. But if you want to get a large range of selection and cheap prices, I’d like to suggest you to find a reliable wholesaler on the internet. 

Why You Should Wholesale Jewelry Set

Sometimes, when we walk around in a jewelry store we will find that some jewelry sets have the same designs but just in different colors or different materials, even in with the same colors and materials. Why? It is because these fashion jewelry sets are wholesaled from supplier.

Fashion Jewelry Sets

Handmade jewelry set is very popular on the earth, and there are more and more people start to create handmade jewelry. Some people may think that only the jewelry pieces sold by retailers are handmade. It is wrong indeed. Maybe some jewelry design are not created or made by fingers only, but many fashion jewelry sets or single jewelry pieces are created by jewelry makers with different jewelry beads and materials. Many jewelry makers create jewelry pieces for themselves, but some create designs for jewelry wholesalers and/or companies. The only difference of handmade jewelry set between retail stores and wholesale stores is the quantity. You may find one piece of that design in retail stores only, but can find a couple of dozen pieces in wholesale stores.

Wholesale jewelry sets are similar to jewelry shopping only without the high cost of the mall or catalogs. When buying jewelry sets through a reputable wholesaler you are buying good quality handmade jewelry at a much cheap wholesale prices. Jewelry sets are including necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings, or combination of two or more of these items. In many occasions that we can also offer jewelry sets as gifts. For example, on wedding, we can offer some jewelry sets or one jewelry piece as gifts for the guests. Some people may say:”I am a jewelry maker, and I can create these gifts myself.” Yes, a jewelry maker can create a jewelry gift in person, but please realize that there are not only several guests in your wedding. There are dozens or more than hundred. Do you think that you have enough time to create jewelry sets as gifts for them in person when you need to prepare for your wedding? So the best choice is to wholesale jewelry sets. First, wholesale jewelry sets from wholesalers is much cheaper than you purchase jewelry materials from retail stores. Second, purchase finished handmade jewelry sets can save you a lot of time. Third, you can wholesale different styles and materials for your guests, as some wholesalers can offer mixed colors, styles and materials jewelry sets together.

Well, no matter you just want to purchase jewelry sets as gifts for your wedding, parties or wholesale them for retailing, don’t forget to consider the trends of fashion jewelry. And finding a reliable wholesaler is much important too. 

Marvelous Hair Pins for Hair Styles

Most females like to wear long hair and use various hair accessories according to their different hair styles. Hair pins are the most commonly used hair accessories. There are thousands of different styles of hair pins.

Iron Hair Bobby Pins

Simple hair pins are often worn for every day use to keep a woman’s hair back, but people can also find fancy pins to wear when created with some other materials. For example, we will find some these pins with rhinestones, in animal shapes, with pearl beads and many other designs. Pins with different designs are suitable for different hair styles and dresses. Of course, some pins are suitable for different hair styles and dresses.

Why women like wear hair pins? It is because these pins can hold hair back while creating a lovely look that can be added to any outfit. As hair pins stay in the hair very securely, they work to hold the hair various ways such as braids, twists, and many other hair styles. That is to say, these pins are good assistant for creating various hair styles. And hair pins have a wide range of selection as we said above, and very cheap.

Handmade Porcelain Hairpin

Bobby pins should be the simplest hair pins. I have read a story about bobby pins from a woman’s blog. It is said that a woman’s hair was very mess when her husband asked her to go out for dinner. But she was very shame for her mess hair. Her husband went to the warehouse and used a wire to bend it as U shape. He made several and used them to hold his wife’s mess hair in places, and said:”Bobby, pins for you.” It is origin of Bobby pins. Using a bobby pin may seem simple, but do you know that you may be going about it from the wrong angle? With bobby pins, it is all in the execution. They are designed to secure your hair flush to you head, so the first thing you want to make sure of is that the ridged side of the pin is facing down, toward your scalp. This way, the grooves will grab your hair, while the flat side of the pin will push your hair down and hold it in place.

Even though the origin hair pins are simple and common, you can still wear them to show your differences as long as you have countless inspiration about creating them with various jewelry materials, such as laces, resin flower cabochons and so on. Enjoy your creating. 

How Important the Jewelry Displays for Jewelry Show

Jewelrydisplay is playing a quite important role on jewelry show cases, booth and stores. Jewelry displays are divided as necklace displays, bracelet displays, ring displays and earring displays according to their usages. All these displays are available in different sizes, colors, shapes and materials. No matter what they are, choosing a correct, suitable jewelry displays for your designs are very important and helpful.

Iron Earring Displays

Selling jewelry in different places or occasions should choose different jewelry displays. For example, it can be difficult if you sell jewelry as a street vendor, especially if you are working with a large inventory. You have to find a display method which is easy to transport, step up and tear down. When you sell your jewelry designs in a store, you can choose some beautiful and special displays and no need to consider if they are easy to be transported and stepped up. Well, no matter where you sell or show your designs, the displays must be attractive and organized to draw in potential customers. These displays create a setting and atmosphere for your designs that when done properly can make your jewelry designs more desirable to your potential customers. Some jewelry makers may have made a mistake when they started out selling jewelry at craft and jewelry shows that they didn’t spend a lot of time on their displays, as they thought people would buy it if they liked their designs. “How wrong I was,” they said after they realized that thought was wrong. So, don’t ever underestimate the power of a great display to give your jewelry sales a boost.

Woven Straw Rope Necklace Displays

To sell your handmade jewelry art craft shows, using attractive jewelry displays may seem overwhelming. Along with high quality jewelry, having effective display is essential to your craft show success. You need to consider several factors when you have a show case. First, choose tables and shelves that allow you to display jewelry on different levels. Put the most profitable designs at eye level, where customers will see them first. Second, a good jewelry display will attract your customers’ eye but will “disappear” as background of your design when people come to see. So you can choose some fabric or other things to cover or “decorate” your displays. Third, choose a backdrop which can accentuate your jewelry design aesthetic. Fourth, don’t hang too much jewelry pieces on one displays, or else they will look too mass and hard to attract eyes. Fifth, apart from preparing above props, you also need to prepare a mirror and place it in easy-to-access spot. If people can try on your jewelry and see how it looks on them, they are more likely to buy something.

Jewelry displays are easy to buy, and you can get a wide range of selection when you search them online. Well, you can also try to make some DIY displays because sometime you may need some very special displays to show your very unique designs, or need some displays very urgently and have no time to search them from internet.

Beading Supplies Are Useful and Essential

Jewelry displays, jewelry boxes, storage & Packing and jewelry tools are widely using beading supplies. All the supplies are available in various materials, sizes, colors and designs. Each kind of beading supplies has its own special usage. For example, jewelry display is used to display or show jewelry designs to others; jewelry box is designed for store jewelry pieces; jewelry tools are very useful and essential for beading jewelry making; the storage and packaging are versatile in many occasions.

Imitation Leather Bracelet/Bangle Bar Display

If you are a jewelry maker, you must have some beading supplies. Jewelry tools are essential beading supplies to a jewelry maker for making beaded jewelry. Once you have created some fabulous jewelry designs, such as necklaces, bracelet and so on, you will need some jewelry displays to display them. Of course, you will need jewelry boxes if you want to present some of your designs as jewelry gifts to others. Choose a suitable jewelry box for your gift will enhance the beauty of your design and enlarge your emotion to receiptor. If you are a jewelry materials retailer, you can not miss beading supplies either. They will be one of the most popular jewelry materials to your customers.

Cardboard Jewelry Boxes

We all know that each kind of beading supplies has its own usage. Jewelry displays either spark people’s interest to take a look at your designs, or they fail to attract attention and potential customers keep right on walking. So a special but suitable jewelry display is very useful for showing your design. Well, please keep in mind that effective jewelry displays fade into the background while the jewelry itself entices customers to come take a closer look. Jewelry displays for necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings are available in a variety of shapes, colors, sizes and materials so that you have a wide range of selection. Both jewelry boxes and storage & packaging have a large range of selection as jewelry displays too. Sometimes, jewelry boxes also can play as a jewelry display on your jewelry show. Storage and packaging are used in many occasions as they are really very versatile. For example, people like to use organza bags to store gifts for others in many occasions, such as wedding, birthday party and so on. There are also many holiday paper gift bags. Christmas is coming soon so that the paper gift bags for Christmas are very popular now.

No matter you are a jewelry maker or a businessman for jewelry, beading supplies is an essential part of your jewelry career. If you need lots of beading supplies, I suggest you to purchase them from reliable online wholesaler to get a large range of selection and cheap wholesale prices. 

Jewelry Tools for Beaded Jewelry Making

You are unable to create beaded jewelry designs without jewelry tools. There are many different types of jewelry making tools for different usages. Choosing correct jewelry tools is very important and useful for your jewelry designs. Jewelry needles are not the widest used jewelry making tools, but are very useful.

A Set of Eight Pliers

There are some jewelry tools essential for jewelry making, including round nose pliers, crimping pliers, nylon tipped pliers, hammers, flat round nose pliers, jewelry needles and etc. Learning how to make loop is an important part of jewelry making. You may need to make loops hang tiny danglers and sew threads through them, to fix hooks at the end or some little trinkets. Crimping pliers are a tool used to press crimp beads to stop beads fall off thread, cord or wire. The main function of needles is sewing. Many a time, you may need to sew beads, stitch a piece of jewelry on fabric or use threads of varying thickness to make your jewelry items. If you are using thread to string beads, a small pair of scissors or a sharp thread cutter/nipper for snipping of the ends neatly is required. Sometimes bead holes may not be cleaned properly by the manufacturers or have small untidy bits sticking to the edges or the hole maybe too small for the wire to enter, for this purpose the bead reamer is produced.

Steel Beading Needles for sewing leather

Different types of crafting require specialized tools for achieving high quality look. The craft of sewing uses needles to sew stitches into fabric. Beading and jewelry making also require jewelry needles. Although beading needles appear to be similar to sewing needles, they are specially made to string beads rather than sew fabric. The design of both types of needles suits the activities within their individual crafts. Jewelry needles (beading needles) come in different sizes. They range from 10 to 16. The larger the number, the thinner the needles. When you choose needles for beads, choose a needle that has a number one higher than the beads you will use. For example, for seed beads size 11, you should use jewelry needle at size 12. There are also other needles to get for beading, like twisted wire needles, where the eye collapses as it passes through the needle. These needles are great for stringing beads, but not for piercing fabric.

Jewelry tools are very useful and handy; you’d better to store them well once you don’t need them. About jewelry needles, keep them in the packs that they came with. And don’t throw these needles, unless they are broken. 

Jewelry Watch Is a Special Fashion

When you choose fashion jewelry in jewelry stores, you may find exquisite jewelry watch in some stores. Yes, just in some store. Not all the jewelry retail stores will sale fashion jewelry watches, even if they are very beautiful and unique. They are a kind of special fashion.

Alloy Rhinestone Watch Bangles

Jewelry watches are available in different styles, like fashion style, cute style for children, cool style, classic style, vintage style and some other styles. These watches are combined with jewelry beads and watch face. We all know that there are tens of thousands of jewelry beads available in different materials, sizes, colors and shapes, so that we have a large range of selection of that special fashion. Today, more and more people have fine time concept, and they like to wear a watch every day. If you are a young girl and love colorful fashion things, I think you will like an alloy rhinestone watch bangle. The edge of watch face is covered with small rhinestone beads, and the whole watch face is embraced with alloy rose flowers in different colors. Watch belt is made of alloy in vintage color—antique bronze with colorful rhinestone beads. I am sure many women will fall in love with it at their first sight. This alloy watch is very attractive and elegant which expose charming temperament. Well, it is not just a watch, but also a fashion bangle. This jewelry watch is suitable for many clothes and any occasion.

Iron Watch Bracelets

Well, some people may say that I like bracelets better than bangles, so I’d like to wear a watch face on a bracelet, is it possible? Of course, it is possible. Everything is possible as long as you have fabulous inspirations. You can choose a watch face pendant, some jewelry beads, charms and bracelet chain to make a jewelry watch bracelet. For example, I created a watch bracelet by using a silver round watch face pendant, two silver dolphin charms, several blue acrylic beads, two handmade lampwork beads, a lobster clasp and a silver bracelet chain. The design is very simple. Just use jump rings to attach the watch pendant and dolphin charms on chain. Use headpin to string acrylic beads and handmade lampwork beads to make them as beaded pendant, and attach them on bracelet chain too. The last step is attaching lobster clasp on the chain. Till now, a lovely handmade jewelry watch is finished. You can wear it yourself or present it as a jewelry gift for your friend.

Create your own jewelry watch is not such a difficult thing as you think. I still want to say everything is possible as long as you have fabulous inspirations. Fashion things are so many, but don’t ignore the special fashion---jewelry watches. 

Charms Wholesale for Various Jewelry Making

Pendants and charms are one of popular jewelry findings in jewelry making. Charms are available in various materials, colors, sizes, styles and patterns, so you have a wide range of selection for any jewelry style. Well, you will have to pay much more money for limited choices if you purchase these charms and pendants from your local jewelry retail stores. So why not get charms wholesale from online stores?

Alloy European Style Bracelets

When you search on internet about charms wholesale or pendants & charms, you will find that there are various selections---handmade lampwork, gemstone, pearl, glass, cloisonne, zircon, rhinestone, stainless steel, resin, polymer clay, Tibetan style and more. The wide various availabilities will set your imagination soaring, you will find the ideal ones for your jewelry making easily. When you get some charming Pandora style dangling charms, what will do with them? Of course, the designs are various. I have some silver and black these charms in different shapes, like handbags, basket, box and rectangle. I used them with black round glass beads, silver and black Pandora style rhinestone beads to create an attractive Pandora style bracelet. The colors of this bracelet are very simple—only silver and black, but the two colors are classic match forever in fashion. The design of this Pandora style charms bracelet is very simple, but your eyes will settle on it once you find it, I am sure. Well, if you want to make a Pandora style bracelet for a little girl, you’d better to choose some colorful, lovely, charming charms and beads because little girl like shining and colorful things. Get more different types to create various designs, and charms wholesale can help you get a lot of different charms for your design.

Alloy Pendants, for Halloween

If you like simple but classic design or match, I think the match of white and black or silver and black will be one of your favorite. I used black round glass beads, small silver metal bead spacers, and dangle silver skull charms. It was a really nice design and I present it as jewelry gift for one of my friends on Halloween’s Day. Get charms wholesale from online wholesalers to get a large of selection, and you will find that you can get fabulous jewelry design inspirations from these various charms and pendants.

Well, no matter where you want to get charms wholesale on the world, please keep in mind that finding a reliable wholesaler is one of the most important things for your jewelry making. 

All about Swarovski Crystal Pendants

Swarovski crystal is shining, charming and elegant so that many people fall in love with it. It is available in fashion jewelry market as Swarovski crystal pendants, beads and all kinds of jewelry pieces.

Swarovski Crystal Beads

Swarovski crystal pendants are produced in a variety of different shapes, colors, sizes and patterns. They are widely used in necklace making, bracelet making and earring making. They are very easy to be attached. Let’s take earrings as example. Once you want to use Swarovski crystal pendants to create a pair of earrings, you just need to use your round nose jewelry plier and jewelry wire to make a loop at the top of pendant, and then attach the pendant on the ring of earring hook. You can also just use a large jump ring to attach the pendant on earring hook’s ring. Well, if you want to create dangling earrings with small Swarovski crystal pendants, you need chains and jump rings to hang them. It seems a little complicated than just attach them on ring of earring hook. But you just need to use the same method to attach these small pendants on chain, and then attach or fix the wholesale beaded earring pendant on earring hook. If you have a Swarovski crystal pendant for necklace, you only need a bail to hold it on necklace chain or cord. Small pendants are very suitable to make bracelet pendants too.

Swarovski Crystal Pendants

Swarovski crystal pendant jewelries are very shining and charming, so that many people like to wear them. But you will find that these jewelries will become “dirty” after you wear them a period of time. So, how to clean them? Here are some useful tips. 1, Cotton gloves are strongly recommended because they won’t hurt your crystal jewelry pieces. 2, Lay your Swarovski crystal pieces on a soft cotton cloth. Well, please don’t use the cloth to clean your jewelry because it is used as a work area for you. 3, Don’t use any commercial cleaners, but use lukewarm running water to loosen up dirt and grime.

Swarovski crystal pendants and charms are very attractive, but their prices are not cheap. Where to get them with good quality but at cheap prices has become a problem to many people, both the jewelry makers and jewelry wearers. Wholesale Swarovski crystal from online companies or stores is the correct choice as there are so many jewelry wholesale companies online. You can have a wide range of selection about both jewelry items and your suppliers. 

Bracelet Making Ideas for Christmas

As Christmas is the grandest festival of many Western countries, people in these countries have such a tradition that presenting holiday gifts to others. Gifts come in different kinds, such as candies, toys and so on. Well, jewelry gifts are very popular in recent years. So why not prepare some jewelry like bracelets for your families and friends? Here I’d like to share two of my bracelet making ideas for Christmas with you.

Enameled Alloy Pendants

The first idea of bracelet making is used red glass pearl beads, green flat round rhinestone beads, round antique bronze metal beads with exquisite patters, toggle clasp and jewelry wire. We all know that red, green and white are the main colors of Christmas. So I used these colors in my designs. First, let’s use wire and crimp bead to make a loop to hold toggle ring. Then string 2pcs glass pearl beads, 1pcs antique bronze metal bead, 2pcs glass pearl beads and 2pcs flat round rhinestone beads. Repeat this step for several times. About how many times is depending on the diameter of both your wrist and jewelry beads. Third, string T-bar on jewelry wire and make a loop to hold it like first step. Of course, you can also add one or two Christmas stocking charms on the wire loop with T-bar together. The steps are very easy, but this bracelet making is full of theme of Christmas, isn’t it?

Alloy Pendants

The second idea of bracelet making for Christmas is very shining and attractive. The materials include cube faceted glass beads in red and green colors, silver round alloy beads, antique silver Tibetan style flower bead caps, alphabet pendants of Christmas (in red and green colors), some white snowflake pendants and elastic cord. There are so many different kinds of jewelry materials for this bracelet making, but I just used the simplest method—stringing for this design. String all the jewelry beads and pendants like this order—a red cube glass bead, a alphabet pendant, a green cube glass bead, a white snowflake pendant; repeat it and add a silver round alloy bead with Tibetan style flower bead cap at each side. So there are 4pcs glass beads, 1pcs alloy bead and several pendants. Repeat this step for three more times, and then make a knot with cord to stop the beads fall off. Cut off the extra cord and hide knot into a hole of bead. Please make sure you have strung these alphabet pendants on bracelet with the same order as word “Christmas”. Till now, a shining, beautiful Christmas bracelet is finished. I am sure the recipient of this bracelet will fall in love with it at first sight.

How is your idea of bracelet making for Christmas? This grand festive is coming soon. If you have fabulous jewelry making ideas about it, it is time to take action. Enjoy your