How to Choose Correct Beading Treads for Jewelry Designs

Beading threads are widely used in jewelry making, no matter what style of necklaces, anklets and bracelets you are making. These stringing materials are available in various materials, sizes and colors (even if white and black are the most , but not all the beading threads are suitable for all kinds of beads and findings. Therefore, you need to choose correct beading threads for your designs.

Nylon Thread

Jewelry makers and retailers see different beading threads on market, but not all of them know these threads clearly. What are beading threads? Beading threads are thin, strong fiber line used to stitch beads together in bead-weaving projects. They are stronger than sewing threads, and synthetic beading threads are best suited to bead-weaving projects because they are less prone to fraying.

Different beading threads have different strengths, flexibility and width. Choose the right beading thread for your beading design is essential. How to choose correct beading threads for designs? This is an age-old question which stumps many beginners of jewelry making as well as some more experienced jewelry makers. We all know that there are countless quality threads and cords on today’s fashion jewelry market, so that we need to know which thread is strong, and suitable for heavy beads and findings to make heavy jewelry; which thread is soft, and suitable for pearls and etc. And if you want to knot long, stone bead necklaces, nylon thread will be good choice. When you choose beading threads for your designs, you also need to consider their sizes. The thread is too small or too large will affect the final effects of your design. Some people may confused by the units of size—millimeter and gauge. About millimeter, the large the number, the large the size, and gauge is on the contrary. About choosing their colors, it depends on your jewelry design, including the combination of colors, peculiarity of jewelry beads and etc.

 

Nylon Thread

At last, I want to remind the beginners of jewelry making as well as some experienced designers that don’t confuse beading threads and beading cords. Beading cords are thicker than beading threads, and commonly used for stringing, knotting. No matter what kind of beading thread you need, you can easily find them on market. But I would like to say that if you want to get a wide range of selection for these threads at cheap prices, you can purchase them from reliable jewelry beads online wholesalers, just like PandaHall.com. 

Clasp of Lobster Claw in Jewelry Making

In this article, I want to say something about lobster claw. But this lobster claw is not what you have in dinner. The lobster claw I mean is lobster claw clasp (or lobster clasp) which is widely used in jewelry making.

 

Tibetan Style Lobster Claw Clasps

Lobster claw clasp is great for necklaces, anklets and bracelets. These clasps are available in a range of sizes, colors and shapes. Why I say they are available in a range of shapes? Not all of them are lobster claw shaped? No, all of them are lobster claw shaped, but the shapes are reformative so that they are not the same exactly. Jewelry making used lobster claws are made in different materials, including brass, alloy, stainless steel, iron, sterling silver and etc. All the lobster claws made in different materials are available in various colors. The most popular colors for them are silver, platinum, gold, red copper, antique colors and black. But rose gold jewelry is a hot trend of fashion jewelry in 2013, so that the rose gold claw clasps are good choice for rose gold designs.

 

Alloy Lobster Claw Clasps

As these lobster claws are very easy to open and close via a small lever which opens the clasp arm, and easy for children or old people to use, so that many jewelry designs like to use this kind of clasp for their jewelry designs. Even though these lobster claws are very easy to be opened and closed, they are very secure. There is a loop on the end of claw clasp which is used to string the jewelry wire or cord through or attached to a jump ring. Well, if you use jewelry wire to make a loop to hold the lobster claw, you need to string a crimp bead on the wire to secure the end, or else, the claw clasp will fall off.

Jewelry making used lobster claws are an essential jewelry findings to any jewelry maker or jewelry retailer. Round spring ring clasps are an alternative to lobster claw clasps. Therefore, sometimes you can use spring ring clasps for your designs. Both clasps are easy can be purchased from your local jewelry stores or craft stores. But they are widely used, and the retail price for them is not much cheap, so that you’d better to purchase them in bulk sale from wholesalers. You can search jewelry beads online wholesalers if there is no wholesaler in your local. Wherever you purchase them from, please keep in mind that the supplier must be reliable. 

Ideas of Creating Jewelry with Swarovski Crystal Pendants for Mother

Mother is the most important person in most people’s life, and plays some other important role in our life, such as teacher, friends, and so on. Mother’s Day is coming. How would you like to tell your mom how much you love her? If you still have no idea about that, why not create or choose a piece of jewelry with Swarovski crystal pendant as a jewelry gift?

We all know that Swarovski crystal is famous for its charming, elegant, colorful characters, so they are widely used in jewelry making. Many people are fall in love with Swarovski crystal at their first sight, especially the women. So, you mom will feel she is the most beautiful and happiest woman on the world if you create or choose a jewelry gift with Swarovski crystal pendants or beads for your mom, and tell her how much you love her.

 

Swarovski Crystal Heart Pendants

Creating a beautiful jewelry gift is not a difficult thing, even if you are just a beginner of jewelry making. Both silver and Swarovski crystal are favorites of women’s jewelry, so that you can use sterling silver chain, silver roundel ring, several Swarovski crystal beads and headpin to create a simple but beautiful and suitable for any occasions and clothes necklace. First, string the Swarovski crystal beads on headpins (one bead on one pin) and use jewelry plier to make loop on the top of bead as beaded Swarovski crystal pendants. Second, attach these beaded Swarovski crystal pendants on the silver roundel ring. Third, cut two strands of sterling silver chain, and through the roundel ring on them. Fourth, use a jump ring to hold two ends of one silver chain together, and use another jump ring to hold the lobster clasp and two ends of the other silver chain together. Now, a piece of Swarovski crystal pendant sterling silver serenity circle necklace is finished.

 

Swarovski Crystal Pendants

You can also create a pair of earrings to match this Swarovski crystal pendant sterling silver serenity circle necklace as a jewelry set for your mom. Cut off two shorts of sterling silver chains first. Second, use the same method as necklace to create beaded Swarovski crystal pendants, and attach them onto the smaller roundel rings. Third, put the short sterling silver chain through roundel ring, and use jump ring to hold the two ends of chain together. Fourth, attach the whole earring drop onto an earring hook. Fifth, repeat the above four steps to create the other earring for a pair.

No matter what style of jewelry your mother like, you can easily use Swarovski crystal pendants, beads and other jewelry materials to create a perfect jewelry gift for her. You can also easily find a suitable Swarovski crystal jewelry for her on fashion jewelry market if you are not a jewelry maker. 

Necklace Making Ideas for Mother’s Day

Today, most people are no stranger to jewelry making. Some people choose it as vocation, and some people take it as hobby. No matter what you regard it as, Mother’s Day is coming. Have you prepared the jewelry gift for her? I have two ideas about necklace making for Mother’s Day.

 

Fashion Pearl Necklaces

Pearls are always one of women’s favorites, and widely used in jewelry making. So, a necklace making with pearls is a good choice of jewelry gift for Mother’s Day. I used pearl beads in two different sizes. The necklace is about 430mm long so that I cut off a length of white sewing thread about 900mm. Step 1, string the sewing thread through a jump ring, and double over sewing thread. Step 2, string a large pearl bead on two strands of thread together. Then, string two pieces smaller pearls on one strand, and two pieces on the other strand. String a larger pearl bead on two strands of thread together again. Step 3, repeat step 2 for more times, till the length is long enough. Step 4, string the two strands of sewing threads into the ring of lobster claw clasp, and make a knot to stop the beads fall off. Till now, an easy making but elegant handmade pearl necklace making is finished. There is no woman won’t like pearls and pearl jewelry. So, a pearl necklace is a good gift for your mother on her holiday.

 

Fashion Gemstone Necklaces

The other jewelry making idea for Mother’s Day is a gemstone necklace. I used 3pcs yellow striped agate beads (about 20x37~40x5-7mm), glass beads (8~12x6~8mm) and some brass findings (3~9x2~6mm) for this necklace making. Step 1, cut off a length of jewelry wire about 22 inches. String a crimp bead and jump ring from on one end of jewelry wire, and use crimp jewelry plier press crimp bead to make a loop to hold the jump ring. Step 2, string half of the small glass beads and some tiny brass spacer beads one by one on jewelry wire. Then, string 5pcs larger glass beads with a bead cap and spacer bead at each end. Step 3, string tiny flower bead caps, 3pcs striped agate beads, 2pcs larger glass beads on with layout like picture. Step 4, string the rest glass beads and findings like step 2. Step 5, the last step is string a crimp bead and lobster claw clasp on the jewelry wire to make an end. Now, a fashion and elegant gemstone necklace making is completed.

Jewelry making (necklace making, bracelet making, earring making etc) is not hard or difficult as some people think. Just start to make jewelry if you like jewelry making, and create your first necklace making as a gift to your mom on Mother’s Day. It would be the best jewelry gift she received. 

Organza Bags Play Important Role in Our Life

No doubt that most of us know what are organza bags. These bags are available in various colors, shapes and sizes. Many people like to use them to pack jewelry gifts, candies, cookies, jewelry beads, jewelry designs, soaps, hair accessories, and many other things.

 

Organza Gift Bags

Where did you find organza bags for the first time? Maybe you saw it on a jewelry beads or crafts stores, on a jewelry show, on a wedding, or on a holiday party. How was your feeling when you saw it? I am sure many people were attracted by the beautiful organza bags. I even can image how happy they were, how surprised they were. When you received cookies, rose petals in organza bags on a friend’s wedding, were you feeling very happy, and found both the small gifts and new couple are very lovely and sweet?

 

Organza Bags

Organza bags are widely used in our daily life, even if they are small. Would you like to purchase some of these bags to store your jewelry designs, hair accessories, nail enamel or pack gifts to others? Just purchase some of them, and they won’t disappoint you. You can easily find them in jewelry or craft stores, but the retail price must higher than wholesale price. And I am sure you will need organza bags for many different purposes. So, why not wholesale them to save money? If you wholesale them from internet, you can get a wide range of selection. Some of my friends purchased organza bags from a China leading jewelry beads, findings and gems online wholesaler—PandaHall.com. My friend Susan purchased many these bags in different colors (pink, red, white and etc) to pack small gifts on her wedding for her customers. People who received these special bags were fall in love with these little bags and gifts. Susan told me that she and her husband were very pleased with these organza bags which purchased from PandaHall.com. What is more, customers liked their gifts and packages very much. Another one of my friends, Jenifer, said that she always purchase organza bags with jewelry materials from PandaHall too. She is a jewelry maker, and uses these bags to pack jewelry for her customers who love these bags very much too. And now, organza bags are one of her best sellers.

If you are still looking for a simple but unique package to hold your party, wedding, gifts, organza bags are the best choice. No matter you are a jewelry maker or a retailer, organza bags play an important role in your daily life.  

Wood Beads for All Kinds of Wood Beads Products

Wood beads are always used to create wood bead products, including wood beads necklaces, bracelets, earrings, hair decorations, shoes, and many other fashion things. Wood beads products are affordable in various styles, colors and designs as wood beads are available in various colors, sizes and shapes too. 

 

Wood Beads

Many jewelry makers like to use wood beads to create wood beads products, for example, wood beads bracelets and necklaces for kids. But wood beads products are very popular with adults too. Many adults include some celebrities, like to wear Buddhist wood beads products---Buddhist bracelet or Buddhist necklaces. Why people like to wear wood beads products? Wood beads can easily bring the ethnic touch and natural splendor in jewelry and apparels. Wood beads can be used to create fashion jewelry singly, but also can be mixed and matched with other jewelry beads, for example, glass beads, pearls, shells and many other kind of beads to carve exclusive and playful designs with elegance or cute.

Wood beads are not only used in jewelry making, but also used to many other fashion decorations as we said above. We can easily find wood beads on handbags, hats, shoes and many other fashion things. Some handbags are even wood beads products totally. They are very popular among women in different ages. Wood beads coasters and table mat are useful wood beads products too. They give people the feeling of nature, economy and special. They can be suitable for any style of interior decoration.

 

Dyed Wood Beads

Apart from using wood beads to create small fashion wood beads products, wood beads also can be used to create large designs, such as curtains. You can use colorful wood beads in different shapes and sizes to create a lovely, colorful, dangling curtain for your kids’ bed room. The wood beads curtain is very light, and I am sure you kids will like it very much. You can also create one for your living room. When your friends call on you, tell them that you create that large wood beads product yourself, they will surprise at your ingenuity.

Wood beads products created with wood beads singly or combined jewelry beads are very popular in fashion decoration market, especially the wood beads jewelry designs and crafts. No matter you are a jewelry maker or jewelry beads retailer, wholesaling more wood beads to create more one of a kind wood beads jewelries or improve your business is very important as they are very popular. 

Glass Pendants Hemp Necklaces Are Good choices of Jewelry Gifts

Every year we have to present some gifts for our families and friends. But many of us have problems about choosing suitable gifts to them. Hemp necklaces have been popular for a long time. Why not create hemp necklaces with glass pendants as one of a kind fashion jewelry gift for them?

 

Handmade Glass Pendants

When we walk in fashion jewelry stores or shows, we can easily find many glass pendant hemp necklaces. What are hemp necklaces? Hemp necklaces are a fashion trend that never seems to die. From their popularity in the 1960s with the hippies, to today’s most respected fashion gurus, the hemp necklaces provide style and beauty at a price everyone can afford. They are also a subject of controversy due to the origin of the plant and its association with marijuana. They use hemp twine material which is made from the Cannabis sativa plant which is cultivated to make goods. 

 

Glass Pendants

Glass pendants are available in various varieties of shapes, including butterfly, flower, snowflake, drop, cross, heart, cube, oval, star and etc, colors and sizes. They are also available in different themes, for example, some glass pendants are very suitable for Valentine’s Day, Christmas and so on. Methods or patterns of twining hemp necklaces are various too. The color of this necklace can be subtle and neutral, or the hemp fibers can be dyed in colors that are reflective of the spring and summer seasons. You can find some tutorials about knotting hemp necklaces in different methods on internet, even on some jewelry beads online wholesalers’ website, such as PandaHall.com’s “Learning Center”.

Why hemp necklaces with glass pendants are a good choice of jewelry gifts? There are many reasons to wear hemp necklaces. The most common reason is due to the fact that it is a fashion fad. As we all know that pursuing fashion, personality and uniqueness is the aim of modern people, especially the young people. Second, hemp necklaces with glass pendants are something both men and women can wear. Third, they are affordable to all the people. It is an inexpensive means of enhancing their wardrobe.

Many people like to create handmade jewelry. If you are one of them, you can purchase some glass pendants and hemp cord to create your own hemp glass pendant necklaces or jewelry gifts. Jewelry making is a good method to express people themselves and their creativity. And both glass pendants and hemp cords are available in a range of selection, so that it is easy to create a fashion and personal jewelry gift. 

How to Use Eyepins and Headpins in Jewelry Designs

Many people, especially the jewelry makers and designers, know what eyepins and headpins are. Both eyepins and headpins are very popular for earrings, charm bracelets and many other fashion jewelry projects.

 

Brass Eyepins

When you walk around in your local jewelry stores or search eye pins and head pins online, you will find that both pins come in a wide variety of sizes, colors and finishes, from silver or gold plated base metal, to vintage or precious metals like sterling silver and gold filled pins. About their sizes, you will find that they are described as different units—gauge and millimeter. Some people may not clear about gauge. The smaller the gauge number, the thicker the wire, so a 24 gauge eye pin or head pin is thinner than a 20 gauge pin.

 

Iron Headpins

Katrina, one of my friends, likes beadings, but still just a beginner. She asked:” what are eye pins for? How do I use eyepins?” I think it is the same problem or question many other beginners meet. Eyepins are one kind of pins who have a loop at one end. Eye pins are used when you want to connect things on both sides of the beads. Well, if you just want a dangle, a head pin is normally used. And eye pins may be used when the inside of a bead is rough and might cut thread. For a bracelet, beads on separate eyepins would be more flexible than one strung on tiger-tail. In a word, head pins are great for making drops and eye pins are perfect for linking your creations.

 

Handmade Polymer Clay Flowers Earrings

Here I’d like to share an earring design to show the usages of eyepins and head pins with beginners of jewelry making. The materials we need are handmade polymer clay flower beads, faceted drop glass beads, eyepins, headpins and earring hooks. First, string a drop glass bead on a headpin, and use round nose jewelry plier to make a loop at the top of glass bead. Second, string a handmade polymer clay flower bead on an eyepin, and use round nose jewelry plier to make a loop at the top of flower bead too. Third, use your jewelry plier to attach the glass drop on the bottom ring of eyepin. Fourth, attach the whole earring drop on the ring of earring hook. Sixth, repeat the above five steps to create the other earring for a pair.

A pair of beautiful, elegant handmade polymer clay flower earrings has been finished. I am sure the beginners should have known how the eyepins and headpins work well. Just purchase some eye pins and head pins to create your own one of a kind jewelry designs.