Hoop Earrings—Men’s Fashion

Men wear earrings is not an uncommon thing now. The most popular styles of men’s earrings are hoop earrings and earring studs. Men’s hoop earrings can be stylish, and available in many different styles and designs.

Brass Hoop Earrings

Men’s hoop earrings are a versatile jewelry. They range from tiny hoops that fit snugly around the ear lobe, to larger designs that make a bold statement. This kind of earrings for men often conjures a romantic image of pirates and gypsies. They also have a harder edge, worn by rock stars or other celebrities. Many celebrities wear earrings and fans like to follow them. Type of hoop earrings that a man wears depends on his own individual style. Some popular types of earrings worn by men are studs and hoops made with metals like gold, platinum, copper, steel and silver.

Brass Earring Findings Hoops

It is believed that men have worn earrings for as long as civilization has existed. How to say? In fact, Jade earrings of men dating back to 3000BC have been found in Southeast Asia. Aztec warriors wore them as a mark of honor. It may be noted that even the primitive man pierced himself to wear earrings which were not only mere adornments that spoke of power but priced possessions as well. Indian men have worn earrings through the ages. There several references in the Bible also concerning earrings. Many Kings in India are known to wear them. It may also be noted that Hindu gods are depicted with their danglers. It is part of Indian culture.

Brass Hoop Earring

While today, more and more men wear earrings, especially like the hoop earrings. As one of the most popular styles of men’s earrings, hoops have always and continued to be considered extremely trendy in the world of earrings. Unlike most other fashions or trends that come and go, it isn’t just teenagers or young people who like hoop earrings. Walking on the street or watching TV, you will find many middle and older aged men sporting a hoop earring of some kind or another. This is just proof that hoops are enjoyed by people of all ages.

Want to buy some men’s hoop earrings? Here are some things you need to consider. These earrings come in a large number of shapes and sizes. So the most important factor you need to consider when buying a pair of these earrings is the size of the hoop. The design and material used in making hoops is also important. Most of them are made from stainless steel, plastic, glass and even precious stones today. The final point is if this is your style. 

Create High End Jewelry with Swarovski Crystal Pendants

Swarovski crystal pendants and Swarovski crystal beads are loved deeply by many jewelry makers and wearers. Swarovski crystal is high quality, beautiful and brilliant. Wearing jewelry designs with Swarovski will enhance your temperament and beauty.

Swarovski crystal pendants and beads come in a wide variety of interesting shapes, and an array of lovely colors. If you would like to add sparkle to your jewelry designs, the beast crystal to use are Swarovski crystal. Swarovski has long been the name in quality, beautifully cut lead crystal. Swarovski is acknowledged as the premier crystal maker in the world, and their Austrian crystal beads cannot be matched by any other crystal company. Whether you are looking at the new line of crystal mesh, one of their crystal figurines or beads for jewelry, their products are especially brilliant.

Swarovski Crystal Pendants

Some jewelry making beginners may ask what kind of Swarovski they should choose. In fact, it is decide on the piece you wish to create. Whether it is a ring, bracelet, necklace or earrings, Swarovski crystals will enhance the design you create. Swarovski crystal pendants can be used to enhance a necklace, or bicone crystals can be used to create dangling earrings. Of course, small sized crystal pendants can be also used as bracelet pendants or for dangling earrings. Once you have decided on the project, color and shapes choice should be considered next.

Swarovski Crystal Beads

Both Swarovski crystal pendants and beads are available in various shapes, the most widely used shapes including heart shaped, faceted flat round, starfish, flower, butterfly, baroque drops, wild heart shaped and etc. All these shapes are available in different colors and sizes. Choose the correct colors and sizes; they can be used to create lovely kid’s jewelry and elegant adult jewelry.

Swarovski Crystal Pendant

Today, there are many Swarovski crystal items pendants and beads are available in fashion jewelry market. They are qualified, beautiful with various brilliant colors and have vivid designs, which let jewelry makers have a wide range of selection and help them to create high end jewelry. Many jewelry companies or wholesalers can offer them to anywhere on the internet, and some of them even offer discount items. So it is not a problem to find discounted but high quality crystals to create high end jewelry as long as you do more homework to find a reliable jewelry supplier before purchasing. And PandaHall.com will be a good choice as it is recommended by several of my jewelry making friends. Of course, I am its loyal customers too. Hope you can find your good supplier and enjoy your jewelry making. 

Create Alloy Charms Jewelry for Children’s Day

Children’ Day is coming. Are you preparing jewelry gifts for your kids? Today, wearing fashion jewelry is not only a trend for adults, but also for kids. If you present some lovely and unique jewelry gifts for them, they will be very happy without doubt. And the lovely alloy charms will be necessary materials for such a jewelry gift.

Alloy Pendants

Pendants and charms come in various materials, such as glass, acrylic, gems, wood and so on, and alloy charms are one of the most popular jewelry charms for making kid’s jewelry. Alloy charms are available in a pallet of colors which including vintage colors—antique silver, antique gold, antique bronze, red copper and black; fashion colors—silver, gold and platinum and some other special colors. These charms are produced in different shapes, and the widely used shapes including heart, oval, flower, flat round, found, drop, leaf, cross, key, animals, human, lock, star and etc. All these shapes are designed with various exquisite patterns. For example, a key charm can be produced with a bear head-shaped top, and a star on the bar. What is more, there is a star shape on the middle of the head and the five dots inside the star look like a beautiful flower. Do you think it is very unique and lovely? The kids will like it very much. You can add it to the charm bracelets, or use it as necklace pendant. As it is available in several different colors, you will find your kid’s favorite.

Alloy Pendants

Alloy charms are not only can be used to create jewelry, but also good for create bag pendant drops. You just need a jump ring, a short length of chain or several small jump rings, some pendant charms (alloy charms, colorful acrylic charms, beautiful glass charms etc), and a large lobster claw clasp which like the one of key chains. The steps are very simple. Combine them together at what you like or your kids like on the chains or jump rings (link the jump rings together first if you choose jump rings), and add the pendant drops on the large lobster claw clasp. A unique and lovely bag pendant drop is finished. Hang it onto your kid’s school bag. I am sure your kid will happy like a lovely angle, because it is a unique holiday gift from dear mom or dad.

Alloy Pendants

I am sure you must have other fabulous ideas to create holiday gift for your kids. Just purchase the alloy charms and other jewelry making materials from online stores to choose your kid’s favorite little things and combine them as one of a kind jewelry gift.

How to Get Ideas for Jewelry Making

As a fun and popular hobby, jewelry making has been known by many people around the world. It is great if you are looking for wonderful jewelry gifts for your family and friends, and is a personal touch that will no doubt be greatly appreciated. Well, as a jewelry maker, do you think your inspiration of jewelry making will unlimited? What will you do once you encounter creative block?

Fashion Glass Bracelets

Inspiration is quite important to jewelry makers, which is known to all of us. If you have ever crafted artistic jewelry in quantities enough to stock an arts and craft show booth, you know how difficult it can be to come up with fresh design ideas. But, to jewelry makers or artistes, it is a horrific if they have no great ideas for jewelry making. How to get limited great ideas for it?

Someone said that jewelry designs come when they want to. You can try to force it, but jewelry ideas don’t come when you summon them. They pop into your mind when you enjoying the beautiful scenery or talking with someone, or even during your deep sleep. It comes in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning when you wake up. Because creativity is illusive and fleeting, ideas come when you are doing something else. It is up to you to capture them right away, or perhaps you will lose them forever. Take a notebook along with you. If an idea comes to you when you are driving down the street; pull the car over first and then do a quick sketch for it.

European Dangle Beads

Do more testing. Looking into the different materials that others are using, like charms, glass beads, gemstone beads and European beads. There will give you a good indication of what ideas of jewelry making are great, and which are more likely to sell. Get inspirations from other jewelry designs. Look for instructions on creating great jewelry, and use these instructions as the basis for your ideas. These instructions are readily available online for free, and also come with jewelry supplies introduction, even purchases. Once you have instructions, you can add your own personal thoughts without diverting too far from the original form. This will give you a remarkable piece in the end that is guaranteed to sell.

Handmade Lampwork Beads, Evil Eye

You can also get some useful information or great inspirations from jewelry blogs, such as PANDAHALLBLOG which is a blog for jewelry beads, jewelry findings, jewelry findings, beading supplies and ideas of jewelry making. Get inspirations from them, and create your own one of a kind jewelry designs. 

Distinguish Between Lobster Claw Clasp and Toggle Clasp

Both lobster claw clasp and toggle clasp are much familiar with jewelry makers and jewelry businessmen as they are widely used in jewelry making, such as necklace making, bracelet making and so on. Both clasps are available in various colors, sizes and designs.

Alloy Lobster Clasps, Nickel Free

Lobster claw clasp is a jewelry finding often used generically for a family of clasps that have a trigger that opens and closes, allowing the piece to lock around a jump ring or chain link on the opposite end of necklace, bracelet or anklet. The standard lobster claw clasp has a round ring attached to the end of jewelry. It has a hollow metal section that contains the spring between the small jewelry end ring and the larger round clasp section. The spring is loaded by pulling a tiny lever back that sits on the top of the clasp to open the clasp where the other end of the jewelry string is secured. When the clasp is released, the spring is released and closes the clasp securing it in place. These come in a variety of sizes ranging from 5mm to more than 15mm in length. Lobster claw clasps are made of several different materials which including brass, alloy, plastic and stainless steel.

Alloy Toggle Clasps

Lobster claw clasps are sometimes considered less stylish than toggle clasps. However, they are usually more secure than toggles. A jewelry toggle is a set of two pieces: a jewelry loop and a jewelry stick. The jewelry loop is attached to one end of your jewelry chain, strung beads, seed bead weave, wire crochet, etc. The jewelry stick is attached to the other end. Toggle clasp is made of different materials, such as brass, alloy, plastic, stainless steel and so on. The most popular Tibetan style toggle clasp is from China. All the toggle claps are available in various colors, for example, platinum, silver, golden, antique silver, red copper, antique bronze, antique golden, black and etc. Toggle claps have more designs than lobster claw claps. The popular shapes for this clasp are round, heart, flower, rhombus, rondelle, flat round, oval, leave, human, sun, star, animals and many other special patterns.

Brass Lobster Claw Clasps

There is a wide range of selection for both lobster claw clasps and toggle clasps if you purchase them on online wholesale stores. Making jewelry is not an expensive hobby if you can find a reliable jewelry supplier. Then you can create many fabulous jewelry designs as long as you have unlimited inspirations—could not have achieved, then could not think. 

Steel Tiger Tail Is Perfect for Heavy Jewelry

Steel Tiger tail is the main choice of stringing material for bead stringing. This beading wire is made using a series of wires covered with a colored nylon coating. This creates a strong but flexible beading wire which is ideal for heavier or sharp edged beads but can be liable to kink.

Tiger Tails

Tiger tail is similar to fishing line to look at, but comes in several colors. As this wire is twisted by several strands, it is very suitable for beading heavy jewelry. This wire is the most common form for beading jewelry. In order to string jewelry, you are going to need something to put it on, I actually started out with fishing line, and you can make knots with crimp beads. But now, I use tiger tail. There are different diameters. There is really thick and really thin, depending on how heavy your necklace or how heavy your beads are. For example, most polymer clay beads are rather heavy, so you need a durable material for stringing. Steel tiger tail is the best choice. Steel tiger tail is very strong and easy to work with, but it kinks easily and is a little stiff, so it may not drape well when used with lighter beads. Soft flex is a newer material that is similar to tiger tail, but is more flexible and drapes better. It is also more expensive than tiger tail. Many beading beginners string on inexpensive nylon monofilament (fishing line), but this has some disadvantages: the fishing line is weakened by exposure to heat and sunlight, and it tends to stretch out when used with heavy beads.

Tiger Tail

I still remember that when I started stringing beads I was very confused about what to string my beads on. I asked numerous experienced beaders, and I found that many of them were very adamant about the materials they used. Well, at last, I found I prefer to use steel tiger tail. It is the first nylon-coated cable I was introduced to. This wire is available in various colors and different sizes, so there is a wide range of selection for each jewelry maker.

I have been using steel tiger tail for a long time after it was recommended to me. And I always purchase these wires from online wholesale stores, like PandaHall etc, to get cheap wholesale prices, high quality and free shipping. If you have some ideas of heavy necklaces or bracelets, don’t forget the steel tiger tail.

Craft Ideas with Satin Ribbon

Satin ribbon is one of the commonly used ribbons in both jewelry making and DIY craft making. Smooth and silky, satin ribbon can be single faced, with one shiny side or double faced with both sides being shiny. These ribbons are also very versatile and come in many colors and sizes. Apart from used for making necklace and bracelet, they are commonly used for dressmaking, scrap booking, card making, embroidery, ribbon flowers, hair accessories and gift wrapping.

Satin ribbon crafts are girlish, so they are lovely deeply by girls. Here I will share two wonderful ideas of making satin ribbon crafts with simple tools and steps.

Satin Ribbon

Satin Ribbon Flowers: 1, cut ribbon approximately 12 inches. 2, starting at one end of your ribbon weave your threaded needle in and out of the ribbon just like stitching clothes. 3, continue weaving your threaded needle all the way to the end of the ribbon. 4, once you string to the end of ribbon, pull the thread through the ribbon to make it gather. 5, cut thread and make sure to leave enough thread for you to tie a double knot. 6, gather your ribbon as tight as possible. 7, double knot your thread. 8, glue the cut ends of your ribbon together to make sure the glued ends are pointed to the underside of the ribbon flower. 9, flatten out of your flower once the glue has dried. 10, adhere your button to the center of the flower. A simple but beautiful satin ribbon flower is finished.

Satin Ribbon

Satin Ribbon Wreath: 1, Cut three lengths of wide satin ribbon diagonally to form equal0sided diamonds. Pinch each diamond at the center, and pin to hold it. Hold all three together, staggering them to form the six-leafed blossom, then fix together by looping 26-gauge wire twisted at the back. Use wire cutters to remove excess wire at the twist. Cut the stems from four store-bought stamens and attach them to the front of blossom with craft glue. 2, Use green ribbon, about half as wide as the first, for the decorative leaves. Cut two lengths about three times as long as they are wide. With the back side up, fold half the ribbon over so it forms an L shape. Fold the other half of the L over the first so it covers the previous fold. Cinch the bottom of the resulting house shape and hold it with a pin. 3, Shave the edges off a 19 inch Styrofoam wreath form to give it a rounded profile. Wrap the form with satin ribbon, securing the loose ends with straight pins. Affix ribbon poinsettias and leaves to the wreath with large straight pins (which will be hidden within the folds) held firm with subtly applied hot glue.

I am sure you can create many other amazing crafts with satin ribbons as long as you have unlimited inspirations. Handmade satin ribbon crafts are not only good for self, but also amazing gift for others. Mother’s Day is coming soon. Why not purchase some satin ribbons from online stores, like PandaHall etc, and create a fabulous and meaningful gift for your mom?

What Are Real Beading Supplies

In the narrower sense, the beading supplies mean jewelry box, jewelry displays, jewelry tools, storage & packaging and etc. But, in the broadest sense, beading supplies means all the jewelry materials which are the suppliers for jewelry making.

jewelry box

In the broadest sense, beading supplies mean everything for jewelry making. Beading jewelry is fun, but don’t need to cost much money if you purchase cheap beading supplies from online stores. Most people may not realize this, but beading can end up being of the most expensive hobbies based on the types of material used and kind of jewelry supplier chosen. For example, a beaded necklace made from real diamonds can cost up to $100,000; purchase genuine Swarovski Crystal from Austria will cost you a lot of money. Fortunately, you do not have to be rich in order to enjoy this hobby. By learning where and how to buy reasonable prices beading supplies, this hobby can be ideal for people who are on a limited budget.

In the narrower sense, the beading supplies only mean jewelry boxes, jewelry displays, jewelry tools, storage & packaging and some other special jewelry making tools. All the supplies come in various shapes, sizes and colors. The type of storage that you use really depends on your beading style; some beaders like to have separated storage cabinets apart from the actual work surface that they bead on, and some beaders due to preference or space considerations like to have storage that can be wall mounted on even that can be placed on their work table. While, some beaders may need a storage to take the bead materials from a place to another place, a plastic storage or box with lid is very suitable as it is light and safety. About jewelry tools, there are many different types for different usages. Every woman should have a jewelry box for their favorite jewelry pieces. Jewelry box also is a good component for jewelry gifts. Jewelry displays come in various kinds, materials, designs, colors and sizes. They play a quite important role in jewelry showcase.

Jewelry Pliers, Chain-Nose

If you have found the right beads, now you need to the right jewelry tools to get the job done. If you have not really searched for beading supplies online, you are missing out on some wonderful suppliers who can provide a fantastic selection and great prices. Typically, beading supplies at your local bead stores are more expensive than at online stores, so if you buy jewelry beading supplies at your local bead store, it is likely your business cost will be higher than necessary or others, and then you will lost price competition. So, choose a reputable jewelry supplier, and earn more money.