Showing posts with label pandahall. Show all posts
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2013/06/27

4 Ways can Organza Bags Be Used


Most of the time, we need something to stock our little things, and the organza bags are the best choice. Organza bags are available in different shapes, sizes and colors. We can choose different types according to our different purposes. There are 4 ways we can use these bags in our life.

For Fashion Jewelry
Today, more and more people like to pursue fashion so that most of them have several jewelry pieces. Once you have several jewelry pieces, how to stock them becomes a problem. It is not cost-efficient to buy a jewelry box made of wood, glass or leather. And sometimes only one jewelry box is not enough. In that case, organza bags will be a good choice to you. You can purchase several or more you need to stock your jewelry pieces, and don’t need to worry their cost as they are really cheap. What is more, use organza bags to collect jewelry pieces can save space for your dresser or collection box. Of course, you can also use them to collect your little hair pins.
For Jewelry Beads
If you are a jewelry maker, you will notice that some scattered jewelry beads will be left sometimes after you finished a design. The original storage is too big for stocking several pieces. In that case, an organza bag is the correct choice. Then, you can put the organza bag with other jewelry beads together into your big storage.

For Parties
In our lives, we will have many parties, like birthday party, graduate party and many others. When we take part in these parties, we need to prepare gifts and suitable boxes or bags for gifts. Most of the time, we rack our brains to think what kind of gift boxes or bags are suitable for the gifts but not expensive. Now, more and more people like to use organza bags as gift bags as they are available with countless choices. What is more, they are cheap and durable.
For Weddings
Many people may have noticed that more and more new couples like to use organza bags to stock their little gifts for their customers who take part in their wedding. Why? Countless selection is also one of the reasons. The second reason is their translucent effects will show these little gifts more beautiful. Third, many people like organza bags. Using organza bags as gift bags is just catering to people’s pleasure.
Of course, organza bags can be used in some other ways as you like. You can also use them to help your kids to stock their little things, such as candies, erasers and so on. Purchase them from online stores if you need more selections and low prices. 

2013/06/26

Jewelry Making Ideas with Number Beads


Number beads are typically used for making personalized jewelry, but they are so much more versatile, and we want to show you just how many projects you can make using them.  There are many different types of these beads available for purchase. Acrylic beads are great for making projects that risk breaking such as necklaces and bracelets for children or key chains and other items that tend to get tossed around.  Another benefit of acrylic numbered beads is that they are inexpensive and lighter than their glass or metal counterparts.
Metal numbered beads are also another popular choice.  They are known for their sturdiness and for their quality. Many different styles exist such as sliders, European, rhinestone and alloy beads. Rhinestone and European beads are especially popular right now when it comes to jewelry making. When using European style beads, there are so many ways to string them.  Use them with caprice or snake chain, leather lace, braided cord and anything else that has a wider diameter, so that the beads stay on snug and fit. You can also use soft wire, thread or cord to make flexible projects which can bend.
You can also use these types of beads for making geekery. It’s is also known as Geek Chic, a trend that arose in the beginning of 2000`s where people started to embrace their inner nerd.  Think about making math geekery in jewellery and charms such as using binary code in a necklace, or marking the latitude and longitude of a geographic location.   Popular numbers in geekery are Pi (3.14159) and the Fibonacci sequence – so think about incorporating them in creative ways into your crafts. For example, wish people Happy 3.14159 Day (Happy Pie day) on March 14th.

Finally, number beads can be used in many ways to incorporate fun into educational activities.  Teach children how to count with numbered bead strands, use them in the lattice multiplication method just to name a few.

2013/06/25

Necklace Making for Beginners in Jewelry Making


Today, more and more take part in jewelry making, no matter for business or just as hobby. There are tens of thousands of jewelry materials available on the market. What kinds of materials are suitable for beginners? If you want to start with making necklaces, necklace making is a good choice.
What is necklace making? Some people may ask, especially the beginners of jewelry making. In fact, necklaces making including all kinds of necklace cords, necklace loops, necklace ribbons, necklace chains and many others. They belong to stringing materials. Why they are suitable for beginners of jewelry making? Because all of them are cut off with different suitable lengths and added clasps on them already. What you need to do is just putting the jewelry beads, findings and pendants what you like on them. But simple necklace making can also help you to create fabulous jewelry designs, which is depending on your creation.
For the beginners, the simplest necklace is string jewelry beads on necklace making. First, choose a necklace cord or ribbon (any material you like) with suitable length you need or like. Second, choose jewelry beads. You can choose different materials, colors, shapes and sizes. But please make sure that all the beads can put through the cord or ribbon. That is to say, pay more attention to their holes when you choose different beads. Third, lay all the beads out on table first according to your design. Fourth, string the beads onto the necklace cord or ribbon as your design. Fifth, attach the clasp. Your first stringing necklace is finished.
Beginners also can use simple necklace making to create complicated necklace. For example, choose a special metal hanger, and attach some beaded pendants on its loops. If the length of necklace making is not long enough as you need, you can use some beads and eyepins or chains to make a beaded link, and add it onto the necklace making. What is more, you can also add a toggle clasp on the cord as a link. What says the toggle clasp only can be used at the end of cords to stop the beads fall of. You can use it in any different ways as you like.
From the above jewelry inspirations, it is not hard to see that necklace making is not only suitable for beginners, but also can be used to create stunning jewelry designs.

2013/06/24

Jewelry Inspiration of Using Brass Chain in Different Jewelry Makings


If you like to create chain jewelry, the necessary jewelry material for your design is chain, and brass chain is a good choice for these designs. Brass chains are available in different sizes, shapes and colors as well as other metal chains. How do they work in different jewelry makings?
For Earrings Making
Many people say if you are a beginner of jewelry making, creating a pair of chain earrings is a good start. Why? Because the chain earrings are very easy to create, but can be stunning as long as you have good creativity. Here, we would like to share a chain earring making design with you. Of course, it is very suitable for beginners too. Jewelry Materials: silver twist brass chain (about 2mm long, 1mm wide, 0.35mm thick), 6pcs 6mm blue glass pearl beads, Tibetan style leaf pendants, eyepins, 2pcs jump rings and 2 earring hooks. Step 1, cut the brass chain into 3 different length, and 2pcs for each length. Step2, string a blue glass pearl bead on one eyepin and make a loop at its top. Attach a leaf pendant at one loop of eyepin to make a linked pendant. Repeat this step to link all the rest glass pearl beads and leaf pendants together. Step 3, attach these linked pendants on 6 chains. Step 4, use a jump ring to combine 3 chains in different lengths together, and attach them on an earring hoop. Step 5, repeat step 4. Till now, a pair of simple but elegant chain earrings in vintage style is finished.
For Bracelets Making
Some brass chains won’t be produced at the traditional way, but like rhinestone links. Many people like to use them to create shinning jewelries. But here, we would like to tell you how to use this kind of brass chain to create sailor bracelets. We only need rhinestone brass chain and cotton waxed cord for this design. Step 1, cut off the cord at the suitable length you need for your wrist. We need 30 strands (the number depends on your decision). Step 2, separate all the cords as 3 parts and twist each past as a big cord. Step 2, fix one end of the 3 big strands, and add the rhinestone brass chain into one of them. Step 3, braid them together. Step 4, make a knot at the ends of cords. A sailor bracelet is finished now.
For Necklaces Making
The simplest way to make a chain necklace is using a length of chain to string a pendant, and attaching a clasp. Well, you can also cut the brass chains off as short length, and use them attach beaded links to create a long necklace chain.
Brass chain can be used to create countless stunning jewelry. What you needed is creativity. In order to get more selections of brass chains, you’d better to purchase them from beads wholesale online stores. 

2013/06/16

Jewelry Inspirations about Gemstone Cabochon Beads


Cabochons are widely used in beading jewelry, and one of the most popular ones is gemstone cabochon beads. These cabochon beads are available in various gemstones, colors, shapes and sizes. As they are widely used in this hot trend of fashion jewelry, how we can miss them out?
Well, what kind of jewelry can be created with gemstone cabochon beads, even if they are popular in jewelry making? In fact, they can be used to create any kind or style jewelry, and what you need to offer to them are imagination and creativity. But you need to pay more attention to choose correct cabochons for your designs from their colors, sizes and shapes according to your wholesale design. For example, if you want to create a gold color fashion beaded necklace with gold seed beads and gold pearl beads, one of the suitable gemstone cabochon you can choose is tiger eye cabochon which has beautiful gold color. About the shape of this tiger eye cabochon, you can choose any shape like round, drop etc, which depends on your design. Seed beads beading jewelry with cabochons is really a complicated but much amazing design. However, if you are a beginner of jewelry making, we don’t recommend you to have a try for such a complicated design at the beginning of your journey in jewelry making. 
So, as a beginner of jewelry making, you can have a try about creating earrings with gemstone cabochon beads. These earrings are really easy to be created as you just need to glue the cabochon beads into the pats. But you must know the inner size of pats clearly, and choose the cabochons with suitable sizes, or else, you are unable to create these earrings, even if they are really quite easy to be created. Simple designs can also express different styles, such as elegant, cute and so on. And the element which can affect the final effects is the color of gemstone cabochon beads. For example, if you want to create a pair of elegant earrings, use deep blue cabochons will express that style very well.
You can also use the gemstone cabochon beads to create rings, which is very easy and suitable for beginners too. Anyway, no matter what kind of jewelry you want to create with cabochon beads, make sure the cabochons are suitable for your designs and will make your jewelry designs stunning. 

2013/06/05

How to Choose and Use Eyepins for Jewelry Making


Most of times, we will use eyepins when we create handmade jewelry necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings. These pins are available in different sizes and colors. That is to say, you need to consider carefully and choose the suitable pins for your designs, or else, it will affect the finial effects of your designs. But to the beginners of jewelry making, they may meet some problems about how to choose and use eyepins for their designs. Here, in this article, we will teach you how to choose and use them.
earring


About eyepins, you can not only use them as headpins, but also can use them as links to connect two or more parts together. Let’s us talk about using as headpins first. For example, you would like to create a pair of earrings but have no headpins with suitable size, in this case, you can use the suitable size eyepins instead of headpins. When we say you need consider their size, most of time we mean their length as their thickness or diameter is suitable for almost all the jewelry beads and jewelry findings. So, you need to know these clearly that how many beads or findings you will string on eyepins, and what are their diameters or total length. The length of eyepins must longer than the total length of all the jewelry materials you string on them, and have enough rest length to make a loop at the other end of pins.
Next, let us talk about using eyepins as links in jewelry making. Sometimes, we want to make bracelet but not only string the jewelry beads together. In that case, you can use eyepins to link them together. First, choose the jewelry beads you want to use, and then choose the eyepins with suitable length for these beads. Of course, you have a wide range of selection about their colors, including gold, silver, black, antique colors and etc. Choose the suitable color to match your jewelry style. Second, string a bead on a pin and make a loop at the other end, which let them look like beaded links. Third, use your jewelry plier to attach them together one by one. If you like, you can use jump rings to add some bracelet pendants or charms on the loops, or attach a rhinestone link with them together. The last step is attaching a clasp on the bracelet. Till now, a beaded link bracelet is finished. This method is also suitable for creating necklaces and dangling earrings.

Eyepins are tinny, but versatile in jewelry making, and what you need is just the fabulous creativity for the jewelry designs. As they are widely used in jewelry making, we would like to suggest you to purchase them with other jewelry materials from jewelry beads wholesale online stores, just like PandaHall.com, to save money. 

2013/06/04

Jewelry Inspirations of Creating Neon Earrings with Hoop Earrings


Earrings are one of women’s favorite jewelry, neon jewelry is one of the hottest trends of fashion jewelry in 2013, so that why not create some neon earrings for this fashion? And here, we would like to share two jewelry inspirations about this kind of earrings created with hoop earrings.


About hoop earrings, they are available in different shapes (not only traditional round shape), colors, sizes and patterns. Therefore, you have a wide range of selection about this kind of jewelry findings. The first jewelry inspiration we would like to share with you is a pair of pendulous green earrings. The designer is Marilii who is a regular customer of PandaHall.com. The materials you will need include gold hoop earrings, gold chains, gold eyepins, green acrylic beads, green glass pearl beads, colorful resin beads and green acrylic bowknot. First, string acrylic beads, glass pearl beads and resin beads on eyepins (one bead on one eyepin), and use your jewelry pliers to make them as beaded links. Second, attach the resin beaded link at the bottom of a chain. Attach the green acrylic beaded link and glass pearl beaded link onto the chain at different places. Third, string an acrylic bowknot, a small glass pearl bead on an eyepin, and use your jewelry plier to make a loop at the top of glass pearl bead. Fourth, use your jewelry plier to connect the bowknot link with chain and hoop earring at each end. An earring is finished. Fifth, repeat the above steps to make the other one as a pair. Till now, a pair of bright green neon earrings is finished.
The second jewelry inspiration is very fresh, as it is created with blue glass beads, silver jewelry wire and silver hoop earrings. We have to say this design is very simple and suitable for beginners of jewelry making, even if it is really cool. First, wrap the wire on the hoop earring for a short length, then string a blue glass bead and keep on wrapping a short length of wire on the hoop earring. Second, keep on doing this till you wrap the whole hoop with glass beads, and finish it with wrap a short length of wire. Third, repeat these steps to make the other neon blue wire wrapping earring for a pair.

For creating neon earrings, you have a lot of choices about the jewelry beads and hoop earrings. Purchase them from beads wholesale online store to get large selection and cheap prices. Just keep in mind that bright colors are necessary for neon earrings. 

2013/04/18

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
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.
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. 

2013/04/16

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.
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.
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. 

2013/04/09

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.
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.
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. 

2013/04/01

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.
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.
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.
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. 

2013/02/19

Ideas about Using Jewelry Displays


If you are a jewelry maker who wants to sell jewelry designs to others, you need to buy some jewelry displays to show your designs to your customers. To jewelry makers, jewelry display creates a setting and atmosphere for their jewelry designs that when done properly can make their jewelry designs more desirable to their potential customers.
Iron Necklace Displays
Iron Necklace Displays

Jewelry makers who initially started to sell their jewelry designs at craft and jewelry shows, they didn’t spend a lot of time on jewelry displays. They thought that if people liked their jewelry designs they would buy it. In fact, it is not absolutely as jewelry displays play a quite important role in selling jewelry. Some of them spent some time on upgrading their displays after they found jewelry design was not selling as well as they thought it should. After they updated their displays, to their delight, sales exploded. That is to say, don’t underestimate the power of a correct display to give your jewelry sales a boost.

Jewelry displays include necklace displays, bracelet displays, earring displays, ring displays and some others. All these displays are available in different materials (such as wood, plastic and so on), colors, sizes and shapes. With so many displays ideas and options, the question is not if it is necessary to use display but quickly becomes which displays are most effective in communicating jewelry designs to potential customers.
Organic Glass Bracelet Displays
Organic Glass Bracelet Displays

On a jewelry show, never lay your jewelry designs flat on a table. Choose a suitable display is quite important. If you have no enough money or don’t want to spend money on buying displays, you can find some boxes in different sizes, and cover them with some elegant fabric to elevate your jewelry. If you sell natural jewelry you might spread some beautiful leaves, pinecones or natural materials around your designs. If you sell some designs for a season typically, for example, for spring. You can lay some natural flowers or leaves around your designs.

If you don’t use jewelry displays to show your jewelry designs, the beauty of your designs will not be translated to your customers. Some DIY jewelry displays are quite unique and useful, but they are easy to break or not suitable for transport. Therefore, you should buy some displays which are strong enough. Displays made in wood, leather and plastic are strong and cheap if you buy them from wholesale stores. They will be good choices. 

2013/01/31

Beading Supplies Are Necessary to Jewelry Makers


If you are a jewelry maker and sell your designs to others, you must need beading supplies which include jewelry box, jewelry display, storage & packaging and jewelry tools. Without them, you are unable to make jewelry, store jewelry and display jewelry.

Jewelry Box: they are beautiful, sturdy and versatile beading supplies, and assorted as different types according to their purpose. Jewelry boxes are meant to keep jewelry safe from damage and exposure but not from theft. Jewelry box maybe very small, but it plays a quite important role in jewelry shows. Apart from storing and showing jewelry designs, jewelry boxes are also used to store perfume. We know that most women and many men will wind up with a vast assortment of small bottles of perfume at some point in their lives. Samples of perfume samples are everywhere, and you can keep your perfume organized in one of your favorite jewelry box. In bathroom, a lovely jewelry box can store your hair ties, bobby pins and makeup in order and give you a place to hide each little beautiful accessory.
Cardboard Jewelry Ring Boxes
Cardboard Jewelry Ring Boxes

Jewelry Display: if you want to show your jewelry designs to others on a jewelry show or in your store, jewelry displays are the necessary beading supplies for you. They are assorted as necklace displays, bracelet displays, earring displays, ring displays and some other displays according to their usages. A good, correct jewelry display should “disappear” as a background for your jewelry design after it attracted people’s eyes successfully. So, keep in mind to find correct displays when you choose jewelry displays for your designs.

Storage & Packaging: this kind of beading supplies is widely used in storing jewelry beads, jewelry designs, gifts and many other things, including candies, dried flowers, cookies, soaps and etc. These storages and packages are available in various colors, sizes, materials and shapes. If you are a jewelry maker, many times you need to keep your components separated to avoid scratching, prevent silver from being tarnished, packaging items for resale or sort beads.
Velvet Earring Displays
Velvet Earring Displays

Jewelry Tools: jewelry tools are really useful and necessary beading supplies. I am sure almost all the people will purchase some basic jewelry tools with jewelry beads together once they start to make jewelry. The most widely used jewelry tools are jewelry pliers which include round nose pliers, flat nose (chain nose) pliers, wire-cutter pliers, end cutting pliers, side cutting pliers and etc. Different jewelry pliers have different usages so that choose correct one for your design is quite important, or else your design must be failed.

No matter you purchase beading supplies for yourself or wholesale them for retailing, keep in mind that they are available in a wide range of selection and you can save much money if you purchase them from large wholesalers. 

2013/01/21

How to Choose Jewelry Boxes for Jewelry Gifts


Women love jewelry and can never have enough jewelry so that they need jewelry boxes to store their jewelries. There are many different types of jewelry boxes available in different colors, materials, shapes, sizes and designs. Every woman can easily find what she likes.

A jewelry box is priceless to a woman and can actually act as a perfect gift for her. Valentine’s Day is coming. You may want to present a piece of jewelry as a gift for her on that romantic day. If that is true, you need to buy a jewelry box for that gift too. If you have taken it upon yourself to get a loved one a jewelry box, you should take all things into consideration to ensure that what you go for is something that will definitely thrill her. Before you buy jewelry box, be sure to ask yourself if your jewelry will really fit.
Cardboard Jewelry Boxes
Cardboard Jewelry Boxes

Jewelry boxes made from different materials have different characteristics and cost in different prices. Style, functionality, low cost and durability are the true characteristics of cardboard jewelry boxes, whether manufactured or handmade. They are available in a huge range of colors, sizes and shapes, and many women and girls like them very much. Leather boxes look like high-end and elegant. Some women may like metal ones in vintage style, and some women may like wooden boxes best.

The style of jewelry boxes seems endless as well as the decorative elements. Whatever materials or styles you like best should be one that is sure to last long and is beautiful to your liking or the liking of the person you are getting the box for. The various styles of jewelry boxes come in make it so easy for you to pack a present for that someone special or pack your own precious piece of jewelry in. If you are giving a gift, think about what you do when you receive a gift.
Leather Necklace Jewelry Boxes
Leather Necklace Jewelry Boxes

There are many stores offering jewelry boxes to fit all kinds of personalities that you won’t lack something that is just perfect for you or your loved one. But sometimes you may find the selection of these boxes is limited when you walk in a small jewelry store, and you need more selection. How to get a large range of selection? Search them on the internet. Yes, it is the key to solve this problem. We all know that there are tens of thousands of jewelry stores over the world, and many of them can offer some jewelry boxes that you never seen before. By the way, if you are a jewelry retailer, wholesale jewelry boxes from online wholesale stores is the best way to get wide range of selection and cheap prices. 

2013/01/03

Fantastic Ideas of Vintage Style Beads Jewelry Making


As a global hobby, jewelry making has more and more fans over the world in recent years. Many people choose beads jewelry making as their career or hobby. Why? That is because people like fashion things and fashion jewelry is one of the hottest fashion things, and making jewelry is really funny.
Resin Bracelets
Resin Bracelets

To the beginners of beads jewelry making, they may have some difficulties about the create ideas. Here I would like to share two jewelry making ideas. The first idea is a very beautiful resin bracelet. The materials we need are small round gold acrylic beads, glass seed beads in different colors, fuchsia round leather cords, antique bronze metal pendant with resin cabochons and purple rhinestone beads, antique bronze ends, lobster clasp and extended chain. This bracelet seems a little complicated, but it is very simple to be created. First, cut off several strands of elastic cords. And then use two of these cords to string small round gold acrylic beads, two strings of gold seed beads and several strings of seed beads in different colors together. Second, twist all the acrylic beads strands, seed beads strands and leather cords together. Third, attach the cord ends to these beads strands and leather cords to stop the beads fall off. Fourth, put the pendant through the twisted strands. Fifth, attach the lobster clasp and extended chain on two ends separately. Till now, a beautiful but very simple beads jewelry beads design has finished.
Resin Necklaces
Resin Necklaces

Necklace is one of the most popular types of beads jewelry making, so I think you’d like to create a special necklace for yourself or friends. Here is an idea about a vintage style necklace (antique bronze) for sharing. The materials you will needs are antique bronze 8 shaped chains and network chain, a bead cap, a link with a rhinestone, a resin necklace pendant, 4pcs round metal beads, 4pcs metal flower bead spacers, 2pcs dark brown tube resin beads, 2pcs chain ends, a lobster clasp and extended chain. First, use antique bronze jewelry wire to make a loop at bottom and attach the 8 shaped chains on the loop. Second, string the bead cap on the wire and make a loop to attach one end of the rhinestone link. And then attach the other end of rhinestone ring to the bottom of resin necklace pendant. Third, fold the network chain in half along the center and put the center part through the large hole of pendant. Then make a knot to hang the whole necklace pendant. Fourth, string a metal bead, resin bead and one more metal bead on one chain, and use a flower bead spacer to separate each two beads. Firth, repeat the fourth step on the other chain strand. The last step is attaching chain ends, lobster clasp and extended chain. Now, an elegant but vintage necklace is finished.

Can’t wait to start your beads jewelry making? Just purchase the materials you need to start and enjoy it.  

2012/12/23

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
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
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. 

2012/12/17

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
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
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. 

2012/12/11

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
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
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.