Thursday, July 28, 2011

Loose Beads Give You Inspiration for Jewelry Designs

Making jewelry is a wonderful hobby and a great way to create your own career. Basically you can create anything you desire, especially with the availability of all kinds of loose beads and jewelry tools in a number of bead stores.

Resin Cabochons, Flower, Multicolor

Resin Cabochons, Flower, Multicolor

It is always handy to have a large quantity of loose beads which you are creating, for this way you will be able to finish more projects rather than getting stared on a couple only to find that you don’t have what you need to complete them. What is more, loose beads can give you inspiration for jewelry designs. For example, you may think what kind of jewelry you can make when you see one or several different beautiful jewelry beads involuntarily. You may have many good ideas. Just try it, and you may create a gorgeous jewelry.

15" Millefiori Glass Beads Strand

15" Millefiori Glass Beads Strand

Loose beads come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Round, square, heart and rectangular are common shapes for jewelry making. Some other shapes, such as star-shaped, animal-shaped, number-shaped, tree-shaped, flower-shaped, flat beads and so on can help portray a specific role in jewelry making. Some other special shapes can also be found on the market. Loose beads come in various colors too. Any imaginable colors can be found. And they are made of any materials, such as glass, stone, wood, metal, resin, shell, pearl, clay, acrylic and so on.

Transparent Acrylic Beads Mix, Assorted Colors

Transparent Acrylic Beads Mix, Assorted Colors

Today, along with the pursuit of personality, people pay more attention to the unique when they choose fashion jewelry. Loose beads will give you inspiration to make unique or personalized jewelry pieces. Because you can choose different beads as many as possible with a few quantity. They are easy to be mixed and matched with each other as long as you can image.

Multicolor Wood Beads, Lead Free

Multicolor Wood Beads, Lead Free

Jewelry making is an addictive and fun hobby for some, and a business for others. Whether or not you make jewelry for sale, you need to find a good place to buy inexpensive loose beads for your jewelry making needs. Finding a good site is half the battle, so if you are not sure where to start your search, consider looking at a company like PandaHall.com—aChinabeads, findings and gems online market. It will be a good choice, for it is a federation of Chinese factories and also the Chinese Small Merchandise online market. It can offer you a wide range of selection of beads and findings including jade, silver, pearl, gemstone, lampwork glass, crystal items and so on at competitive wholesale prices.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Seed Beads Are Versatile For Jewelry Making

Seed beads, small glass beads, have been used for decoration for a long time. Those beads come in a variety of shapes from long bugle tube to the common cylinder shape. They have various and beautiful colors, any imaginable color can be found in the market.

6/0 Glass Seed Beads, Inside Colours

6/0 Glass Seed Beads, Inside Colours

Seed beads are typically sold by the hand (a group of strings) or by weight (loose in a bag). There is a large range of their size, from 5/0 to 24/0, 5/0 is the largest and 24/0 is the smallest. The most commonly used sized are from 6/0 to 15/0. Seed beads are very colorful and versatile. They are just there to wait to be transformed into wonderful decoration to light up your life. Seed beads are the perfect beads for your beadwork.

Shapes of Seed Beads

Round seed beads: these seed beads are actually more donuts shaped, and are available in size 6, 8, 11, 12 and 15. If you see a beading pattern calling for size 10/0 (Czech beads), you can use size 11/0 inplace of those beads.

6/0 Glass Seed Beads, Opaque Colours Seed

6/0 Glass Seed Beads, Opaque Colours Seed

Cube beads: they are just as they sound. Those beads have four sides like a cube, but with a round hole.

Bugle beads: they are longer tub e-shaped beads, and they are available in various lengths for varying purposes and effects.

6/0 Glass Seed Beads

6/0 Glass Seed Beads

Teardrop beads: those beads are small droplet shapes or egg shapes with the hole at the small end.

Seed beads jewelries are more and more popular in recent years. Many jewelry designers like to use those beads to weave complicated jewelry pieces or patterns only. Seed beads are also frequently used as spacers in straight stringing and mixed media projects. Those beads are available in both your local craft stores and jewelry beads online stores. But if you would like to get more selections and lower prices, I would like to suggest you to buy them from jewelry beads wholesale online stores. Finding a reputable wholesale online store is quite important, as there are tens of thousands of beads wholesale online stores in the world and their quality and price are not the same.

6/0 Glass Seed Beads, Trans.Colours Rainbow

6/0 Glass Seed Beads, Trans.Colours Rainbow

Where to buy seed beads?

Emily, a jewelry designer fromUSA, said:” I have making jewelry for several years, and I like making seed beads jewelry best, for those beads are very beautiful and versatile in jewelry making. As we all know that materials play an important role in jewelry making, so get high quality beads is quite important. I am so glad that I don’t need to worry about my sources anymore, as I have found my reliable supplier—PandaHall.com 5 years ago. It is aChina beads, findings & gems online market. No matter you have a company of jewelry making or personal jewelry store, PandaHall can satisfy you with different solution according to your needs. What is more, its prices are really competitive.”

6/0 Glass Seed Beads, Transparent Colours

6/0 Glass Seed Beads, Transparent Colours

Would like to make amazing seed beads jewelry pieces? Just find your reputable supplier and start it.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Elegant Swarovski Jewelry Is the Symbol of Style

Charming, appealing and lavish; these are only a few of the adjectives that we can use for Swarovski jewelry which is suitable for certain events or family gatherings. This type of crystal jewelry has its own grace and elegance and is considered among the most popular crystal jewelry across the globe and hence provides you appropriate and inexpensive alternative to diamond stone. Swarovski jewelry without any doubt is a requirement of every woman despite of the fact that she is young or mature.

Swarovski Crystal Beads

Swarovski Crystal Beads

Swarovski jewelry is available as bracelets, necklaces, earrings, rings, body jewelry and brooches. Nowadays illuminated light-up jewelry is gaining in popularity because of its sheer and unmatched beauty. All the Swarovski jewelry has very beautiful and sweet colors and made in various shapes such as round, star, fish star, strawberry, drop, cube, flower, square, moon, oval and so on.Crystalin different colors can be mixed together to create cute shapes and sweet colors. Very gorgeous! You can purchase whatever suits your personality.

5811 Round Pearl, Swarovski Crystal

5811 Round Pearl, Swarovski Crystal

When you are wearing Swarovski crystal jewelry at any occasion you will virtually grab the attention of anybody around you. Actually the crystals of the jewelry are quite shining and charismatic, therefore when you will put on them you will clearly feel the difference and you will start to feel like a celebrity among all others. You will find your own confidence. Fantastic jewelry, isn’t it? The most fascinating about Swarovski jewelry is that they create broad spectrum when are under illumination. You can wear it both at the day as well as the night, but it will looks more awesome and shining in the night under light. These jewelry items are really admirable because they are not just affordable but may also replace the expensive jewelries, so it is really a great idea to prefer Swarovski jewelry to other costly jewelry pieces.

Swarovski Crystal Beads, Faceted Heart

Swarovski Crystal Beads, Faceted Heart

Today, jewelry business has been throughout the whole world. You can easily purchase the Swarovski jewelry from both offline stores and online stores. But I would like to suggest you to purchase them from wholesale online stores because those stores can offer you low prices, and you can purchase several even more pieces for you, for your lover, your friends. You can choose different colors and shapes to match your different outfits or dresses. PandaHall.com—the largest China Beads, Findings & Gems online market can offer many different attractive and elegance Swarovski jewelry pieces for you at reasonable low prices. If you are a jewelry designer or jewelry businessman, PandaHall.com can also offer you Swarovski crystal beads, pendants, elements and other components. You can enjoy one-stop shopping there.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Where to Wholesale Affordable Superb Lampwork Beads

Any one who knows jewelry beads must have heard of lampwork beads. They are any that are made by winding melted glass around a steel rod called a mandrel. Unique, handcrafted, charming and beautiful are characters of those beads. They help to create just the perfect look. A lampwork is a great option for your beaded necklace, bracelets and earrings.

Handmade Lampwork Beads Mix

Handmade Lampwork Beads Mix

Lampwork beads are also sometimes called “wound” beads, because are made by winding glass around the mandrel. Small but still visually attractive are lampwork glass beads that come in multiples with impressive colors and designs. These lampwork beads wholesale are sold temporarily strung with a certain amount. There may be some variation in the design, but they should all be made from the same colors of glass.

Those beads are fast becoming a popular component of jewelry. You will find they are used in beaded jewelry is on the rise, so buying high quality lampwork beads is important for fashion beaded jewelry. You can find many beautiful handmade lampwork beads at bead shops, craft stores, online jewelry supplies stores.

Handmade Lampwork Beads

Handmade Lampwork Beads

Just because there are so many suppliers around the world, where is the best place to buy? Do a reach on the internet or ask for recommendations from your friends. I am a jewelry maker, and my regular jewelry beads supplier is recommended by one of my friends. It is PandaHall.com. From economy to exotic, PandaHall has the best selection of lampwork beads wholesale in the world. A kaleidoscope of colors awaits you in a myriad of shapes, finishes and styles including handmade lampwork European beads, foil glass pendants, lampwork pendants, dichroic glass pendants and more. Covering an artistic spectrum from elegant to playful is an unbeatable combination of beauty and value. These amazing lampworking beads will brighten your projects in the course of designs. If you are not sure, just have a try.

Handmade Gold Sand Lampwork Beads Strands

Handmade Gold Sand Lampwork Beads Strands

Emily is a jewelry designer fromUSA. She said:” I purchased all the lampwork beads from PandaHall.com—my regular supplier. I like their beautiful colors, various designs and exquisite technology. They are awesome to make bracelets, necklaces and earrings. They are also mix and match with other beads very well. In addition, their prices are very reasonable. What is more, their packing is really so good and well-knit. As we all know that lampwork beads are friable during the transport, so good packing is quite important.”

Handmade Lampwork Beads, Evil Eye

Handmade Lampwork Beads, Evil Eye

There are so many types of lampwork beads for making jewelry. Their sizes and usages of these beads are closely related. If you would like to wholesale those charming beads, find a reputable supplier first.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Wholesale Affordable Beads to Create Awesome Jewelry

Jewelries are true way to charm one and add glitter to one’s personality. They are adorned to enhance one’s personality. Accessories look beautiful on the wearer and donned to bring in charm.

Dyed White Jade Beads Strands

Dyed White Jade Beads Strands

Beaded jewelry accessories using different wholesale beads will have different effects, such as the use of wire to beads, to create different textures beads jewelry. You can simply use different sizes relative jewelry beads add to thread with a metal wire, the more complex shapes jewelry beads needed to build the different coils, and its shapes can be divided into empty-handed use of tool changes shape and form.

Plating Acrylic Beads, AB Color

Plating Acrylic Beads, AB Color

Women have great inclination towards jewelries and love to adorn them so that elegance and charm can catch many Glimpses. Accessories are matched with the dresses for the perfect looks. Early women used to don on the jewelries which are crafted using gold and silver. But now, people have a wide range of selection of the materials, including glass, gems, acrylic, Swarovski Crystal, rhinestone, wood, metal, resin, clay and etc. All those beads come in different colors, shapes and sizes. Different materials in different designs can be matched with each other as long as you can image and create different styles. Today, more and more people prefer to wear fashion jewelry rather than costly jewelry. That is one the reasons why the fashion jewelry has such a big market and can last for a long time. Costly jewelries are designed by famous jewelry designers and suitable for many people. While, the cheap fashion jewelry can be made uniquely by different wholesale affordable beads. Pursuing unique is the character of this age. That is one of the reasons why people like fashion jewelry better.

Handmade Lampwork European Beads

Handmade Lampwork European Beads

Beads can be purchased everywhere—both offline and online. If you would like to get a large range of selection, purchase them from jewelry beads wholesale online stores will be a good idea. Anna, a jewelry maker fromCanada, said:” I have been making jewelry for several years. I would like to wholesale jewelry beads fromChina, especially from PandaHall.com—the biggestChinabeads, findings & gems online market. Those beads are affordable but have high quality. I can get a wide range of selection here. Some beads are charming, some beads are cool, some beads are unique, some beads are… no matter what kind of beads you prefer, and you can find them here. Those beads really give me a big help about creating awesome jewelries.”

8/0 Glass Seed Beads, Transparent Colours

8/0 Glass Seed Beads, Transparent Colours

No matter you make jewelry as hobby or for commercial selling, wholesale affordable beads will be a good choice for creating awesome jewelry.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Why Should you Buy Beads Online

Nowadays, along with the popularity of fashion jewelry, more and more people start to take up jewelry making or retail. And more of them prefer to buy beads online. Why? For a couple of reasons:

8/0 Glass Seed Beads, Inside Colours
8/0 Glass Seed Beads, Inside Colours

Nowadays, along with the popularity of fashion jewelry, more and more people start to take up jewelry making or retail. And more of them have shown growing interest in shopping jewelry beads online. Why? For a couple of reasons:

First, it is easy to order. You can purchase jewelry beads at home at any time as all the online shops are open for 24 hours a day, 365 days without special operation ceaselessly. You also can save time on the way to different shops back and forth between them to compare the jewelry beads and prices.

Middle East Rhinestone, Clear
Middle East Rhinestone, Clear

Second, you can get hard-to-find beads and unique beads, even some beads with strong local characteristics in other places. Because of there are tens of thousands of jewelry beads online shops all over the world, and they can offer you the largest selection.

Third, detailed information about jewelry beads have been described on websites. It is easy and convenient to compare the products and/or prices with different shops as much as possible.

Apart from mentioned above, shopping jewelry beads online also have some other advantages, such as home delivery, better selection, avoid driving/traffic/travel, good prices and so on.

Handmade Glass European Beads
Handmade Glass European Beads

However, some people may be still worried about it in other ways, for example, cannot see products before purchasing, apprehensive with security of transaction, difficult to return items, cannot speak to a salesperson etc. In fact, all is not a problem now as long as you have found a reputable and trustworthy online shop. Because you can check products before purchasing by asking for samples; can be reassuring with security of transaction via PayPal; can easily return items and speak to a salesperson conveniently.

Aluminum Flower Beads
Aluminum Flower Beads

Maria, a jewelry beads retailer, fromGermanysaid:” I prefer to buy beads online, and I have found my regular suppler—PandaHall.com, the biggestChinabeads, findings & gems online market. More than 20,000 items are available there.Germanyis quite strict about the contents of lead and nickel in jewelry beads and finding. PandaHall has a special lab with highly trained person to check the lead content in its products. The Lead-free inspect apparatus can check metal products very precisely and offer accurate content analysis report on its website. That is great!”

Colorful Acrylic Beads, Glitter Style
Colorful Acrylic Beads, Glitter Style

Are you still worried about where to buy jewelry beads? Buy them from online stores will be a wise choice. But please make sure to find a reputable supplier.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Affordable Stone Beads Create Hot Sales Summer Jewelry

Gemstone Beads Strands

Gemstone Beads Strands

Stone beads are always popular in jewelry making. Since ancient ages, people have used all kinds of nature stone beads to make jewelry to express them pursuer of beauty.

Today, stone beads are widely used in jewelry making, and more and more shapes, colors, sizes and types are available. Today, jewelry encrusted with gemstone beads is perfect to express love to the lady in your life. Gemstone jewelry personifies the women’s soul. Gems are gorgeous, bright and precious. These qualities epitomize feminine spirit and grace. From agate to Amazonite, Amethyst to Coral, Jade to Quartz, Moonstone to Turquoise etc, you will have a huge range of selection. Stone beads can also be divided into manmade stones and natural stones. Without any doubt that the natural gemstones are the one of the finest creations of the nature.

Gemstone Beads Strands, Green Aventurine

Gemstone Beads Strands, Green Aventurine

Stone beads are affordable, but can create awesome jewelry so that many jewelry makers and retailers wholesale those beads from online stores. Eva, a jewelry beads retailer, said:” I have a lot of beautiful stone beads which are purchased from PandaHall.com. Super nice beads—high quality, nicely drilled. They have a really nice sheen to see them in person, more beautiful than the pictures. My customers love them very much that my summer sales have been improved.” Julie, a jewelry maker fromEngland, said:” I really like those stone beads purchased from PandaHall.com. They are affordable but with high quality. I bought many different kinds stones to created beautiful products for my customers. But when I received them, I was so taken by their beauty, the colors are quite vibrant, and I decided to make something for me too. They are just too beautiful to sell. They are absolutely gorgeous and lovely to work with. They are helpful to my summer sales.” Lora who is interested in jewelry making said:” I have bought some Tourmaline chips on PandaHall.com. Good size. The polish finish brings up the color and the quality of the stones. A necklace with those chips would look much more elegant than with traditional chips. They would combine very well with silver findings and chains. The strand is almost long enough to make a necklace. Would purchase more stone beads from PandaHall, and will recommend that website to my friends.”

Gemstone Beads Strands, Natural Purple Aventurine

Gemstone Beads Strands, Natural Purple Aventurine

Want to expand your jewelry business or improve summer sales? Wholesale some stone beads to retail or make stone beads jewelry will be a good idea. Please make sure to find a reliable supplier to get affordable but quality beads.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Agate Beads Create Awesome Jewelry

Courage, strength, love, fading away stress and bitterness are the properties of agate stone. They are swirled with colors, as one of the oldest jewelry beads in recorded history that had been used in jewelry pieces. Agate beads involves: moss agate beads, picture agate beads, pink lace agate beads, Mexican lace agate beads, flame agate beads, and Botswana agate beads.

Gemstone Beads Strands, Natural Ice Flower Agate

Gemstone Beads Strands, Natural Ice Flower Agate

Agate beads come in many colors and shades. They are one of the hardest gemstones which last for long time in jewelry. Due to their cheap price and beautiful looks, agate became popular among many. For jewelry lovers and designers, agate is a fascinating gemstone. They are like to create awesome jewelry with agate beads. Those beads can be purchased from both offline stores and wholesale online stores. But if you would like to get a wide range of selection and low wholesale prices, I would like to suggest you to purchase them from online stores, for there are tens of thousands wholesale online stores over the world.

Gemstone Beads Strands, Natural Agate

Gemstone Beads Strands, Natural Agate

While, where to purchase? That is a quite important question. Just because there are so many online stores over the world and the quality of all the agate beads can not be the same. How can we purchase the high quality beads at low price? Choosing a reliable wholesaler is the key. How to find a reliable wholesaler? Do a research on the internet or ask for recommendation from your friends. Vivian, a jewelry designer fromUSA, said:” My friend recommended a jewelry beads wholesaler to me six years ago, and from then on, I was its regular customer. It is PandaHall.com—the biggestChinabeads, finding and gems online market. I like gemstone beads best, so most of my jewelry designs are gemstone jewelry pieces. Many people like agate beads very much, and I realized this trend. I purchased a lot of those beads from PandaHall, and created many different jewelry pieces, all of them are one of a kind. Those beads are very beautiful, and really helped me to create a lots awesome jewelry pieces. Great design is very important, the quality of jewelry supplies is quite important too. So if you want to create awesome jewelry, please make sure you can get quality jewelry supplies.”

Natural Gemstone Beads Strands

Natural Gemstone Beads Strands

Agate beads are affordable, and can be purchased everywhere. But please keep in mind that choosing a reliable wholesaler to get high quality jewelry supplies is quite important. Hope you can find yours.

Monday, July 4, 2011

How to Buy Beads on a Budget

Making beaded jewelry or crafts can be lost of fun, but as any avid maker knows, the beads themselves can be so gosh-darned expensive! So, how to buy beads on a budget? Here is some information for your reference:

1, Know your options. You should know what you need to buy first. You can find beads made of almost any material: plastic, glass, stone, clay, crystal, ceramic, metal, wood, even bones or seeds. Beads come in a multitude of colors, shapes and sizes, and of course at a wide variety of price points. If you want to buy several different beads in a small quantity, buy the loose beads from wholesale stores is a good idea. Reduce waste is a good way to save money.

Iron Rhinestone Beads, Grade "A"

Iron Rhinestone Beads, Grade "A"

2, Assess what you need for your project. Go to a bead store & buy everything that catches your eye may be fun and simple. But if in that case, the cost may beyond your budget for your project. So look at the projects you would like to complete and assess exactly what you need for each project, so you will not buy unnecessary beads or supplier.

3, Search out alternate sources for beads. Don’t find the beads from your local craft stores. Buy beads from wholesale stores is another way to save money. As we all know that there are tens of thousands of jewelry beads wholesale online stores. You will have a wide range of selection and get low wholesale prices there.

Dyed Wood Beads, Lead Free

Dyed Wood Beads, Lead Free

As there are so many wholesale stores online, choose a reliable supplier is quite important for saving money. Where to buy beads? PandaHall.com is the best store for buying. Why dare I say that? Many people recommend it. Michele is a jewelry maker fromAustralia. She said:” Making jewelry can be an expensive hobby or a cheap hobby. Why? All is depend on the money you spend on them. If the materials you get are expensive, this hobby will be an expensive. On the contrary, this hobby will be very cheap. How to make it as a cheap hobby? Choose a reliable wholesaler who can offer high quality but cheap beads. PandaHall is one like that. I am a regular customer of that company for more than 5 years. From there, I can buy beads within my budget that is why I can keep on my hobby till now. And I can go further, I believe.”

Lampwork Beads Mix, Vary in colors and shapes

Lampwork Beads Mix, Vary in colors and shapes

During such a fierce competition of jewelry business, buy beads on a budget is more and more important now. Please make sure you have found a good supplier before you place order.