Thursday, April 26, 2012

Use Pandora Beads to Express Yourself


It is well known that Pandora beads are loved deeply by women. Pandora beads (European Beads) are based on the hope and inspiration inside of Pandora’s box, which brought to life in beautiful and unique beads. What makes them so unique is that you get to design your own bracelet or necklace, by adding them that mean something to you, making it uniquely yours.

Pandora beads are made from various materials, including gemstone, glass, plastic, polymer clay, crystal, metal, porcelain, shell &pearl, sterling silver, wood and etc. The mostly used shapes are round, heart, bicone, tube, and troll. As all these beads are available in various sizes, shapes and colors, there is a wide range of selection. A whole array of jewelries has surfaced using the Pandora beads. Starting from bracelets to necklaces and even ear pieces, the Pandora style has set foot in every jewelry department. There is an endless list if one considers the textures that these beads have.

Pandora is more than the name of a legendary figure with an infamous box. It is also the name of a unique jewelry that is available at fine stores across the whole world. According to Greek mythology, Pandora was a woman who was created by the Greek God Hephaestus. Pandora was sent to earth with a box and when she opened it, all the evils of the world escaped. Only the virtues of hope and opportunity remained. So Pandora beads stand of hope and opportunity today. Pandora beads have earned their reputation for their off-beat beauty and cheap price among women. The Pandora style has made a heavy mark on the fashion jewelry industry today, suiting the taste of a large cross section of women. A girl wearing any kind of clothing, be it be ethnic or contemporary, can take refuge to Pandora beads.

Today, more and more companies around the whole world have come to the field to produce cheap Pandora beads and other cheap jewelry beads for affordable accessories for all. The huge range of designs can cater to all needs of any kind of fashion that one can possibly think about. The best thing about these Pandora beads is that, there is no end to the designs and the textures that these may come in. So you never need to worry about you will get bored of these cheap beads both for their low prices and unending designs. 

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Use Sterling Silver Beads to Create Mother’s Day Jewelry


Sterling silver beads are composed of 92.5% silver. Timeless and versatile, silver beads are available in a wide range of shapes and finishes. Some styles have an antiqued finish to highlight the detailing.

We all like sterling silver and sterling silver jewelry for wearing. Each beauty wants to look gorgeous, so she wears sterling silver and gold ornaments. Sterling silver is cheaper than gold. We all know sterling silver. Many jewelry suppliers, like PandaHall, provide sterling silver beads with fine design and new art work. These beads are used for making all types of silver jewelry. Many jewelry manufacturers use 92.5% pure sterling silver for making silver beads and jewelry. Sterling silver jewelry is brilliant and elegant, even cute. In China, there is a tradition that seniorities will wear some sterling silver jewelries on new babies to hope they can grow up healthily and safety. The widely chosen jewelries are bangles and anklets.

In many countries, people like to wear sterling silver and gold jewelry pieces. Sterling silver beads jewelry is very suitable for making women’s jewelry. Mother’s Day is not far from now. Why not choose a sterling silver beads jewelry as a gift for your mom, or choose some silver beads to create it by yourself? These beads are produced in various shapes and sizes. They can help you to create cute, fashion, modern and elegant jewelry designs. Judge what style you mom like first, and choose a piece of suitable silver beads jewelry for her, or choose the perfect sterling silver beads to make a suitable one for her.

We all know that sterling silver beads are idea jewelry beads for making jewelry. They are versatile. You can not only use sterling silver beads singly to create silver jewelry, but also can combine them with other jewelry beads without doubt. Create a jewelry gift for Mother’s Day, use sterling silver beads combine with crystal beads, or Swarovski beads, or glass beads are fabulous jewelry making ideas. All the jewelry beads are elegant and brilliant. They will let your mom look more elegant and beautiful. And don’t forget to choose a suitable jewelry box for your gift. A suitable and beautiful jewelry box also is a part of your jewelry gift.

No matter you want to purchase sterling silver beads or sterling silver jewelry, both can be found in both your local jewelry stores and online jewelry stores. If you want to get a wide range of selection, purchase it from online stores is a wise choice.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

About Czech Glass Beads and Blown Glass Beads


No doubt that glass beads have been become jewelry makers’ favorite for a long time. Glass beads are sorted as several different types according to different styles and techniques, and Czech glass beads and blown glass beads are two of them.

Czech glass beads many people may think they are made in Czech Republic. Yes, that is right, but not quite right. Glass making in the Czech Republic is an age old cottage industry. Czech glass beads are formed by pressing hot glass into a shaped mold, and then the bead is polished to give an opaque, glass-like appearance. Today, many countries are producing this kind of glass beads and many jewelry beads wholesalers offer them online, just like PandaHall. These beads are available in various colors, sizes and shapes. The most widely produced shapes are round, bicone, round faceted, heart. Czech glass beads are very beautiful with luster like Swarovski crystal beads but much cheaper than Swarovski crystal. That is why so many jewelry makers like to use them to design and so many jewelry wearers prefer to buy Czech glass beads jewelry.

Hand blown glass beads are hollow on the inside. They are incredibly strong. Most lampwork beads are commonly referred to hand blown. However, there is a distinction between the lampwork and hand blown. Lampwork means worked by hand on a torch, while hand blown means actual air was blown into the beads to form a bubble. Hand blown glass beads provide the impact of size without any of the weight. Today, most jewelry makers and jewelry retailers wholesale hand blown glass beads from China. China blown beads offer the finest craftsmanship for gold or silver foil beads possible. In these beads the foil is layered around a clear glass core and then covered with tinted glass. Many jewelry makers are known Venetian beads which are also mean lampwork beads---a special kind glass beads. These beads are produced very beautiful, and some of them are as bright as candy.

Both glass beads are widely used in jewelry making without doubt. With smoothly polished holes, these luscious beads can be strung on cord, ribbon or other thicker stringing materials. You can combine these two glass beads with other kinds of glass beads together. Glass beads come in all shapes, colors, finishes, appearances, which assure you have a large of selection. For most of their history, glass beads were more than a craft, more than an art. They were equivalent to money, and were traded. 

Friday, April 20, 2012

Gets Economical Howlite Beads for Super Jewelry Making


Howlite stone is a white stone with streaks of gray or black, called inclusions. These streaks form different patterns on the surface of stones. This stone is always produced in various sizes and shapes. Because of these inclusions and the fact that this stone is easily dyed due to its porous nature, it is often used to create imitation turquoise as well as lapis lazuli.
Howlite beads are fairly economical and widely used in jewelry making for a long time. The commonly used shapes in jewelry making are round, flat round, abacus, oval, cross, drop, chip, heart, flower, human, animal, square and etc. Various colors, shapes and sizes offer you a large range of selection.
Natural Gemstone Beads Strands
Natural Gemstone Beads Strands
Spring is a warm season. People take off the heavy coats and put spring clothes on. It is a beautiful season to wear jewelry. Well, summer is coming to some countries now. Gemstone jewelries are always very popular with people, both men and women. Howlite beads are very beautiful and affordable; why not purchase some to create your own jewelry designs?
Natural Howlite Beads, Dyed, Butterfly
Natural Howlite Beads, Dyed, Butterfly
Howlite beads are versatile. They can be used to create jewelry singly or combined with other jewelry beads and finding, which depends on your design. They are also widely used in create jewelry pieces with different holiday themes, such as Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Christmas Day and so on. And Mother’s Day is coming soon. Natural white smoke howlite beads are very suitable for creating a jewelry gift for mom. Snow-white howlite is opaque with fine gray veining. This stone is very beautiful and elegant. Choose the shape your mom like, and combine these beads with some other jewelry materials to create a necklace, bracelet or a pair of earrings. Of course, you can use only howlite beads with different sizes or shapes to string a necklace or a bracelet. The designs may be simple, but very elegant without question. Don’t forget to choose a suitable jewelry box for this jewelry gift. You know that a beautiful jewelry box will plus for your gift.
Gemstone strands, Synthetical Howlite
Gemstone strands, Synthetical Howlite
Today, in fashion jewelry market, many synthetical howlite beads are available. They are cheaper than natural howlite, but have good quality if you could find a large and reliable jewelry materials supplier. Jewelry making is a fun hobby which needs some money or much money to continue. But if you could find a good supplier, like PandaHall.com, you will find that creating fabulous jewelry designs is very funny and affordable.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Use Drilled Pearl Beads to Create Jewelry Gifts for Mother’s Day


Drilled pearl beads are favorites to both jewelry makers and jewelry wearers. They are classified as full drilled pearl beads and half drilled pearl beads. They are also classified as top drilled pearl beads and middle drilled pearl beads according to the places of holes. Pearl beads jewelry is fabulous jewelry gift for Mother’s Day.
Tibetan Silver Bead Caps, Lead Free and Cadmium Free and Nickel Free
Tibetan Silver Bead Caps, Lead Free and Cadmium Free and Nickel Free
Drilled pearl beads contain natural pearl beads and imitational pearl beads on today’s fashion jewelry market. Natural pearl beads are costly, especially the natural deep sea pearl beads, so that there are more and more imitational pearl beads are available in fashion jewelry market. While not all the natural pearl beads are costly. Natural freshwater pearl beads with high quality are very affordable and have a number of selections. They are perfect choices for create elegant jewelry gifts for the coming Mother’s Day.
Drilled pearl beads come in various shapes, colors and sizes. The classic shapes including round, drop, button and flat round. To the half drilled pearl beads, the string method is just adding a drop of glue into the hole, and slide onto an earring post or pendant setting. Everyone knows the stringing method of full drilled beads. No matter what shapes they are, pearl beads are versatile for jewelry making.
Shell Pearl Beads Strands, Grade "A", Polished
Shell Pearl Beads Strands, Grade "A", Polished
Half drilled beads are perfect to be drops or pendants for earrings and necklaces. Choose a pair of simple sterling silver or gold earring hooks to add two round white half drilled pearl beads if your mother like simple but classic jewelry. Use a pair of earring hooks with special design, such as branches, leaves, flowers and so on, to add pearls with any color to create a pair of fashion earrings. Many jewelry makers also like to use these beads to create earring studs in different effects—fashion, elegant, cute and etc, which depends on the colors, shapes and designs for both pearls and metal studs.
If you have created a pair of pearl beads earrings for your mother, why not create one more pearl necklace which is matched with the earrings. You can choose half drilled pearl bead and glue it on a pendant setting as a necklace pendant. You can also use wrapping skill to wrap some full drilled pearl beads as one of a kind necklace pendant. No matter what kind of pearl necklace you want to create, it will be unique and full with your love to your mom.
Shell Pearl Beads Strands, Polished
Shell Pearl Beads Strands, Polished
Mother’s Day is not too far. Purchase some quality drilled pearl beads to create your unique jewelry gifts for your mom. Purchase natural freshwater pearl beads won’t break your bank as long as you find a reliable supplier, like PandaHall.com.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Polymer Clay Beads—Fabulous Choice for Spring Jewelry


Polymer clay beads are such versatile beads in jewelry making. Polymer clay is made from polyvinyl chloride. It is available in many colors and very soft to create any shape you like. So that polymer clay beads are available in various shapes too.
Polymer clay can be carved, stamped, sanded, buffed, painted, sculpted and textured, so that polymer clay beads are made in various shapes, such as round, flower, oval, flat round, heart, human, animal, tube, hexagon, fruit, star, bowknot, shoes and so on. Polymer clay beads are colorful, and available in many colors, which even include fun neon colors, translucent and granite textures. Colors can be mixed and worked together to create marbling effects.
Handmade Polymer Clay Beads, Red
Handmade Polymer Clay Beads, Red
Some of my friends told me that they are preparing jewelries for spring. Yes, hopeful, beautiful and warm season—spring is coming. Polymer clay beads are versatile in jewelry making, and have a wide range of selection from colors, sizes and shapes. So why not create some fabulous jewelry for spring? Green grasses, leaves and colorful flowers are the main protagonists of spring. Have you got any inspiration from these protagonists? Yes, using flower polymer clay beads with some yellow green or green glass beads to create a spring necklace is a gorgeous idea. Prepare about 10pcs flower clay beads with different sizes and colors, some small yellow green glass and white acrylic pearl beads, silver wires, silver iron chain and a lobster clasp. Wrapping jewelry is very fashion and popular. So let us use wrapping technique to create a lovely, beautiful and fashionable necklace.
Handmade Polymer Clay Beads
Handmade Polymer Clay Beads
Wrapping technique is not very easy, but also not very complicated either, at least in this design. Cut off two or three stands wires with the same length first. Use another length of wire to twist three wires together (just twist a little first), and string a yellow green glass bead on it, cut off the wire and twist the rest wire on the other end till to three combined wires to fix them. String the rest beads and twist them by the same method. The final effect of this design depends on how you lay or put these beads to combine them like artwork. It is a time-cost project, but it is worth. After this artwork is finished, attach it and lobster clasp onto silver iron chains, a really gorgeous polymer clay flower necklace for spring is finished. It is no doubt that you must be the spotlight in crowd if you wear it.
Handmade Polymer Clay Beads
Handmade Polymer Clay Beads
Love this design? So why not keep on and make a similar bracelet to create a jewelry set? When you search these materials, you will find all these materials are available in many stores with different qualities and prices. Choose a large and reliable supplier, like Panda Hall, if you want to get quality materials, low prices and avoid problems after you receive items. Enjoy your jewelry making.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Metal European Beads Help to Create Lovely Jewelry


People are not strange to European beads (Pandora Style Beads) as these beads are very popular in jewelry making, and will lasting for a long time. European beads are made in various materials, and metal European beads are one kind of these beads.

Metal European beads, as they’re named, are made of metal, such as brass, alloy, zinc and so on, but they are colorful and splendid like glass European beads, crystal European beads and lampwork European beads. Metal European beads can be produced by metal only, but can also be painted with enamel or inlayed with rhinestones.

Metal European beads are not dark and stiff as you think. They can help you to create various lovely jewelry pieces as they have a wide range of selection in colors, shapes and sizes. European style bracelets and necklace are very easy to create. For instance, choose three pink glass European beads, three silver flat round alloy European beads, two silver flower European beads with purple rhinestones, two silver dangle European beads with key pendant and a silver Pandora style bracelet with a heart clasp. The step is very simple, just string all the beads on the bracelet at any order you like. The sweet pink glass beads, the lovely flower metal European beads and the heart clasp, all make the bracelet is very lovely and suitable for Valentine Day and as a jewelry gift for girlfriend.

Metal European beads can also be mixed and matched widely with other material European beads to create various European style jewelries. Lampwork European beads are unique, lovely, various and colorful. Choose different style Lampwork ones, and combine them with metal ones can create different effects—fashion, lovely, elegant, or vintage. Lovely green and yellow are colors of spring and lampwork beads in the two colors are quite vivid. Choose some green and yellow lampwork beads with vivid flowers on surface, some antique silver metal European beads and some silver dangle metal European beads to make a set of European Jewelry, including a bracelet and a necklace. String these beads as a lampwork bead, a dangle bead, an antique silver metal bead and one more lampwork bead. We can easily find that this jewelry set contain three different style beads-- lovely beads, vintage beads and fashion beads, but all of them combined so well.

Spring is a season which is full of inspiration. Choose some other European beads to create your own lovely jewelry pieces. 

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Jewelry Ideas with Handmade Cloisonne Beads


Handmade cloisonne beads are one kind of metal beads. Cloisonne is an ancient craft used for many decorative items as well as for jewelry making. The technique of producing cloisonne has a long history and has been improving endlessly.
Handmade cloisonne beads are produced in different shapes, sizes and colors. Even some beads have the “same” design, size and color, each one will be unique for they are handmade made and will vary lightly. As these beads are vintage and exotic, and available in a large selection, they are loved by jewelry makers and widely used in jewelry making—earrings, bracelets, necklaces, anklets and etc.
Handmade Cloisonne Beads
Handmade Cloisonne Beads
Earrings
Dangling vintage earrings can be created with handmade cloisonne beads in various kind of shapes, such as round, flat round, drop, flower, leaf, square, heart, fan, rectangle and so on. Like vintage style earrings? You can have a try with 2pcs black cloisonne beads which have beautiful flower patterns and gold lines, 4pcs black bicone glass beads, 4pcs antique bronze flower bead caps, 2pcs antique bronze headpins and 2pcs antique bronze earring hooks. The steps are very simple. Put a black glass bead, a bead cap, a cloisonne bead, a bead cap and one more black glass bead on a headpin. Use pliers to cut off the rest pin and make a loop to attach the dangling earring on an earring hook. A simple but vintage handmade cloisonne beads earring is finished. Follow the steps to make a pair. If you like exotic style, you can choose the cloisonne beads with different colors with some unique golden findings. Just have a try with your unlimited inspiration.
Earring, Brass Earring Hook With Cloisonne Drop Bead
Earring, Brass Earring Hook With Cloisonne Drop Bead
Bracelets
Most people may prefer to use glass beads, crystal beads, gemstone beads and pearl beads to make bracelets, for these beads are elegant, noble, lovely or good for health. In fact, handmade cloisonne beads are available with brilliant colors, designs and shapes. They can be mixed and matched with other jewelry beads very well. Spring is a colorful and beautiful season. Why not choose some green round handmade cloisonne beads, some green and pink bicone glass beads, some small round golden spacer beads, and you can also add two pieces round golden metal beads. There is no technique to make this bracelet. Just use elastic cord to string them. Gold is the color of sun, pink is the color of flowers and the green is the color of trees and grasses. It is the one for spring, isn’t it?
Hematite Bracelets, Valentine Jewelry Supplies, Magnetic, with Cloisonne and Brass Beads
Hematite Bracelets, Valentine Jewelry Supplies, Magnetic, with Cloisonne and Brass Beads
Just purchase some handmade cloisonne beads and some other jewelry materials to create your own jewelries. These beads are available in many jewelry stores, but the Chinese handmade cloisonne beads are the most popular, for China have a long history about their production and technique.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Versatile Polished Pearl Beads in Jewelry Making

Pearls are the symbols of elegance and noble. Pearl jewelry pieces are loved deeply by women, especially by the old women. Today, more and more women like to wear jewelry created with polished pearl beads, for these beads have wider selection of colors.

Polished pearl beads are natural shell pearl beads but polished and dyed in various colors which are vivid and brilliant. These pearl beads have a variety of shapes, sizes and colors for selection, which is just like other jewelry beads. While, they are loved better by jewelry makers than other jewelry beads just because of their symbols, brilliant and versatile functions in jewelry making.

Grade "A" Pearl Beads, Natural, Half Drilled

Grade "A" Pearl Beads, Natural, Half Drilled

As polished pearl beads are versatile, they are widely used in creating elegant necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings and many other fashion decorations. These beads are available in a pallet of colors, and you can easily get the suitable colors to combine with jewelry beads in other colors. Bracelets are the most commonly worn fashion jewelries. Choose some red polished pearl beads, fire-polished glass beads in various colors, wire, some Tibetan style spacer beads or caps, two crimp beads and a pair of toggle clasp. Most people know that the stringing jewelry is the easiest design. Yes, that is true, but it is not all. Using polished pearl beads will let your design not “simple” any more. String these beads according to the colors you would like to lay. The technology is very simple, but the design combines exotic, fashion and elegant together.

Cultured Freshwater Pearl Beads

Cultured Freshwater Pearl Beads

Earrings are women’s favorite too. Do you know why women like to wear earrings? The hanging earrings could create glamour and sexy, which let women look more glamour and sexy. Polished pearl beads are versatile, so they can be mixed and matched well with any other jewelry beads. No matter which style you like best, polished pearl beads will bring you both that style and elegance to you. Oversized jewelry is a trend for 2012. So you can use polished pearl beads to make a pair of oversized hanging earrings with various colors. If you like exotic style, you can also use the same materials as above bracelet to make a pair to complete a set. You can combine these beads with any other jewelry beads to create fabulous jewelries as long as you have amazing inspirations.

Cultured Freshwater Pearl Beads

Cultured Freshwater Pearl Beads

Polished pearl beads are widely used in jewelry making, so that they are available with large quantity in market. Comparing their quality and prices is the first thing before you purchase them. Choose a reputable jewelry supplier, and you can avoid many problems after you receive your items.