Crafting Wires

2017年1月16日星期一

Create Your Own Signature With The Best Pearl Beads

Pearl beads can be freshwater or saltwater cultured pearls. The natural pearls are pink in color, mauve or peach. There are different types of pearl beads. There are those that imitate the appearance of real pearls and there are those that are real pearls. Either way, all pearl beads look great and will add a tone to your appearance. Pearl beads come in different sizes, colors and weight. Making your own necklaces with pearl beads is so easy.



Why use pearl beads?

·         They are beautiful
·         They are made of non toxic and eco-friendly material
·         They are easy to use in making your own necklaces, bracelets and necklaces
·         They are in different colors and sizes

Pearl beads can be used to make one of the best necklaces. You can use different types, colors and sizes to make your own patterns. They are available online and you do not have to stress on how to get them. You just have to make an order and you are good to go.

The pearl beads are smooth. When you wear them, you feel awesome as they shake on your neck, ear or hand. Some beads look beautiful but they are rough so when you wear them, you feel irritated and they even ruin your skin. This is not the case with pearl beads. They are very smooth.


The shape of the pearl beads makes them look shiny from whichever angle you view them. This makes them very beautiful as they glitter a lot. They are also harder than they look. In fact they do not break easily. They also don’t scratch easily because of their smooth nature. You can have them for a long time and store them without having a scratch on them. This helps you to get value for your money because you will use them for a long time.


Pearl beads will look good with any outfit. These are not like the metal beads which only look nice on specific types of outfits. The pearl beads can be matched with every cloth and still look nice. Pearl beads can also be re used. When you have one necklace that has become monotonous to you, you can decide and re-assemble it into something different. You can remove the beads and make them into a different pattern and still look good. 

2017年1月11日星期三

How to Make Tibetan Style Feather Pendant Necklace

This tutorial is going to introduce the methods of making this Tibetan style diy feather necklace. If you love handmade antique chain necklace, and Tibetan style jewelry findings, do not miss trying this one.
First, you have to prepare the following materials and tools:
Antique Bronze Feather Tibetan Style Links
6x4mm Red Electroplate Glass Beads
15x10mm Drop Glass Beads
MidnightBlue Feather Costume Accessories
Antique Golden Handmade Alloy Chain
Antique Bronze Brass Bar & Ring Toggle Clasps
0.5mm Camel Copper Jewelry Wire
Antique Bronze Jump Rings
Antique Bronze Headpins
Antique Bronze Eyepins
Side Cutting Pliers
Flat Nose Pliers
Round Nose Pliers
Then follow these steps to make this Tibetan style necklace:
Step 1: slide 4 drop glass beads onto the headpins, then use round nose plier to make small loops on these headpins to make pendants like shown in the picture;
Step 2: slide a red faceted bead onto an eyepin, then make a loop with the plier to fix the red bead in the middle;
Step 3: wrap a piece of copper wire on the feather, then make a loop;
Step 4: attach the red bead dangle to the feather pendant;
Step 5: use jump rings to hang the four pendants onto the antique feather link. Hang the feather pendant on the feather link through the middle hole;
Step 6: connect the feather link with two pieces of handmade alloy chains;
Step 7: attach the Tibetan style toggle and tbar to the ends of the necklace.
This is the final look of this diy feather necklace:
Heres another picture~
Its quite easy to make this vintage style antique chain necklace. I believe you can make one by yourself after reading this tutorial. So, do not hesitate to gather all the materials and have a try. Thank you for reading this DIY tutorial and hope you like it.


2017年1月8日星期日

The Highly Affordable Snap Jewelry Ornaments And Latest Designs

Snap jewelry is an affordable new interchangeable jewelry concept. Mix and match from a variety of fashion snap jewelry to create your own look.

All snap jewelry necklaces come with standard chain, styles may occur. Popular items for snap jewelry; mandala button charm, snap button charm, blue mandala charm, chunk charm, snap buttons, poppers, ginger snaps, snap bracelet and necklaces. Whatever may be your goal, snap jewelry play a major role in designing exotic jewelry with simple work. 


You can purchase wholesale snap buttons and use them in making ornaments or garment embellishments of your choice. Almost every woman loves to wear jewelry, casually every day and during special occasions and it creates a different formal, graceful and stylish personality. With snap jewelry one need not gather too many pieces; keeping a few bracelets, necklaces, pair of earrings and several snap buttons will be enough for your daily accessories need.


Snap jewelry is actually an interchangeable type of jewelry that gives you the ability to match your pieces with any outfit that you wear. The snap comes in a variety of styles, colors and designs that provides a different new look to your jewelry. This specialized jewelry design, the snap jewelry, comprises of decorative buttons that when put in place, can be create different looks on your piece, but replace a button with every outfit.

Snap jewelry is not expensive as the fine jewelry pieces, so they are ideal to use every day, at work or outings with friends, and even during a date with your boyfriend. You reserve your diamonds and other precious stones. Some snap buttons have pearls and semi-precious precious stones in them you just have to look hard in finding them. When you buy snap, you realize that they don’t occupy too much space when packed, and also when you store them at home. The best way of purchasing these items is wholesale through online jewelry shops. The good thing about online shops is that they offer their products at lower prices than the brick and mortar suppliers. Find the wholesale now and start receiving the benefits of using snap jewelry.


Snap charms and accessories are fun, popular style of interchangeable jewelry. Snap are button like charms that snap into a base of jewelry called snap accessory. Just snap in a new design for a fresh look! Choose from variety of snap designs, bracelets, necklaces, earrings to express your favorite looks.

2016年12月25日星期日

A DIY Tutorial on How to Make A Beaded Tassel Chain Necklace

Are you planning to make a diy beaded tassel necklace with golden chains and colorful glass beads? Today’s tutorial will introduce you this fashion tassel necklace design.
Do you like this tassel chain necklace? Follow this tutorial to see how to make it and you will find it is not as hard as you expected.
Before we start, you need to prepare these materials:
8MM Clear Abacus Electroplate Glass Beads
6 MM Clear Abacus Electroplate Glass Beads
8MM Faceted Round Glass Beads
14x8MM Faceted Glass European Beads
12x6MM Faceted Drop Electroplate glass Beads
10MM Golden Clear Rhinestone Spacer Beads
2MM Golden Spacer Beads
Golden Twisted Chain
0.2MM Transparent Fishing Wire
Golden Eyepins
Golden Ball Headpins
Golden Jump Rings
Golden Spring Clasps
Golden Cross Chain
Round Nose Pliers
Needle Nose Pliers
Side Cutting Pliers
Scissor
Then, you just need to follow these steps to make the tassel chain necklace.
Step 1: slide a 12x6MM faceted drop electroplate glass bead to an eyepin. Fix the bead by wrapping the eyepin.
Step 2: slide a 8mm clear abacus glass bead to another eyepin, and connect them to the drop faceted glass bead.
Step 3: slide a 6mm clear abacus glass bead to an eyepin, and make a loop on another end of the eyepin to fix the clear glass bead in the middle.
Step 4: use two pieces of twisted chains to link the two elements as the picture shows.
Step 5: in this way, make altogether 10 pieces of beaded chains. Use a piece of fishing wire to collect them together.
Step 6: slide a blue glass European bead, a rhinestone spacer bead, a red faceted glass bead and a 2mm spacer bead orderly onto the wire.
Step 7: attach an eyepin to the middle of a piece of twisted chain. Then slide a green faceted glass bead to the eyepin. Connect another eyepin to the first one and slide a pink glass bead onto it. Then adopt same means to slide other two beads onto the pattern. Attach a spring clasp to the end.
Step 8: imitate step 7 to make another beaded chain. Connect a piece of twisted chain to the end of the second beaded chain instead of the spring clasp.
Step 9: slide a 8mm clear glass bead to a ball headpin and attach them to another end of the chain.
Step 10: use a jump ring to connect two beaded chains and attach the tassel to the jump ring to finish the necklace.
Wow~ this is the final look of the tassel chain necklace, isn’t it charming?
Have you ever made a tassel chain necklace before? Do you want to have one tassel chain necklace with colorful beads decorated that is handmade to be worn on special occasions? Do not miss this tutorial or hesitate to try this handcraft work. And if you have any comments, please feel free to contact us.


Challenges Which Wholesale Beads Face On The Market

Like any other business, jewelry business using wholesale beads has its challenges too. For example one will have to keep on doing research in order to get the market and even place where he / she will get his products. This becomes a big challenge to a beginner.
 Here one might give a visit to a store and find a beautiful and high unique beads that he wants to buy, but the price might be too high, so he will not be able to buy. This mostly occurs to beginners since they do not have enough capital to set up the business. This leaves one disappointed for being not able to buy the beads. In other cases one might spent a lot of money in purchasing beads and think that he / she has found the market. But after reaching home and opening the parcels and examine well, you will find that

·         There are some wholesale beads which are broken
·         Others are connected to each other
·         Others are of poor quality
·         Others have no holes on them.

This can give one a big blow and think that there are no cheap beads. For someone who has done enough research him / she will not give up and think there is no cheap beads. In fact he will find other sources and thus there will be a big possibility of succeeding in this business. In this other places you will find that not only low prices but of high quality and uniqueness.

Requirement for Wholesale Beads in the Market Show.
 Many people likes buying beads in show room and in this places beads tend to be a bit higher price as compare to online prices. In some cases when one needs beads in wholesale at shows he must s ID form which will enable him to purchase. This will be an advantage as you will be able to buy large amount of beads. This Id it can still be used as an entrance to the show. So if one wants to access show he will have to use ID form for entrance and making purchase.


Formulating Shopping List When Purchasing Wholesale Beads
One should formulate shopping list before going to the shop as he will find variety of different beads which might bring confusion and end up buying what he likes. This will help one to purchase specific beads which he needs.



2016年12月19日星期一

How To Make A Delicate Beaded Snowflake Necklace

Did you ever wish to have a rhinestone snowflake pendant necklace when you were spending winders? Today’ tutorial will teach you how to make a delicate snowflake-shaped pendant necklace with rhinestones and seed beads.
Before we start, these following materials must be prepared:
14MM Dark Blue Glass Pointed Back Rhinestone Cabochons
2MM Round Glass Seed Beads
4MM Blue Bicone Glass Beads
2MM Round White Glass Seed Beads
Silver Cross Chain
Silver Jump Rings
0.2MM Clear Fishing Wire
Silver Lobster Claw Clasp
Side Cutting Pliers
Flat Nose Pliers
Scissor
Then let’s follow these steps to complete our beaded snowflake necklace.
Step 1: cut off a piece of clear fishing wire and slide 28 pieces of blue seed beads onto it. Cross one end of the wire through all these beads again to make a loop. Tie the two ends of the wire and cut off one end.
Step 2: use a needle to slide 5 pieces blue seed beads onto the wire and then cross the wire through the fourth bead on the loop to form a circle.
Step 3: imitate step 2 to slide more blue seed beads and form a pattern like the picture shows.
Step 4: make the wire cross through more beads until it crosses through one of the blue seed beads on top of the small circle.
Step 5: slide a blue seed bead onto the wire, then cross the wire through the next seed bead which is on top of the next small circle.
Step 6: repeat step 5 to fix other 5 blue seed beads onto the pattern and tie off the fishing wire to make it looks like a mini “bowl”.
Step 7: cross the wire through more beads until it crosses through one of the beads that are alongside the edge of the “bowl”.
Step 8: slide one white seed bead onto the wire and cross the wire through the next blue seed bead to fix the white seed bead on the first blue one.
Step 9: repeat step 8 to fix more white seed beads onto the pattern at intervals.
Step 10: attach a blue glass pointed back rhinestone cabochon onto the pattern.
Step 11: slide a white seed bead onto the wire and cross the wire through the next white seed bead to fix the new one between two white seed beads.
Step 12: repeat step 11 to fix more white seed beads onto the pattern.
Step 13: slide a blue seed bead onto the wire, then cross the wire through the second white seed bead on the loop to fix the blue one on top of the first white seed bead.
Step 14: use same means to fix more blue seed beads on top of the white seed beads loop.
Step 15: use same means to fix more white seed beads between the blue seed beads.
Step 16: slide one white seed bead onto the wire and cross the wire through the second and the next two beads along the loop to fix the white seed bead on top of the first blue seed bead.
Step 17: use same means to slide more white seed beads onto the pattern.
Step 18: cross the wire through more beads until it crosses through one of the blue seed beads that are on the bottom layer of the mini “bowl”. Slide 9 white seed beads, a blue glass bead and another white seed bead onto the wire.
Step 19: cross the wire back through the blue glass bead and slide other 9 white seed beads onto the wire. Cross the wire back the blue seed bead.
Step 20: cross the wire through two more blue seed beads and slide three white seed beads onto the wire. Cross the wire through the fourth beads on the first petal.
Step 21: slide 5 white seed beads, a blue glass bead and a white seed bead onto the wire. Cross the wire back through the blue glass bead and slide other 9 white seed beads onto the wire. Cross the wire back the blue seed bead.
Step 22: repeat step 20 and step 21 to make other 7 petals.
Step 23: cross the wire through more beads until it crosses through one of the white seed beads on the second layer from the bottom.
Step 24: Slide four white seed beads and a blue glass bead then another white seed bead onto the wire, then cross the wire back the blue glass bead and slide 4 white seed beads onto the wire. Cross the wire through next two white seed beads along the loop.
Step 25: repeat step 24 to form more small petals.
Step 26: attach a jump ring to the pattern and thread a chain through the jump ring.
Step 27: attach another jump ring to one end of the chain, and attach a lobster clasp to another end.
All jobs are done by now, and this is the final look of the beaded snowflake necklace:

Isn’t it breath-taking? Although it takes a bit of work, it’s all worthwhile. If you devote enough patience, it won’t be hard. Hope you like this winter jewelry------a beaded snowflake necklace, and enjoy this tutorial.











2016年12月16日星期五

How To Make Christmas Bead Choker Necklaces?

This is a chic handmade choker necklace made of pearl beads and glass beads. If you are fond of pearls, you can not miss this one. 
It’s a truth that all women love wearing pearl jewelry. Many poets compare beautiful women to pearls. Because pearls can make a woman more delicate and graceful. 
If you want to make this pearl bead handmade choker necklace, you will need these materials:
4MM Round White Glass Pearl Beads
8MM Round White Glass Pearl Beads
6MM Bicone Clear Glass Beads
6MM Bicone Red Glass Beads
0.2MM Transparent Fishing Wire
Spring Ring Clasps
Jump Rings
Scissor
After all these things are prepared, you can follow these steps to make the necklace.
Step 1: cut off one piece of long fishing wire and slide five 4mm white glass pearl beads and a spring ring clasp onto it like the picture shows.
Step 2: tie the wires to form a loop and cut off one end, then make another end cross through one glass pearl bead.
Step 3: slide three bicone red glass beads and two white glass pearl beads onto the wire. Cross the wire through the white glass pearl bead to form another loop.
Step 4: cross the wire through the next bicone red glass bead and a white glass pearl bead, then slide three 4mm white glass pearl beads and two 8mm white glass pearl beads onto the wire.
Step 5: cross the wire through the red glass bead to make a loop then cross the wire through two 4mm white glass pearl beads and two 8mm glass pearl beads along the loop.
Step 6: slide five 4mm white glass pearl beads and one 6mm clear glass bead onto the wire.
Step 7: cross the wire through the second glass pearl bead to make a loop then slide another 6mm clear glass bead, a 8mm glass pearl bead and two 4mm glass pearl beads onto the wire.
Step 8: cross the wire through the 8mm white glass pearl bead to make a loop and cross the wire through more beads along the loop, then slide three 4mm white glass pearl beads, one 8mm white glass pearl bead and a red glass bead onto the wire.
Step 9: cross the wire through the 8mm white glass pearl bead as picture shows.
Step 10: cross the wire though more beads along the loop and slide three 4mm white glass pearl beads and two red glass beads onto the wire.
Step 11: cross the wire through the red glass bead to make a loop, and by now, we have finish one unit of the necklace.
Step 12: repeat the procedures to make more of the units until the length is suitable.
Step 13: slide four 4mm white glass pearl beads and a jump ring onto the wire, then cross the wire though the white glass pearl bead to make a loop. Make a knot at the end of the wire and cut off extra wires.
We have finished all the steps, and lets appreciate the beauty of this pearl bead choker necklace!
Although making this Christmas beads necklace is a little challenging, but all hard works can pay off when you get such a gorgeous necklace. If you have some spare time, why not try to make one by yourself?