The different between drop, charms and pendants?

Posted by admin on Apr 28, 2011 in jewelry supplies | 0 comments

When it comes to pendants, drops and charms, there are lots of choices like European bead charms (clip on charms), crystal drops, prayer box pendants… They are all jewelry supplies used in beading. Although you can use pendants, charms or drops in beading, here I remind all jewelry maker the technical differences between the three.

The first is the simplest. A jewelry charm is smaller the 25mm and does not have a fixed bail. Then it’s a drop. A drop has a top-drilled hole that goes from one side to the other. It does not have a fixed bail, loop or jump ring, and does not need to be modified in order to lay correctly when strung. Just look at the crystal in my picture.

Pendants are pieces that are 25mm or larger (not including the bail, loop or jump ring). If it does not have a bail, loop or jump ring, then its hole will be drilled or punched from front to back. If a pendant is smaller than 25mm, it will have a fixed bail or loop (Swarovski is the exception). Look at the Thomas and the Tibetan in my picture.

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Posted by admin on Apr 26, 2011 in Promotions | 0 comments

I am a jewelry beading beginner. I am always searching cheap beads online, as the internet is a good source of beading needs like beads, supplies, findings, in fact, apart from jewelry making supplies like wholesale beads you can find everything on the internet. In the last month I had beaded two pieces of jewelry, a bracelet out of Thomas style charms and a piece of necklace out of flower cabochons and some crystals, I am so glad I can do that. As the beading supplies is from the online shopping, so today I give the jewelry beginners some tips to help you buy the cheap but high quality beads on the internet.

There are so many buyers providing jewelry making supplies online, so it’s easy to find these sites, but I notice that not all the buyer providing free worldwide shipping. I believe lots of people like me know the fact that high shipping fee is cost when buying beads ans jewelry findings from outside domestic country.  And what should we buyer do? I had found a good site www.zacoo.com, free shipping due to their large sale per day. I highly recommended this online store providing cheap beads and discount beads, and the European beads and resin cabochons they offered are very charming, if you add these to your jewelry designs I think your finished jewelry would be the most eye-catching.