What are jewelry supplies?

Posted by admin on Apr 7, 2011 in jewelry supplies | 0 comments

In life the best enjoyment is what you do is you like to do, and jewelry making does. Whether a person starts her jewelry for herself, or as gift to others, as long as she loves the process of beading, she has been success in beading. As to handmade jewelry, one need to get all the needed jewelry supplies first, for instance, beads, findings, and jewelry making tools.

Resin Cabochons

As to beads, they come in various choose, including glass beads, gemstone beads, metal beads, Tibetan silver beads, Pandora style beads, European beads, wood beads, lampwork beads, acrylic beads, etc. Finding also has a wide range selection for you too. At the same time, I would like to remind you all that please don’t ignore the effect of jewelry tools for making jewelry. Choosing the correct jewelry tools can let the result much difference. Jewelry supplies for beaded jewelry, beading jewelry and handmade fashion jewelry, so get perfect jewelry making supplies first, and then start your jewelry design.

The more you know about the jewelry making supplies, the more you love beading, and the better your jewelry designs. Our DIY jewelry will always welcome all of you jewelry lovers, and we are happy to share the fun of beading.

Lampwork beads, a new fad of jewelry lovers

Posted by admin on Mar 18, 2011 in jewelry beads | 0 comments

As jewelry making can personalize one’s personalities, people are focusing on pursuing their own personalities by beaded jewelry themselves. As an integral part of every jewelry design, you can select jewelry beads from your wholesale beads according to your style needs, and today we will talk about lampwork beads, the one, lampwork beads, the hottest art forms in jewelry making. The term “lampwork” refers to a technique used to create this kind of beads. Because making lampwork beads requires a special process, no two beads are exactly the same.

lampwork beads

SKU: LS8029, Assorted color, Oval shape with Silver Foils, 16x11x11mm.

Lampwork beads are type of bead made from glass. The colors and styles of these beads vary widely, and it can be stretched and pulled into any shape imaginable. As one of popular jewelry components, they’ve been widely used in beaded necklaces, bracelets and other jewelry. If you are imaginable, then you can enjoy the fun of beading jewelry with beads. Those beads becomes the most favorable type of glass jewelry, for the design possibilities for creating many different shapes and patterns of lampwork beads are endless.

For detailed information about this lampwork beads, click here: Lampwork Glass Beads, Silver Foils, Assorted, 16x11x11mm, Oval, sold per pkg of 10pcs (Color selected randomly). Fashion with new style can make your jewelry even beautiful, try these fashion lampwork beads. If you are a jewelry designer, love and interested in making your own jewelry, our jewelry making blog will give you some jewelry making ideas, have a look at it!

Top 5 jewelry beads for handmade fashion jewelry

Posted by admin on Mar 2, 2011 in Hot Deals | 0 comments

Beads used in charming jewelry making come in many colors, shapes and sizes. Beads can be used to make almost any type of jewelry you can imagine. Making your own beaded jewelry allows you to expand your creativity, whether for gifts, personal use or commercial sale. Jewelry wholesale beads for jewelry making are made from materials such as gemstones, bone, horn, glass, crystal, wood, silver, gold, brass, copper, pewter, Tibetan, or acrylic. Today we will talk about top 6 jewelry beads for handmade fashion jewelry.
Acrylic beads: Acrylic beads are one of the most popular and least expensive of the craft beads. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and these beads also come in a variety of colors, to include red, yellow, black, purple, pink, blue, green, orange, clear, assorted. Acrylic beads style comes from antique to assorted, from dreamlike fancy to Ice Flake, from jelly-like to pearl acrylic, and transparent acrylic.
Tibetan style beads are one of our best seller jewelry beads, it is very charming, and lots of people love these beads. We have three kind of Tibetan style beads according the material used to make beads: antique brass Tibetan beads, antique copper Tibetan beads and Tibetan silver beads.
Metal beads: These beads are typically hollow because they are made from thin sheets of metal. They can be made from many different metal materials. Pewter beads are basically metal beads made of the metal alloy called pewter.
Crystal beads and lampwork beads are two kinds of glass beads. I like crystal beads very much, crystal beads are very charming and beautiful, which add sparkle to jewelry pieces.

Jewelry supplies for beaded jewelry, beading jewelry and handmade fashion jewelry

Posted by admin on Feb 28, 2011 in jewelry supplies | 1 comment

The jewelry making supplies for fashion jewelry that are required for making beading jewelry are basically jewelry wire, jewelry beads and jewelry findings.  Today we will discuss these three jewelry supplies categories.
 Jewelry Beads are decorative items made from a variety of materials that in general have a hole used for holding the bead in position in your jewelry.  Beads can be made of glass, plastic, wood, stone, metal, bone, and semi-precious or precious materials. We zacoo.com is an online supplier providing wholesale beads, such as metal beads, acrylic beads, Tibetan style beads, crystal beads…, jewelry supplies for fashion handmade jewelry making and jewelry supplies for beading jewelry. Some examples of jewelry beads for fashion jewelry making that are:
Acrylic beads
Tibetan style beads
Crystal beads
Porcelain beads
Pewter Beads
Lampwork beads
Pandora Style Beads
Jewelry wire is in general brass, copper, silver, gold, silver-plated, gold-plated or gold-filled wire. For making fashion jewelry the most common gauges are 16, 18, 20, and 22 gauge.  24 and 26 gauge are used, but less frequently.  For making permanent wire components, usually 16, 18 or 20 gauge wire will be used, but beginners should avoid 16 gauge because it is harder to work with.  For connecting wire components with the wrapped bead link, frequently 22 gauge wire will be used.
Jewelry findings are jewelry making components like clasps, head pins, ear wires, jump rings, and other manufactured or hand made components.  Some examples of jewelry findings for fashion jewelry making that are rather important for making jewelry and should be purchased by anyone getting started in making jewelry are:
Head Pins
Clasps
Jump Rings
Earring Findings
Eye pins
Head pins
There are many other categories of jewelry findings, such as Bails, Bead Caps, Cabochons, Links, Spacers, Bead Frames, Bookmarks, Bead Cages, but the six identified above are in general more important and necessary for most beginning jewelry making projects. A beginner would be well served by purchasing some inexpensive head pins, clasps and ear wires to be used for making jewelry.

Lampwork beads, the hottest art forms in jewelry making

Posted by admin on Jan 6, 2011 in Hot Deals | 0 comments

Lampwork glass beads are used for a variety of purposes like for making lampwork jewelry and other crafts. Some of these lampwork glass beads such as the Christmas lampwork beads are used for decoration purposes too.

Lampwork Glass Beads, Gold Sands, Assorted, 20x20x12mm, Pumpkin.

The earliest forms of glass beads were dated to be 30,000 years old. Wearing lampwork beads is a classic and a modern trend as well. Lampwork Beads are a variant of wound glass beads. They were typically the works of men since producing them require melting glass at furnace temperatures. The decorative touch was then added by women, mostly in their homes by employing oil lamps (hence, the name lampwork) to reheat the core in order to decorate them using wisps of glass.
During the 19th century, mass production of lampwork beads became an industry for the Venetians. Modern lampwork beads are produced by heating a rod of glass with a gas torch then a resulting thread is spun all over a metal rod enclosed in bead release. As soon as the base bead has been molded, other glass colors can be added on the surface to create decorative effects. To achieve durability, the Jewelry Beads may be reheated in a kiln.

Lampwork Glass Beads, Silver Foils, Assorted, 24x19x12mm, Disc.

Lamp work glass bead are used for making jewelry and sometimes for decoration. Owing to the beautiful patterns and decorations on these glass beads, the lampwork jewelry has become a preferred one among all other beaded jewelry. The smaller beads are used for lampwork crafts whereas the larger beads in decorative shapes are used individually for decoration. Special purpose Wholesale Beads like Christmas lampwork beads are also made by lampworking artisans for special occasion Christmas decorations!

Jewelry making could be the start of a wonderful new hobby

Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2010 in Inspiration Projects | 0 comments

Jewelry making is a great craft for children and adults alike. Making your own jewelry can be such good fun, even when you don’t really know what you are doing when you first start. It doesn’t matter whether you are a beginner when it comes to making jewelry. Anybody can get involved and enjoy the process of jewelry making.
Firstly, you will know how important it is to have good quality wholesale beads when you are making your own jewelry because you want each of the pieces of jewelry to stand out and look very professional. Whether you are designing and making earrings, necklaces and bracelets, you will need to make sure that the jewelry beads you are using are of a good quality. There are many different types of jewelry beads that you could choose from when it comes to making jewelry. You will need to choose between wooden beads, lampwork beads, glass beads, Tibetan style beads and etc.

There are jewelry beads for every different type and style of jewelry that you are making so you don’t need to worry about not having the right jewelry beads. There are glass beads, which are perfect for smart casual occasions, whereas wooden jewelry looks very ethnic and looks great with casual clothing. Or you can be really elaborate and go for some Swarovski crystals instead.

Each of the pieces of jewelry that you make will be individual. You may even want to make a matching set of jewelry pieces such as earrings, necklaces and bracelets. This could be the start of a wonderful hobby for you. You can be sure that making jewelry is going to be a hobby that you enjoy for many years to come.