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This pair of earrings is of simple style and easy to make. The golden color will bring brightness and luck to you. Let ’ s get started! Supplies in making the crystal bead dangle earrings Half-Handmade Transparent Glass Beads Strands, Bicone, Clear, 4mm Fishing Thread Nylon Wire, White, 0.2mm 12/0 FGB® Transparent Glass Seed Beads, Grade A, Round, Gold, 2x1.5mm Iron Jump Rings, Close but Unsoldered Jump Rings, Golden, 16x1.2mm Brass Earring Hooks, Golden, 18x17x0.8mm, Hole: 2mm Instructions on how to make crystal bead dangle  earrings 1 st  Cut a length of wire 2 nd  Start adding beads to the wire in the order of the what the picture shows 3 rd  Repeat the process till the strand is long enough to make three circles 4 th Make three circles with the bead strand and make sure they are of different sizes 5 th  Choose a jump ring and connect the circles with the earring hook 6 th  Do the same to the other earring ...

This bracelet is mainly made of pearl beads and cube beads. Plus the tree pendant, the bracelet is very cute. Let's make it together! Materials needed for jewelry making : Round Shell Pearl Bead Strands Faceted Transparent Glass Cube Beads Strands Round Glass Seed Beads Iron Bead Tips Knot Covers Brass Crimp Beads Environmental Brass Lobster Claw Clasps Iron Jump Rings, Close but Unsoldered, Mixed Size Fishing Thread Nylon Wire Tibetan Style Pendants, Lead Free and Cadmium Free, Christmas Tree Tools needed for jewelry making: Needle Scissors  Flat nose pliers Steps of jewelry making: 1.  Put four wires through the iron bead tips knot cover. One point of wires should be tied together. The another point of wires go through the hole. Close up the cover. 2.  String the round glass seed beads separately in several wires. One seed bead on each wire. 3.  String the round shell pearl beads strands one by one in the same way. ...

As the spring is coming, we ‘ve made a special project for the materials you may use in making jewelries for the coming spring. You can click here  to directly view the subject. The page is mainly divided into five parts including Spring Elements, Colorful Beads For Spring, Various Findings For Spring and DIY Jewelry For Spring. The first three parts are materials you may use. As you can see, there are insects pendants like butterflies and ladybugs. Also there are flowers and leaves selected specially for the coming season. In terms of beads, most of them in this page are in bright colors to symbolize vitality and hope. Besides these, there are also patch stickers, ribbons, cabochon stones  and tassels that can be used to make jewelries. For example, you can try making a hair band with ribbons. The fourth part is recommended jewelries. There are chokers and bracelets. There are both luxury ones and simple ones for you to choose from. At the bottom of this page, t...

Reading is a activity of possessing knowledge, understanding the world, developing our thinking while acquiring  aesthetic experiences . More and more people believe that reading can help them live a better life by extending their vision of the world as well as cultivating the temperament. AS the saying goes, to open a book is always beneficial. Regardless of your aim of reading, it can always help you. Some romantic Chinese have a habit while reading, they may take any interesting things by their side as a bookmark before closing the book. There are common ones like using leaves or petals, especially petals. In ancient times, many students need to prepare a long time for the imperial examination. In order to keep them away from trivial affairs, some parents will let kids live alone in somewhere quiet and desolate. L iving there, the only thing that accompanying them is nature, plus the fact that nature is also a theme in scholars’ works, they will be close to it. W hile...

Chokers are necklaces that sit tightly around the neck. They are often made of fabric since they are so close to the skin, but there are many other styles and materials and their constructions range from simple to ornate. Choker necklaces can be a great fashion accessory when worn correctly. Recently they are really popular. Maybe you have also considered having one. But do you know that actually you can make yourself a choker? If not, finish reading this blog and you will know how to make one and it will be just like those sold in jewelry stores. First we will prepare the materials. Making this necklace doesn’t require as much materials. What you need are glass imitation pearl, clasp, jump rings, leather cords, stainless steel chains , head pins, a big metal clamp as well as ribbon ends. First we will fix one end of the leather cord with a ribbon end and begin weaving. The basic rule of making the waves is letting the two strands of wire on one side wind around the wires o...

Carnelian Beads   range in color from orange to red to dark brown. Its name comes from a Latin word meaning "flesh."This gemstone has been used for jewelry and ornamentation since ancient times, and at one time it could only be worn by members of the aristocracy. In ancient stories, c arnelian  usually contains a deep religion feature. It has appeared in many stories or myths of ancient times. Even in Bible, you may have seen it too. Because it is a relatively common stone, the price usually won’t be very high. They are most commonly found in India, Brazil, Siberia and Germany.  As for China, the production areas include Tibet, Fujian, Liaoning and Taiwan. The best carnelian is translucent and some carnelian will be dyed. The porous carnelian will be placed placed in vats of dye containing organic or vegetable dyes  and may soak for several weeks to allow the dye to fully penetrate the stone and produce uniform surface color. Dyed carnelian ia very stable...

Every girl may have one silver jewelry. It may be jewelry chains  from their family or friends, or maybe it is a pendant necklace  bought by themselves. Either way, it can mean a lot. Thus the protection of it is worth attention. After wearing your necklace for some times, you may find some parts are turning dark while some part are not that shiny any more. This is because the exposure may lead to the oxidization or other damage to the surface. This tarnish is a result of a chemical reaction that occurs when silver comes into contact with air and various substances. This can be regarded as corrosion that will not damage the metal. To be honest, t here is no way to protect your silver jewelry from turning black because silver reacts with so many materials found in everyday life  such as some food, perfume, water, and some spray. But if you want to remove it, it is easy. You can put the silver piece in some light salt water or soda water. Usually within aroun...

The mysterious moonstone, prized for its displays a pearly and opalescent sheen , has been used for centuries in a variety of cultures. Moonstone are usually transparent or white, some may be light yellow orange, hazel or blue. Because the light blue sheen iridescence resembles the dim moonlight after the spring rain, it is named as moonstone or hecatolite . Some moonstones may even has chatoyancy effect. Sri Lanka and India are the major providers of moonstone of the market, but it can also come from the United States, Brazil, and Australia , among which moonstones from Sri Lanka  are the most famous and popular .  In general, m oonstone is a semi-precious stone and quite abundant, so it is not expensive. In myths around the world, moonstone is a gift from god of moon. With the mysterious power, the wearer will meet a true lover in a night of full moon. Thus moonstone is a perfect gift symbolizing friendship and love. It is said that they have a glowing healing en...

With the development of modern industry, resin beads producing becomes easy, which allows its wide use. Nowadays they are normally used in two different ways. One is purifying or softening water, the other one is play a role as accessories. In terms of water purifying or softening beads, we will need to know the ion exchange process. The beads are typically made porous  to  provid e  a large surface area o utside  and inside them. The trapping of ions occurs along with the accompanying release of other ions, and thus the process is called ion exchange. There are multiple types of ion-exchange resin.   An ion-exchange resin usually  acts as a medium for ion exchange. It is normally in the form of small microbeads  with a radius about 0.25 – 0.5 mm   , usually white or yellowish  and containing approximately 45% moisture . And 99% of ion exchange happens inside  the resin bead. And in terms of accessory, resin beads are ver...

Natural pearls are a type of precious gemstone made by living creature named oyster or mollusk. When a foreign substance enters the soft mantle tissue inside of them, a crystalline substance named nacre is secreted from the epithelial cell to cover and wrap the invader. Because the formation of natural pearl usually takes long time and are unpredictable, they are often expensive and valuable. Compared with natural ones, imitation pearls are much more available and cheap. They are man-made beads that are designed to resemble real pearls. From the appearance, it is hard to tell if they are natural ones or imitated. A variety of methods are used to create imitation pearls from starting materials that include glass or plastic. In this article, we mainly discuss the production of glass pearls. Making glass beads is an art that is found in some of the earliest histories of humankind. A popular way to make glass pearls is to cover the outside of solid glass beads with essen...