DIY Hair Comb

This is an easy hair comb to share with you! 

Hair comb and fabric are needed! Rip pieces of cloth fabric, weave the fabric in and out of the hair comb teeth and repeat. Double knot both pieces together on the last tooth, and snip the ends. You’re ready to rock the up do and adorn your hair with the ultimate DIY accessory.

Tutorial source: P.S. - I made this

DIY Button Lamp

Buttons have been widely used for kids crafting, jewelry making, and even home decorating, due to their appealing colors, diversified shaped and light weight. Here’s is an easy tutorial to teach you how to embellish your lamp with cute buttons. 

Buy a fabric shade which has flat sides. This will help glue the buttons on. 

Lots of buttons with different sizes and colors will be mainly required. 

Get a glue gun. 

Stick the buttons on the shade. The more random, the better.

Tutorial source: http://www.instructables.com/id/Button-Lamp/

It’s Easy To Get The Wholesale Jewelry Supplies Now

Getting into any business is not an easy task, as you have to ensure that whether you will get the supplies at the right price easily or not. There are different types of businesses in which people get involved to run them. Always keep in mind that the success of very business shows up when you are doing things yourself at the start and then later on, keeping an eye on the matters yourself instead of leaving it in the hands of others. 

Jewelry making is another fast growing and popular business which has been adopted by many people. In the past, the gold or silver were considered the precious elements that people were picking

up to wear as the accessory, but as the time passed by, many other designs and advancements were introduced. These days, varieties of metals are being used for the accessory making.

How to get the quality wholesale jewelry supplies?

Huge numbers of supplier have established their business in the market and are conducting business with the clients in all over the world. These suppliers could be trusted with the prices and the quality. I am having my own accessory business and also have the suppliers, who have been working with me for years. I prefer to stick with them, as they are trustworthy when it comes to price and quality. You can also find one by conducting some searches. Internet wholesalers can be approached too. There are many companies, which are conducting wholesale jewelry supplies business online and they have all the items available easily. The accessory making items are also available in the shops at any wholesale market.

Types of supplies

Different designs and types of supplies have now been introduced to the accessory manufacturers.

They can have them easily to create some great pieces. There are new ones for the earrings, pendants, rings, brooches, etc. and you can get the precious metals plus the ordinary ones too. Some of the supplies are:

-          Pearls,

-          Pewter,

-          Crystals,

-          Gemstones,

-          Czech glass,

-          S14 karat,

-          Beads,

-          Ribbons, etc.

The prices of supplies also depend upon their quality. So, make sure that you are always picking up the items, which are good in the quality. 

What is my approach?

As I have said earlier that you have to keep involved yourself in the business when you start one. Same as like that, when I started business, I always use to do things myself.  Still, I perform all the tasks myself to create lots of the unique jewelry items. I pass the designs, assist my assistance with the creations, and buy the supplies myself.

In your business, no one can understand it better than you. You know what your perception is and what sort of designing approach you have. For that, it is very essential to keep your grip over the company and its decisions. I order the wholesale jewelry supplies myself from my old suppliers, who understand my taste and always give me unique items at very reasonable price. So, all the upcoming and new designers should have the same approach towards their business.

Kinds Of Beads For Creating New Jewelry Designs

Jewelry business is expanding day by day. More and more people are looking forward to get into this business due to the high demand of jewelry. To be a prosperous jewelry designer you should know about the best supplies and beads available to get started with. Jewelry is not worn by only women; children and men also wear it. So a jewelry designer can play with ideas to make amazing pieces of everyone.

Before you step into the jewelry making business, I must tell you that awareness and knowledge both are going to be needed for becoming successful. Beads for jewelry making are available in lots of types. You must first make yourself familiar with the types so that you can choose the best ones for making adorable pieces of jewelry. I always tell my students who come to take jewelry classes from me to be aware of the stuff they are working with.

Here are the common types of beads you will mostly find in the markets:

·         The organic beads

These are made from organic material and are used to make fine designs of jewelry. They include the pearls, horns, amber, bones and shells. The organic beads for jewelry making would help you to create innovative and unique designs.

·         Beads made of skull

Yes, they are used for jewelry making too specially the ones for men. They have a long history. It’s said that the first batch was made about 1000 BC from clay. They can be used for making cord necklaces and even rings.

·         The troll beads

These beads are about 30 years old. Most of the jewelry designers use them because of their unique designs. They are found in great varieties such as gold, glass and silver. Usually they are used in making bracelets and necklaces. If you want to give your customers a whole new variety of jewelry then go for using these beads for jewelry making. They are easily available at the local arts and crafts store in your locality and you can also get them online.

·         Lac beads             

If you ask me about best choice of beads then I would definitely say it’s the lac beads that are best to work with. There is a wide range of lac beads available in the market. You can find them in different colors, sizes and shapes. India is the major producer of the lac beads. These beads are made up of marble and lac powder. They are handmade which are usually found decorated with the seed beads, rhinestones and silver plating. Choosing these beads for jewelry making will make you design royal pieces for sure. You will simply love to work with them. Most of all these pieces can be sold at a high price.

Jewelry making sure looks like a lucrative business but you can only succeed if you have the creative skills in you. Know your Beadsfor jewelry making well. Learn to handle them first and then you will see it will be easy to create any crafty or jewelry making project.

Katalina Jewelry: Caged Skull - A Charmed Halloween Tutorial

Totally awesome!!

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Possible Use of Magnetic Clasps

Many of the people who are not familiar with the magnetic clasps might want to get something to know about them. I can help you get to the right path of what actually the magnetic clasps are. You can choose from plenty of clasp types and make jewelry that is easily wearable. What I find strange is although people interested in making jewelry use them but some avoid using these clasps. The reason they do not use these is that they do not hold the chunky beads or stones in place. But a necklace without a magnetic clasp is just worth breaking. 

Using Method of Magnetic Clasps

Back when I got these clasps I used them in necklaces and bracelets but now there are many other reasons to use the magnetic clasps. They usually are shaped like a button with a loop that can be secured with another finding to thread it with the beads you have used. Attaching or closing the end of the necklace is easy when you have got clasps at the end. When it comes to taking off the necklace it requires so much force that the necklace might break. 

Well, what a lot of people don’t know is that there is a trick to open these magnetic clasps. Pulling both the ends in different directions may get your jewelry off but when you are up to pulling both in the same direction that is when your jewelry might break. Attaching the clasps to the jewelry while making them can be a little frustrating as the magnetic forces of the clasps and the pliers attract each other quite well and it might be hard to get them off. This implies the clasps attaching part to be rather tricky and maddening as I experienced all this. 

Advantages and Disadvantages of Magnetic Clasps 

As you and I have heard things about the adjustment issues related to clasps too. Just like all the other jewelry pieces, it has got its own advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages

·         The jewelry that comes along with magnetic clasps attached to them is removed and put back on easily. Elderly people get benefit from it more as it is easy to use.

·         They keep the jewelry parts safe on your body with no chance of falling off. This happens due to the strong magnets inside the clasps.

·         With the advantage of giving security to the jewelry, the clasps produce electric currents from the magnets within and increase the oxygen flow and supply of heat to the body.

·         They also help in enhancing the natural functions of the body and heal body aches in shoulders, wrists, asthma, bed sores and even osteoporosis.

Disadvantages  

·         Jewelry with clasps should not be worn in places that have got magnetic fields.

·         Women who are expecting and those who use pace makers should not wear jewelry with clasps.

·         It has been studied that these clasps can be dangerous for the immune system.

I would recommend you to use the magnetic clasps jewelry as it is easy to use and carry. A lot of jewelry makers use them in their collections too.

Desert Jewelry Designs: Blue Fantasy AND Anchors Aweigh!!!!

I was impressed by the bright blue necklace! So nice!! I never tried square beads for necklace. Great job!

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Wine Glass Identifiers as Wholesale Charms

Wine is the ultimate part of any party, get together or just for a lively talk in the living room. I always welcome my friends for dinner and for lunch with the compulsory presence of wine. At a party I arranged with all my high school friends and arranged some wine categories, what I forgot to do was to distinguish each wine type from the other. I left a little difference with the glasses, as I poured every glass with different wines myself, but at the end all became a confusing mess. That was very embarrassing as I couldn’t tell anyone the difference about what wine was in which glass. 

Another party I was going to arrange for my friends made me think of the last mistake I made. So to overcome that I came up with the idea of giving all the wine glasses an identifier made from wholesale charms. I poured every glass with wine myself before serving and it was easy for me to tell the difference by identifiers which were the wholesale charms. It not only made it easy to tell the difference but the guests loved the idea behind the wine identifiers.

As a party will have lots of guests, you will need more need large quantity of wholesale charms as well. You may also have seen these charms at dinner parties for wine and cocktail glasses. To make the identifiers, you need to have complete information about the charms used for the formation. There are plenty of charms that can be used. Some of most popular ones are:

·         Alloy Pendants and Charms

·         Glass charms

·         Brass charms

·         Gemstone charms

·         Tibetan style charms

·         Mother of pearl charms

·         Locket charms

·         Stainless steel charms

·         Infinity charms 

These are not the complete range of wholesale charms but are a few of the most used ones for making wine and cocktail identifiers. Ready-made charms are also available in the market to put on the wine glasses but they can be a little expensive when you need a large quantity. Wholesale charms on the other hand can be quite cheap. Instead of buying those boring charms you can always make some at your home. Any beading sites at the internet can help you look for the charms in bulk with different rates and even discounts. I got them from an online beading website that had not only charms but a lot of other cool beading supplies one can buy to even make jewelry on their own.

Things to Have

The cocktail and wine identifiers require:

·         Jewelry wire

·         Beads

·         Wholesale charms

·         Beading tools 

These simple and easily available four things can help you make your own identifiers. I also added ribbons for the wire’s covering to create a fancy look. 

This not only identifies the wine but also helps the person recognize the glass he had drink before he was willing to have another drink. You won’t have to pull out another glass from the cabinet to serve for your guests. Wholesale charms identifiers also help in small get together.