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- Making Chandelier Earrings
Chandelier earrings have made quite a splash since Richard Graziano first showed them in 1999.
At first, nobody paid any attention, and then Vogue magazine ran a feature article showing the new earrings in November 1999. The rest is history.
These have has graced the beauty of such notables as Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Salma Hayek, Kate Hudson, Julianne Moore and Diane Lane.
It's amazing what effects can be produced with a bit of sterling silver diamond-cut curb chain, head pins, garnet Swarovski diamond-shaped and blue Capri round crystals and a selection of chandelier earring findings.
We have a line of Chandelier earrings Findings.
Since we have started carrying the frames to make Chandelier earrings, many people have emailed me asking exactly how do you make these, and what else do I need besides the frame?
I have found a couple of step-by-step tutorials to help you make you own Chandelier earrings.
- Making Clay Beads
I sell beads, but I also do pottery as a hobby. So I'm always looking for a way to combine both of these.
- Tumbled Heart Pendants
my first experiment into the world of tumbled clay. As I write this I keep hearing the old Culture Club's song "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" =)
- The Bead
was perhaps the first nonessential human product, beads have always been made for adornment, status indicators, or religious purposes. However, beads soon assumed monetary and other functions. In some places, beads became money and qualify as such, because the units are small, regular, and difficult to counterfeit.
- Beaded Sandals. It is remarkable what can be fashioned with a few beads and some ribbon sew onto a Dr. Scholl's Sandal.
- How to use Rhinestones aka Techniques for Mounting Rhinestones To Glue or Mount that is the question
- Scams, Swindles, Frauds, Cons and Phishing. We all are potential victims.
If you have not been Phished in the last year then you were not paying attention.
- Unbridled Brides -
Expressing individual style is a top trend in wedding gowns
the 20th Annual London January Bridal Show...
[ January 24, 2006 ]
- Colors key in designers' new lines -
For the past five years, New York-Southampton jewelry designer Jennifer Miller and
Paris-based fashion designer Susan Sutherland of Style Paris have brought their stylish collections to Palm Beach..
[ February 24, 2004 ]
- Sisters turn jewelry hobby into Web gold. -
Now there's a website for the girl who has everything.
Founded by sisters Susan Hurley of North Andover, Massachusetts and Lisa First of League City, Texas.
[ February 12, 2004 ]
- Sporty bracelets, charms a hit with hockey crowd. -
Championship medals and trophies aren't the only things glittering these days at local hockey tournaments.
[ February 8, 2004 ]
- Stringing Them Along. -
Karina Kimpell, opened her business in June 2002 in her home. She was teaching about 200 customers at home; now she has a crew of 10 instructors and five part-time employees.
[ February 8, 2004 ]
- Booming bead business. -
Whether it's because they're not as expensive as stones or because of their unique qualities, beads are popular with the public. Tucson's bead shops have grown from two to a dozen in just six years.
[ February 3, 2004 ]
- Tajiks jail three for pyramid scam. -
Tajikistan, more than 60,000 work-at-home beaders were taken for over $41 Million (USD).
[ January 5, 2004 ]
- Betting on beads. -
A $1 billion-plus industry nationally, beading is blooming. New bead stores are spurring more people
to take it up as a hobby, one that often turns into a home-based business.
[ December 23, 2003 ]
- Unique Gems Pyramid Beading Scam. -
1997 Unique Gems International used a Ponzi Scheme to fraud 11,000 beaders in the South Florida Area.
[ May 23, 2003 ]
- Esther Howland -
How One Woman almost single-handedly started the Valentine's Day Card Business.
[ February 5, 1850 ]
Using Color
- Pantone Colorstrology
According to Colorstrology, if you were born on August 2, your personal color is Cadmium Yellow PANTONE 15-1054 a rich golden orange. People born on this day tend to be complex, creative and sexy. Wearing or surrounding themselves with Cadmium Yellow increases their faith in both themselves and others. What does your personal color say about you?
Gemstone Information
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(The Nomenclature of Gems.) The oldest names for
gemstones can be traced back to the Oriental, Greek and Latin languages.
Greek names especially have left their mark on modern gemstone names.
- Common Trade Names & False Names for Gemstones
A number of gem merchants mislabel and misrepresent colored stones to the buying public.
They may use some of these trade names.
- Gemstone Information on the Big Three (now Four) This is what most people think about when they think gemstones.
- Diamond - Yes, Diamonds can and are used as beads.
- Ruby - For thousands of years Ruby has been considered on of the most valuable gemstones of our Earth.
- Sapphire - Sapphire is often considered to be synonynous with the color blue: you can easily picture sapphire seas. However, sapphire is beautiful beyond blue, in every color but red, because red is called ruby.
- Emerald - Top qualities fine Emerald are even more valuable than diamonds.
- Tanzanite - Tanzanite surpassed Emeralds in sales in 2002.
- What are Beads? -
Beads have been used throughout the ages and in virtually every culture, not simply as adornment but to express social circumstances, political occurrences, and religious beliefs; as a form of currency; or as symbolic embodiments of curative powers.
Seasonal Colors -- What colors and stones are in Vogue?
- Summer Colors -
Summer is the time of year when temperatures are warmer and days are longer. Blue skies, golden sunsets, and green grass, it is easy to find inspiration by all the beautiful colors this season. When designing for jewelry this summer, consider the summer colors.
Summer is the season for the light colored stones. Many people ask for topaz, aquamarine, peridot, pearls or citrine.
- Fall 2003 Gemstones and trends - Consumers' embraced semiprecious stones in a myriad of forms
last fall primarily due to the widespread popularity if turquoise.
Accessories Magazine created a guide to stones that will likely emerge
as best sellers for Fall '03 based on color trends for the season.
What you should know about Designing Jewelry
- Well-designed jewelry offers you beauty that lasts. It also represents your personal statement of style.
There are no firm rules of right or wrong jewelry choices. However, just as you consider your personal features, body type and face shape when choosing clothing fashions, you might also do so when you are designing jewelry.
- Body Styles and Hands - The first and most important factor for you to consider is overall body size and shape.
- Face Shapes - Combine the information pertaining to height and bone structure with the shape of the face. There are four basic shapes: oval, round, heart-shaped and rectangular. Analyze your face shape, and determine the fashions that will best complement it. Remember to select jewelry that is in proportion to the size of your face.
- Necklace Lengths - When designing a necklace or pendant, consider that the length will determine where it will lie on the chest.
Marketing
- Jewelry Marketing -
Okay you've sold stuff to all of you friends, neighbors and relatives. Where do you go from there? How do you get into new markets? What type of marketing should you be looking into?
What is marketing?
| Marketing 101 - the basics
| Marketing Plans
| Marketing Calendars
| Word-of-mouth or Viral Marketing
| Cause-Related and Social Marketing
| Logos
| Free Demonstrations
| Gift certificates
| Free Business Cards
Stones and Their Meanings
- Stones and Their Meanings
- We like to assign meanings, portents and signs to numbers, colors and symbols that we encounter everyday. Mystics gaze into crystal balls, we read horoscopes and tea leafs. We search for the meaning of life.
I tried to do more than the standard list of monthly birthstones. I cover topics such as;
| Birthstones a History
| Modern Birthstones
| I Hate My Birthstone! - What You Should Do
| Zodiac Stones
| Anniversary Stones
| Power Beads (Remember Those?).
Prayer Beads
| Catholic Rosaries
| Anglican Prayer Beads
| Malas (Buddhist Prayer Beads)
| Subha (Islamic Prayer Beads)
| Gemstones of the Bible.
While researching birthstones I came across other items of interest. These include:
George Frederick Kunz Gem Expert for Tiffany
| A Brief History of Calendars
| The Power of Twelve.
- Wine and Drink Charms - How many times has it happened to you? You’ve no sooner set settled in with your drink at a party than a friend with an urgent request distracts you.
Whatever it is that takes you away from your beverage, you can be guaranteed you’ll return to find three identical glasses sitting right where you put it. Which one is yours?
- Wine charms allow you to identify which glass of wine is yours. Each charm should different, so you never pick up the wrong glass or have to get a new one because you’re not sure which one is yours. They’re like jewelry for stemware--stylish, practical, and each one’s unique.
Check out how easy these are to make Memory Wire Wine Charms and Beading Hoop Wine Charms
- I just threw away 7,811 Alphabet Beads -
You order Alphabet Beads and sometimes a few of them are bad. Well I order a lot of Alphabet Beads. How many bad ones do you think I get?
- Fashion Fundamentals and Marketing -
I do not have a fashion marketing background. I try to read and keep up with trends, colors etc. The more I read the more I am amazed but how much I really do not understand about fashion and how it is marketed.
What is Fashion?
| A Course Outline
| Classifications of Jewelry
| Books on Fashion
| Jewelry Forecast 2004
| Trend Forecast Spring/Summer 2004
| What is the Pantone Textile Color System?
| Pantone Textile Colors Spring/Summer 2004
- Expand Your Bead Business -
Now Is a Good Time!! Don't let the recession fool you — now is the time to start or expand your business.
Opening a new business during an economic slowdown may seem foolish, but experts say recessions typically spur entrepreneurial activity. Laid-off employees suddenly find themselves more willing to take a risk. With less to lose, they are more likely to follow through on business ideas that have been brewing for years.
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