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Spring/Summer 2014 Palette Preciosa Pantone Preciosa are bursting into next Summer with a combination of bright and intense colours created from nature. These colours highlight the season beautifully, symbolising life and energy. The colours are separated into four different palettes, demonstrating the moods and visuals of the Summer season. The Trip Time palette features Citrine from Preciosa or Buttercup from Pantone, a cheerful yellow “bursting forth like a field of buttercups on a warm, sunny day.” The Crystal Bermuda Blue and Blue Aster are colours symbolic of travel plans as “the blue energy of this wildflower underlines the Trip Time Palette optimistic outlook of this colour palette”. Amethyst Preciosa and Magenta Purple Pantone is a vibrant shade, “intense, yet playful” symbolising new adventures. To feel fresh and alive, why not go for the Green Turmaline Preciosa, Bright Green Pantone? “Leave your worries behind and set out o...

Birth stones are gemstones associated with each month in the Gregorian Calendar (Christian or Western calendar) . These are either precious stones , which are the more rare and expensive gems such as diamonds, emeralds, rubies, pearls, and sapphires.  Then there are the semi-precious stones, including ameythst, opal and bloodstone. Amethyst Gemstones All of them are considered lucky for their particular months and their healing powers are seen to be heightened during their months. B ecause of this some people will buy a set of all twelve and rotate them for each month. Origins The first time a special gem was associated with a particular month was recorded in the Bible. Mo ses made a breastplate for the High Priest of the Hebrews according to instructions he received during 40 days in the mountains. The breastplate featured twelve gems which were later linked with the signs of the zodiac, and later still, associated with the months in the year....

Made using coloured Shamballa Style Beads matching your Country's flag. Support your Country's athletes. Simply made with basic Jewellery Findings such as head pins, eye pins, bead caps and jump rings.

Swarovski are to replace their ever popular and customer favourite bicone bead with the new and improved Xillion bead. From June 2nd through September 2009 CRYSTALLIZED™ - Swarovski Elements will transition to the brilliant XILION upgrade of the 5301 Bead , represented by the new and improved article: 5328 XILION Bead. The revolutionary XILION cut, with its alternating large and small facets, results in distinctively higher brilliance and particularly intense light reflection. In addition, this cut is differentiated from all other products on the market and copyright protected. The increased number of facets enhances the overall appearance of the bead and the rounder belt line result in improved wearing comfort of the finished design. You will benefit from the unique XILION brilliance, leading to clearer differentiation between your products and designs and those of your competitors. The fascinating XILION cut will be applied to all standard sizes of the bicone bead except for 2.5 mm, ...

In the current global economic climate with no job security and uncertain futures, many are looking for opportunities to earn some extra cash. Starting a jewellery making business is one such rewarding opportunity both on a financial level and an emotional level. Jewellery making is fun and addictive. Most jewellers start for fun, making jewellery for themselves. This generally leads to positive comments from friends and family. And before they know it, they are taking commissioned orders and selling their designs. If you love designing jewellery, turn it into a business you can run from home by following these great tips: Research current jewellery trends - Carry out some research to see what the current styles of jewellery are on the market. Read fashion magazines and window shop at jewellery shops and department sores. Find out how the jewellery is made, what its made from and what it sells for. This will put you in good standing when it comes to creating and designing your o...

A quick message to all our loyal customers who may have noticed some price increases recently on certain items. As you are in no doubt that we are all in a recession, with the newspapers quick to spread doom and gloom. The good news is that crafting and jewellery making tend to do quite well during these times as buyers look for cheaper alternatives to high priced retail jewellery. The bad news (good news for all our Eurozone customers) is that the downturn in the UK economy, this time, has seen the Pound Sterling weaken against many currencies. It has weakened considerably against the US Dollar and the Euro. And since we mainly import goods using these currencies, it is costing us more at present and unfortunately we are having to pass on some of these costs. For those of you who have been buying from us for a long time, you know that we offer quality products at competitive prices that rarely increase. The raw price of goods we have been buying from the manufacturers have been in...

We have finally received our ever popular stocks of super value glass bead mixes from India. Over one tonne of glass beads have been re-stocked. Even the pallet the shipment it was delivered on could not take the weight. We hope to have some new jewellery bags and pouches uploaded to the site this week. These will provide an alternative option to jewellery boxes to sell your jewellery in for your Christmas sales.

Our new stocks of the ever popular and super value glass beads will arrive by sea freight by mid-late November. I wish it was sooner.

Jewellery making with beads is a fun and rewarding hobby that can easily turn into a business and what better way to start than with the current hot fashion in the jewellery market, Pandora style charm bracelets and beads . Jewellery pieces can be made very easily with no skill. All you need is imagination to make stylish designs. Pandora bracelets were created by a Danish company using the best designers to create beautiful beads and jewellery using Italian Murano glass, Sterling silver and 18kt gold. They perfected a simple and flexible technique to create personalised and interchangable charm bracelets. In the past couple of years this concept of jewellery has become extremely popular with now a few celebrities wearing them. They work like all charm bracelets, allowing wearers to attach beads of their choice to a bracelet to create their own personalised jewellery piece with its own st ory. These beads are available in a range of materials and shapes from coloure...