Jewellery making with Pink October

October is all about 'Think Pink' 

October is a special month, it’s Pink October, dedicated to raising awareness for breast cancer. At International Craft, we believe in celebrating strength, hope, and beauty, through the creative power of jewellery design and incorporating variety.

For jewellery makers and designers, Pink October is a perfect opportunity to create meaningful pieces that resonate with your customers and stand for something bigger. Here’s how your wholesale supplies can help you design jewellery that inspires and supports this important cause.

1. Highlight Pink Gemstones in Your Designs

Pink gemstones have long symbolised love, compassion, and care which are perfect for your October collections. Our lab-grown pink opals, rose quartz, and pink tourmaline cabochons are ideal for creating bracelets, rings, earrings, or pendants that catch the eye and tell a story.

Tips for Designers:

• Combine soft pinks with sterling silver or gold-plated findings for a modern, elegant look.

• Mix different pink stones or shades for layered designs.

• Offer customisable pieces where customers can add initials or charms to show support.

2. Seasonal Collections Inspire Meaningful Jewellery

Pink October is not just about colour, it’s about making a statement. You can create limited-edition collections for breast cancer awareness, tying in charity or donation initiatives if possible.

Ideas for Collections:

• “Hope & Strength” charm bracelets using pink cabochons and our wholesale beads for jewellery making

• Statement rings featuring pink cabochons

• Create matching jewellery sets for gift-giving using our colourful range of birthstones

3. Bulk Supplies Make It Easy for Jewellery Makers

As a wholesale supplier, we understand that time and consistency are critical for jewellery makers. Stocking up on pink stones along with jewellery making components, and other essential findings ensures your designs are ready for production without delay.

Wholesale Benefits for jewellery makers:

• Consistent sizes and quality, perfect for sets or repeat orders.

• Bulk pricing to maximise profit margins.

• Quick access to trending colours like pink during October campaigns and other seasonal trends

4. Inspire Your Customers with Meaningful Pieces

Jewellery has the power to tell stories and evoke emotions. Pieces designed for Pink October remind customers of hope, courage, and solidarity. As a designer, creating jewellery with intention can strengthen your brand and connect you with your audience on a deeper level.

This Pink October, let your jewellery designs do more than dazzle, let them inspire, support, and celebrate women everywhere. 

Gemstone of the month: Tourmaline

➨ Explore our full range of wholesale jewellery supplies and join the community of jewellery makers to create meaningful, beautiful pieces for your collections.

Beadalon Stringing Wire

Beadalon, in the USA are, undoubtedly, the leading manufacturer of flexible bead stringing wire.  Beadalon manufacture their own wire, strand and cable for stringing and have done for the past 30 years, with a factory operating 24 hours a day.

The new wire products, produced in-house, include the first Kink-free titanium wire, silver plated and 24 carat gold wire.  These come in addition to the metallic and satin coloured wires that Beadalon are renowned for.

7 Strand Beadalon Gold 30ft

Beadalon have the largest range of colours, wire flexibities, spool lengths and diameters.

In 2009 Beadalon acquired Artistic Wire for wires that are permanently coloured.  These include coloured copper wire, non-tarnish brass, non-tarnish silver and non-tarnished silver plated for jewellery and crafts.  The two products complement each other well and are manufactured easily side by side.

Beginner Thing-a-ma-Jig

How is a Beadalon wire different?

A Beadalon stringing wire is composed of many tiny wires twisted together and nylon coated.  The flexibility of the wire depends on the number of strands used, ie a larger number of strands equals greater flexibility.  There are three sizes, 49 strand, 19 strand and 7 strand, 49 strand being the more flexible.  Beadalon recommends that if you are new to stringing, a 19 strand is ideal.

Design Tips for Beadalon Wire

Use the largest diameter wire that will fit through the smallest bead hole.  Too small a diameter, then you risk abrasion of the wire.  The wire should be comfortably snug.

Increase bead spacing –  this will help reduce abrasion.  Bead bumpers are small squishable beads that can be used at either end or within the pattern, giving a tight look whilst giving the beads more space.

Choose a wire with the appropriate breaking strength dependent on size and weight of the beads.  Beadalon 49 is the most flexible wire, therefore ideal for jewellery that will go through a lot of wear and tear ie bracelets.

Choose the right type of flexibility for your particular design and how you want it to look.

Beadalon Big Eye Beading Needles

Use wire guardians to reduce abrasion at the clasps.

Occasionally, Crafters may feel that their beading wire is stretching.  In these cases the wire is not stretching but gradually untwisting.  This could be a result of using a wire that is too small in diameter or stringing the beads together too tightly.  Use Scrimp findings for maximum strength and bead bumpers in between crystals and glass beads to maximise protection.


Find Beadalon on Facebook (7,508 likes).


For all your Beadalon requirements, visit the International Craft website

Vintage and Steampunk star style as featured in Make Jewellery Magazine.  Wholesale supplies from www.InternationalCraft.com