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Findings
Make the Beads!
Although findings are essential for creating any kind of jewelry, it's easy
to forget about them when you are shopping for beads. Findings are like
background music in movies. Jewelry with no findings will fail to dazzle, just
like a movie with no music will fail to thrill the audience. The findings
enhance and accent the focal beads without drawing too much attention to
themselves, but you really need to have them to create a functional jewelry.
You
need wires to string the beads onto, whether they are flexible beading wire or
rigid wire. You must also have a clasp to create necklaces or bracelets, and
jump rings to attach those clasps. Toggle clasps are the easiest to handle, but
you can also use spring ring or lobster claw clasps if you want an adjustable
length necklace. Spacers are also useful to both add-design and to economize on
the beads used in a project. Items made with flexible wires will need crimp
beads to secure the ends, and you'll want ear wires if you want to make
earrings. These are the must-have items for jewelry making.
You
could create beaded jewelry without any metal beads, but they will help your
jewelry appear more professional. They vary greatly in size, thickness, and
shape so you can dramatically alter the style of your necklace by exchanging the
metal beads. Spacers are excellent for adding just a sliver of metallic flash,
while larger beads (often called Bali Beads) may be fancy enough to function as
the focal beads in your designs. Try using small 925 gothic spacers in
between colorful single beads for a classy effect as above - and cone or
dome-shaped ones called bead caps are great for topping off a drop.
At MrBead we have well over 80 different silver spacers +
many other types of findings, and are adding new every month.
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