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 “Love Letters” Necklace |
 “Southern Cross” Ring |
 “Devotion” Necklace |
Glass bezel cups:
exclusively at Rings & Things!
How will you use them?
Handmade magnetic bottle cap necklace with assorted buttons
Mollie has been borderline obsessed with one particular item lately. It’s not a pretty gemstone bead or sparkly crystal pendant. It isn’t even new. No, Mollie is obsessed with plain old sticky dots. Almost daily, she’d ask me, “Oooh, have you tried the sticky dot?” and I’d just roll my eyes. But now I’m a convert too.
Sticky dots are just that – self-stick little glue pads. Easy to use, strong, zero mess, no fuss, no cure time, no smell. This is true instant gratification!
Round sticky dots fit perfectly under our magnets!
Two of Mollie’s recent designs use the sticky dot: the interchangeable magnet ring and the interchangeable magnet bottle cap pendant. Like many of you crafty people, Mollie has a button making machine. The little 1″ buttons are particularly adorable, and since they are made of steel, naturally they are magnetic. I don’t have a button machine myself, but I buy lots of buttons – and now I can wear them instead of leaving them on my bulletin board!
Here’s the magnet
Here’s the pendant – so cute!
Rings & Things’ wholesale price breaks makes it really affordable to make a whole bunch of these necklaces. For about $50 (before shipping and tax, if applicable) you can get everything (except the buttons) to make 70 necklaces – with supplies leftover! If you don’t already have one, add a pair of EuroPunch pliers to make holes in the caps.
1 spool of ball chain (makes 70 17″ necklaces) $18-25 ~ 100 ball chain clasps $2 ~ 1 oz. jump rings $5-6 ~ 100 bottle caps $7-10 ~ 144 adhesive dots $6 ~ two packs of 35 magnets $12-14
The adhesive dot is completely hidden by the ring and magnet.
1″ buttons make perfect rings!
The same value applies to the magnetic ring design – and absolutely no tools are required to make these!
72 adjustable flat-pad ring blanks $42-62, depending on color (we do sell a less expensive ring blank if you prefer, but the style and comfort of this style is worth the added cost) ~ 144 adhesive dots $6 ~ two packs of 35 magnets $12-14
At these quantities, the necklaces cost less than a dollar and the rings about $1.20 to 1.50 each to make. Buy more and the cost per is even lower. Ah, the genius of good design! ~ Cindy
“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
~ Albert Einstein
PS: here are some handy links to some other how-to’s in the Rings & Things blog!
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Update:
See current Sales and Clearance items
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I admit it: there is a secret discount code at Rings & Things.
Through Sunday, anyway.
Here it is — SALE1C4-10.
How do you use it??
Order these before March 27th passes you by:
5-Day Sale! |
| Thru Sunday, March 27, 2011: Roll into springtime with great deals: sparkling SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS round crystal beads, striking gemstone donuts and easy-to-use donut bails! Save 10-20% on these quality components.Your savings will be visible in your final Order Review (after entering payment info), just below the “Place Order” button. (No coupon needed, yay!) |
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10% Off: SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Rounds Use versatile #5000 round crystal beads from SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS, and add sparkle to an endless array of designs in an endless array of colors! 2mm through 10mm rounds are on sale now for this limited time. (SALE1C4-10) |
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20% Off: Gemstone Donuts Add natural beauty to designs with gemstone donuts in a huge variety of semi-precious stones. Find round donuts in 7 sizes (from 15mm to 60mm), plus rectangle, oval, trillion, and new octagon & square styles! (SALE1C4-20) |
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15% Off: Donut Bails Make connections with ease using donut bails in white, silver plate, antiqued silver, gold plate, bright brass, antiqued brass, bright copper, antiqued copper, gunmetal and sterling silver. Perfect for hanging focals & more! (SALE1C4-15) |
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Now, does that get a comment out of you?
Let me know what you think 🙂
The time for our fabulous showroom picks has come nigh!
This time some of these items are “Cash and Carry” items. For those of you who haven’t had a chance to visit our showroom or go to one of our Road Shows, Cash and Carry items aren’t available through our online store or catalog. Most of the time, they’re one-time special buys that our purchasers get for either the showroom or the road shows…so come & visit us in our warehouse or in your town!
Tiffany:
Cash and Carry “Birdseye Rhyolite“
These new items will soon be live on our online store! Here are the stock numbers for each new item:
21-005-227-10, Birdseye Rhyolite, 30×40 Puffed Oval
21-005-227-11, Birdseye Rhyolite, 20mm Puffed Coin
21-005-227-16, Birdseye Rhyolite, 20mm Puffed Square
21-005-227-22, Birdseye Rhyolite, 18×25 Puffed Rectangle
21-005-227-29, Birdseye Rhyolite, 30mm Puffed Coin
Sondra:
Cash and Carry Mixed Rainbow Gemstone Strands
Toni:
Turquoise Magnesite Butterfly Beads
Lindsey:
Cash and Carry Bottle Cap Beads
Some of these styles will soon be part of our stock as well!
Kameron:
New Tim Holtz!
These new items will soon be live on our online store as well! Here are the stock numbers for each new item:
55-000-20, Ideaology, 90 Red Game Pieces
55-000-21, Ideaology, 10 Tin Light Bulbs
55-000-23, Ideaology, 9 Distressed Plaquettes
55-000-24, Ideaology, Regal Adornments
55-000-25, Ideaology, 24 mini Hanger Clips
Mandi:
| Alternatives with TierraCast®! Expanded design options? Yes! with TierraCast’s new Alternatives Collection. Featured: brass oxide (antiqued brass) components and black (gunmetal) components. TierraCast Alternatives were created to fill the needs of current trends among bead stores & designers. Your favorite TierraCast beads and jewelry findings now come in these great new finishes! |
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Jewelry Inspirations: |
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 “Wisdom & Knowledge” Earrings |
 “Bee Mine” Necklace |
 “Vitrail Voltage” Earrings |
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“Use an AB finish when you want that extra WOW factor!”
Jewelry makers have a language all of their own. We talk in gauges, and millimeters and shapes that only we understand. We don’t even realize we do it, but we do. Try asking a non-jewelry maker if they know what a briolette is or if they prefer half hard or dead soft wire. You will surely be met with looks of confusion!
Guest blogger, Rings & Things’ Nory, suggests:
Make a jingle to your design jangle with our inspiring new
Charm Chain.
This dangle chain is bound to add movement and improvement to any design!
Within this unique style of chain, choose from several style variations:
Each soldered link has two charms attached. This Charm Chain or Fringe Chain, as some folks have started calling it around here, appears in 5 plating styles:
We currently offer Charm Chain in a generous meter portion (3.28 Feet), and a bulk 10-meter spool (32.8 Feet).
A week ago, I challenged some of our in-house designers to come up with a design project using our Charm Chain with whatever else they felt “charmed it together”. I gave each designer half a meter of the 40-092-02-AB, the classy leaf design in antique brass pictured above, and let them loose to creatively construct these wonderful designs seen here.
A meter of this chain makes 9 pairs of 2″ earrings… With more than enough jingle in a meter to get any design dangling off the ground, try it out and tell us how you love it!
We get a lot of requests from you for metal charms.
Metal does have its charms 🙂 Peek at the newest & coolest! My picks:
1. A fresh crop of delicate leaf-shaped sterling charms:
7 species!
2. Rhinestone metal cross charms:
In gunmetal & more!
3. Textured brass cut-outs and charms:
Cutlery sets, even!I want to know, what’s your favorite metal charm lately?
Leave a comment!
A perennial that we see a lot of every springtime: bridal shoe clips.
Shoe clips are easy to make “DIY”. Take these:
Design, decorate, and voilĂ : finished shoe clips!
“Posies” shoe clip design: click for full details
Are you planning ahead for spring’s crop of brides? Have you used shoe clip findings? Do you have innovative uses for these?
Carnelian beads…a summer delight.
Some tantalizing carnelian (and its relative natural agate) has crossed our path lately…
Carnelian trade beads in cubes or tubes…
And natural-agate tanfouks (click this glimpse to see complete)…
…Brilliant birthstones to adorn a special day for a Virgo dear to you.
(They’re a great keepsake gift for anyone you enjoy being nice to, in fact!)