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Jewelry Inspirations: |
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 “Fly Bee Free” Pin |
 “Poseidon’s Steed” Bolo Necklace |
 “Starshine” Necklace |
Rings & Things just ran a design challenge with several of our Blog Partners. Look what they made!
(Note added on March 30, 2011: also see our next design challenge with brushed copper beads!)
We sent our crafty guinea pigs some packages of Rings & Things exclusive new items: glass bezels and glass tiles.
Krissi Sandvik used these glass findings to frame tiny reproductions of her own paintings:
Click to enlarge!
Armored Hearts came up with the inspiration of using up old beads that were lying around the workshop. They make some really fun patterned designs in resin…
Juli Nocita took two approaches, layering some ArtChix images into the glass bezels…
…and placing same-size glass tiles and glass bezels together to make an image “box”:
Suebeads made this magnet set with Tim Coffey special paper:
Click to enlarge!
Courtney Breul commented, “Loved the bezels, but the clear back can be difficult. You can see the bail.” (So consider covering it up with an image placed inside.) This concern didn’t stop Courtney from making all of these great pendants:
Mouse immersed some metal charms in resin on glass bezels…
…as well as painting unique designs on paper that she resin-ated onto the back of glass tiles.
She’s also contemplating an experiment where she’ll fuse metal clay onto these!
Faye Hadfield made, among other items, this cute Mom gift for her daughter:
What would you do with these exclusive glass tiles & bezels?
Cool bead alert!
We’re told these invitingly inexpensive, glowingly colorful powder-glass “donuts” are made by crushing solid color seed beads.*
Recycled-glass wafers like these have been popular at our BeadTour bead shows. Look for them in your city soon (next spring), or order some now!
*Beadmakers might be interested in the process of making these discoidal darlings. In a nutshell:
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!
We’ve been experimenting with COPPRclay!
Some images from a Saturday Showroom Workshop with copper clay last week.
Click this photo to see more of our COPPRclay workshop!
Photos of finished jewelry made with copper metal clay coming soon!
Do you have COPPRclay creations? Share them at our Facebook BEAD FANS page!
I’ve got some happy talk for you…inspired by a sold-out, snappy touring production of South Pacific that just made a beachhead in our town:
Wash the Blahs Right Outta Hair Jewelry!
Several new hair findings from Rings & Things will get you singing, from South Pacific to the North Atlantic.
From star to supporting role, our hair components fit your playbill!
Your Headquarters for Hair Findings
Jewelry Inspirations: |
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 “Master Ip” Hair Comb |
 “Pretty Poison Ice Queen” Hair Pin |
 “Black Scarlet” Hair Stick |
For more free jewelry inspirations:search our Design Gallery for hair. |
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We’re excited because of expanding design options, like 
new kidney ear wires, from a pretty standard 25mm / 1-inch size, up to a “jumbo” ear wire of 47mm (over 1 and 3/4 inches)! Imagine what regal jewelry you can build with these…
Remarkably delicate-looking jumbo kidney wires!
Have a ball with our 
new ball-end head pins, too! These head pins have so many uses…have you ever thought of putting one into a ring, like this?
Put a pin in it!
All of these great new findings are available in Rings & Things’s usual nice selection of sizes, a palette of platings and a fanfare of finishes!
Hot tip: search in our Design Gallery for “kidney” or “ball end” and savor some sweet creative inspirations from R&T’s staff of jewelry artisans.
Ode on Artistic Wire®:
Thou craft wire so easy to use,
Available now in brilliant new hues,
Searchable by color in our online store,
With 25 shades, who could need more?
Credits: John Keats, Kameron Fox, Amy Scalise, Sondra Barrington.
Have you seen? A bunch of new gold-filled findings have made their appearance here…
…like, say, these toggles…
…like these patterned hoops…
…including ovals!