Remember to visit Rings & Things at our booth in Tucson!
Holidome booth #631 — see you there 🙂
Sparkling in the Desert
January 27, 2011Rings & Things sparkles in the desert, with Swarovski…
Heading to Tucson for the Gem and Mineral show? Rings & Things will see you there! And, for the first time, Swarovski is sponsoring Sparkling Make and Takes projects with their sales partners, at the Swarovski Create Your Style in Tucson 2011 event.
Join Rings and Things design team member Rita for about an hour on Wednesday, February 2, and pay $10 (proceeds are donated to the YWCA of Tucson) to create one of these projects. Pre-register to save your space at Sparkling Make and Takes!
Snow and Ice chain necklace:
When? Wednesday, February 2, 11:00am or 12:15pm
What? This clean-lined, extra-long chain necklace incorporates a variety of opalescent, white, and crystal coated Swarovski Beads, Crystal Pearls and Fancy Stones linked between lengths of silver-plated chain. Wear it long or double it up!
Fire and Flame chain necklace:
When? Wednesday, February 2, 2:00pm or 3:15pm
What? This warm-colored extra-long chain necklace incorporates a variety of burnt-red, deep-brown and coppery-colored SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS linked between lengths of antique-copper plated chain. The design is flexible enough to be worn several ways.
5-day sale NOW!
January 26, 2011
Cameos at W
January 21, 2011Trend watch excitement! Rings & Things’ Laurae tells about it…
The latest W magazine has a nod to a trend that’s taken on new life:
“Long considered aristocratic, sentimental and romantic, cameos have never been seen as cool. Until now.”
Rings & Things, itself known to be cool 🙂 , has an interesting selection of cameos. The classic
profile view and flower motif as well as punk skull-and-crossbones. They’re tight! (Especially when you glue them on & use them like a cabochon.)
Check cameos out here (click)!
Check out Rings & Things wide variety of cameos – from classic Victoria cameos to edgy skeleton and octopus cameos!
How do you use cameos? We love to hear your tips!
Showroom Staff picks!
January 20, 2011Well, hello there fellow Rings & Things lovers! I have come to the land of the blog to share the world of the Rings & Things Showroom with you all!
Here in the Showroom we get the amazing opportunity of helping our customers face to face. Now, we would like to reach out to you all with our Showroom Staff Picks! We will be sharing our stock picks with you lovelies every other week.
Delicious Mix of Picks!The following picks have been chosen by each Showroom Associate:
Chinese Crystal Beads
Mandi – Chinese Crystal Beads
Totally Twisted
Kameron – Totally Twisted
Angel Wing
Lindsey – Blank Angel Wings
Sondra – Metal Hogans
Toni – Beadalon Knotter Tool
Keishi Pearls
Tiffany – Tip Drilled Keishi Pearls
Thank you for checking in with us! Expect many more posts to follow from the awesome Showroom Staff, and especially from me, your tubular friend Lindsey! We look forward to seeing your smiling face again in our Showroom!
Coming to a mailbox near you: New R&T catalog!
January 19, 20112018 Update: We no longer produce a printed catalog.
However, all of our items (and new Wholesale Program) can be found on our website at www.rings-things.com
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011: Jewelry supplier Rings & Things has published a new two-year catalog that’s one for the record books. Everything about this 2011-2012 bead catalog—its range of new beads and findings, number of jewelry designs and more—reaches new heights.
At 457 pages, this new bead catalog provides more browsing, shopping and inspiration than ever. Extra space is allocated for extra product-usage hints, tips on Rings & Things’ services, and design suggestions—all in a new, lighter catalog!
The 310 designs almost double the previous catalog’s offering. All kinds of jewelry and accessories are illustrated in these free jewelry ideas: not just necklaces, earrings and bracelets, but also specialized pieces like zipper pulls, sleeve pendants, and belt buckles.
Featured new items include many Rings & Things exclusives. Lampwork glass beads are hot, from sugar skulls to mushrooms to candy corn. Hinged picture-frame pendants superbly showcase treasured memories, collages and photos. Ring blanks with flat pads for ornamentation are an easy “glue and go” jewelry project.
Further exciting additions to the bead supplier’s line of beads and findings adorn every section of the catalog.
Steampunk cogs and bezels keep gaining steam. SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS crystal filigrees, some with three rhinestone colors, dazzle while unique boxwood
ojime beads fascinate with exquisite handcarved detail.
Thousands more items await bead-loving readers, who can receive this free bead catalog when placing an order with Rings & Things (otherwise $5 postage paid). Orders and catalog requests are accepted online at http://www.rings-things.com/catalog.html; by phone M-F 8-5 Pacific, (800) 366-2156.
As seen in…
January 17, 2011We think you’ll enjoy these fine bead magazines, just spotted on the newsstands with some “R&T” highlights:
Bead Trends (Jan 2011)
The pearly “Poseidon’s Gate” necklace by Cindy Edwards, on page 40, uses some sterling findings from Rings & Things:
Kelly Morgan’s fairy-tale inspired “Snow Queen” necklace, page 80, is made almost entirely with Rings & Things supplies:
- etched & oxidized silver chain
- 18 and 50mm Swarovski crystal De-Art pendant
- Swarovski montana blue De-Art pendants
- large sterling silver swirls pinch bail
- small sterling silver dot pinch bails
Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist (Dec 2010)
The “Steampunk Resin Station” necklace by Helen I. Driggs, on page 18, is a veritable 1893 world’s exposition of
steampunk parts!
Kawaii! What's it to you?
January 11, 2011Style alert: Kawaii!
What’s it to you? In Japan it means “cute”. Worldwide, it’s a growing trend. Remember how “steampunk” became big over the past couple of years? Exactly: it’s really hard to define kawaii charms, but you’ll know ’em when you see ’em!
But allow me to explain through interpretive dance:
A hop
…to the top of the pops!
A skip
…to my Boo!
And a jump
…to the ever-popular kittehs!
If you made me pick one thing that kawaii charms are, I’d say super-cute, tiny ceramic beads 🙂 Search our Design Gallery for ideas…
But promise me you’ll check out Etsy, too! Search there for ‘kawaii’ and enjoy the crazy variety!
SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS 2011 trends
January 5, 2011 Spring & Summer 2011 Inspirations from Swarovski flow from water, an ultimate source for creative originality, development and renewal. Water bestows vigor, overall well-being and fortitude, and its soft strength has been compared to feminine nature and beauty. The SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS spring and summer line up is rich in female and natural motifs, from designer-edition “Fantastic Flowers” by Andrée Putman, to warm ceramics, ever-renewing fern and aromatic lavender. Renew your creative spirit with these enticing colors, fusion concepts and shapes.For more fashion trends, see Pantone’s spring 2011 color forecast. |
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Provence Lavender |
Fusion Concepts |
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Ceramic Faceted Rounds |  |
Ceramic Cosmic Rings |
Trendsetting Crystal Shapes |
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Ginkgo Pendants (#6900) |  |
Zinnia Pendants (#6901 & #6902) |
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Lotus Pendants (#6908) |  |
Cosmic Square Rings (#4437) |
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Wing Beads (#5590) |  |
Wing Pendants (#6690) |
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Artemis Beads (#5540) |  |
Double-Hole Square Beads (#5180) |
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Baroque Crystal Pearls (#5840) |  |
Xilion Heart Pendants (#6228) |
Live blog: Red Tag Sale!
December 28, 20103:30 PM, Thursday:
Thank you sunshine! Here’s that new wonderful “dangle chain” we’re featuring at today’s Red Tag Sale! (1/2 hour left, here at the Spokane warehouse.)
It’s dangly. It’s chain. It’s dangle chain!
And I leave you with this Happy New Year wish…
This could be you…saving 50%!
2:29 PM, Thursday:
The great bargains just keep coming! “What wood” bracelets!
Save…50% on wood bracelets!
Bright colors? Check. 50% off bargains? Check.
Body parts? Check.
To save 50% till 4pm today: (1) Go to Rings & Things’ warehouse. (2) Shop.
(3) Look for this sign, you’ve made it!
10:25 AM, Thursday:
Sunny with a chance of crowds! I see quite a bunch of excited showroom shoppers already. And I didn’t even peek in the other big room…
I have to share dangle chain with you. We’re featuring this in the Hall of Beads, between the 2 rooms:
It’s like an endless chain of charms. Cute!
(Got to get you a closeup photo of the dangle chain still. You’re going to love it!)
Another metal item you’ll find today, for half off:
Metal beads: satin finish, matte, trade beads…
And just to give you a sense of how full of fantastic finds the warehouse is today…
Beads piled higher & deeper than the snow outside 🙂
8:38 AM, Thursday:
Big 50% savings today only! It’s the last day of the sale. Streets are plowed, and we’re now laying out countless great beads & findings to greet you here. (Dangle chain…I want, I want…)
On Facebook, Jan posted these action photos from the Red Tag Sale:
So many beads!!
2:49 PM, Wednesday:
Signs you’ve reached the right place, as you seek out our Red Tag Sale:
Flags against the snow!
The way is lit after dark
Crackly matte agate beads at 30% off!
12:54 PM, Wednesday:
Action shots!
Helpers being friendly
This just in…
Beads being brilliant
…and affordable!
10:08 AM, Wednesday:
Doors are open for day 2!
Special note: Even if you can’t attend our Spokane Red-Tag Sale, you can still join our year-end savings extravaganza, via our 5-day sale! Get 25% off already-discounted closeout prices on SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS crystals, gemstone beads, glass beads, jewelry findings and more!
5-day sale started 9 am Pacific Time today — look for the yellow & red sale icon next to items in our store. Once the sale has started, your savings will be visible on your check-out summary (before entering payment info)! This goes through Sunday!
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7:42 AM, Wednesday:
Just to entice you hardy Spokanites to our warehouse for today’s bigger red-tag savings (30% off!):
- 2nd and 3rd Avenues are both already nicely plowed!
- We’ve laid out these must-have, adorable new colored storage tins:
Sweeter than a box of chocolates!
(PS, I’m working on finding out what metal these shiny darlings are made of.)
- Checking across the hall from our showroom, I see the bead elves have laid out literally thousands of strands of delicious beads, like this sample:
I counted dozens of jaspers!
1:50 PM, Tuesday:
AnneMarie Lewis on Facebook contributed this:
“Here’s my haul for today…”
“…think I’ll head back tomorrow!”
1:24 PM, Tuesday:
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Gold plate for a buck!
Probably worth its weight in gold…
11:59 AM, Tuesday:
Arla DeField on Facebook says: “I just got back from the Red Tag Sale and must say, if you miss this, too bad. Amazing, Fun and lots of great stuff on sale, along with all the regular Great stuff! Plus, you can get into parts of the building normally not open to the public! FUN FUN FUN!”
Not our regular great stuff 🙂
11:04 AM, Tuesday:
Hi, I’m coming to you now through Thursday from Rings & Things’ traditional end-of-the-year event, our Red Tag Sale! You can tell it’s live from that exciting shaky-camera look… 🙂
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‘Most unique item’ winner
There are so many unique finds to choose from. You can even buy pirate heads!
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A small part of the sale
What we really have tons of, is beads. Like kajillions of beautiful Czech glass beads! (Above.)
Today (Tuesday), everything is 20% off at the sale, so come to our Spokane showroom / warehouse for fantastic finds…and findings!
Keep checking back as I add updates of great finds & other fun stuff… — Dave