Beading Articles - Tips & Suggestions

A Guide To Five Unique Gemstone Beads
With so many different types of unique gemstone beads available to jewelry designers, how can you choose which beads to use? Everyone knows wholesale beads are available in standard gemstones like rubies, emeralds and sapphires; a wide array of options is available to designers seeking a unique look. Below are a few of the less common gemstones like olive quartz, cat's eye quartz, indicolite tourmaline, chaorite briolettes and moss aquamarine. This article will...

Creating One-Of-A-Kind Jewelry Using Gemstone Beads
Jewelry is so much more than just something pretty to look at. Jewelry today is used to commemorate important events, special occasions and people in everyday life. Instead of walking into a standard jewelry store and being forced to choose from ready-made pieces, consider designing...

How To Choose A Source For Wholesale Gemstone Beads
Jewelry designers know they have a choice when looking for wholesale gemstone beads. Buying these unique beads at wholesale prices can save a designer a lot of money, but it's important to consider factors other than price when looking for a gemstone wholesaler...

Buying Beads Online - Secrets of Making the Right “Quality Decision”
Every bead or gem we buy has a price, and ideally, this price should reflect the level of quality of the item. In fact, in the marketplace gemstone beads are graded based on fairly universal traits that determine how beautiful and naturally presented they are...

Tips For Buying Quality Pearls
Unlike the long-established, universally accepted grading system for diamonds and other quality gemstones, pearls are still subject to competing systems of establishing quality in the marketplace...Acquiring some basic knowledge about the characteristics of fine cultured pearls and the tell-tale signs...