Saturday, January 3, 2009

The Best Beads for Handmade Jewelry

By Ben Johnson

Handmade jewelry began over three decades ago when beads are stringed together to form bracelets, earrings or even necklaces. As its popularity grows, the mass demand drives the market where jewelry becomes the mass market for production to meet the growing demand of women, men all alike. Jewelry is no longer just another piece of accessories you add to your style. It has become so individualized that it speaks of your personality, of your story and surely of your self confidence. While the market may have capitalized to be a big industry of its own, many seem to have reverted the trends. Now, it is back to the basics where people like to be the only few who own that very piece of jewelry or if possible the only one in the world to wear that piece of jewelry. It is no longer the "commercial" value that jewelry holds to make it precious. It is instead the uniqueness, the rareness that people are crazy about.

Even the claim that "Oh! I made this jewelry myself!", in response to any compliment one will receive from any on-looker who envies your jewelry. This brings the pride and sense of self achievement to whoever wears the jewelry that he or she makes.

There are number of sources of beads available in market that will allow anyone to go on board first collection of materials to initialize their jewelry making interest. To start with there are beads in form of sterling silver that will add a modern and everlasting look to your jewelry. These are more popular among young and hippies. If you are among those who prefer glittering gold than you could go for beads that comes with 14k gold to compliment your strong metal love. Your jewelry collection could become more perfect if you could customize them with letters beads with 14k gold. By this you could individualize your jewelry bearing you name or initial.

This is where Pandora helps you with different makes and styles in beads. Apart from sterling silver beads and 14k gold letter beads Pandora offers you birthstone beads and zodiac beads. Wearing jewelry of birthstone bead is known to bring good luck and good health. Each birthstone is linked with a particular month of an year. With ionic Pandora bead you could customize your jewelry to make your birthday gift. You could even present these to your relatives and loved ones according to their birthstone and show them that you care for them.

Apart from Birthstone beads Pandora also offers you zodiac beads. There are 12 types of zodiac beads in total with each one corresponding to one zodiac sign. Zodiac sign is craved into the beads making your jewelry a masterpiece. To make a perfect Bracelet you would also require Pandora clips to hold the masterpiece together. You would also need Pandora spacers, a silent and complimentary piece that adds to your jewelry without robbing the limelight of Pandora beads. - 15634

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