Archive for February, 2011

Warning: bad pens!

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Another thing I love about working at Rings & Things:

The honesty! :)

Best of 2010

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

At Rings & Things, we like to save the year-end festivities till things calm down a bit :)   Let’s look back at our blog’s Best of 2010!

Bead soup / bead show party

Feb. 21: Bead soup / bead show party

Neither snow nor rain...

Mar. 25: Neither snow nor rain...

Only at R&T, only the best...

Apr. 15: Only at R&T, only the best...

For new ideas...

June 2: For new ideas...

No-solder bezels

June 18: No-solder bezels

Featured bead: metal-core

June 30: Featured bead: metal-core

Vaseline & uranium-salt beads

July 22: Vaseline & uranium-salt beads

Bead? What bead?

Oct. 25: Bead? What bead?

For a holiday gift...

Nov. 18: For a holiday gift...

Cheapskate booth ideas

Nov. 19: Cheapskate booth ideas

Misleading turquoise information

Dec. 13: Misleading turquoise information

Castings call!

Dec. 19: Castings call!

What’s your favorite?

Chain that charms

Monday, February 7th, 2011

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!

"Bell Flowers" bracelet by Mollie Valente

Within this unique style of chain, choose from several style variations:

"Greek Goddess" earrings by Tiffany White

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:

  • antiqued brass
  • antiqued copper
  • antiqued silver
  • matte black
  • matte silver

"Spring Skies" necklace by Cindy Morris

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!

Make a statement, with fired agate beads!

Friday, February 4th, 2011
Make a Statement with Fired Agate Beads
Add sophistication to jewelry designs with fired agate beads, including new mustard fired agate & milky fired agate. Also known as crackled agate, this gemstone’s appearance is created by applying heat, hence the name “fired.” In person, these new faceted round beads sparkle & shimmer irresistibly! More news: Contest Early-Bird Deadline!
Fired agate beads give jewelry designs sophistication and sparkle.

Fired Agate Gemstone Beads

Jewelry Inspirations:

Create a Chan Luu style bracelet with shimmering milky fired agate gemstone beads.
“Cracked & Wrapped” Bracelet
Make these opulent chandelier earrings with mustard fired agate beads.
“Midnight Enchantress” Earrings
Add faceted fired agate gemstone beads to this simple chainmaille endless necklace.
“Milky Way” Chainmaille Necklace