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The spring supplement! It’s here! It’s here!

Monday, April 4th, 2011

The spring supplement to our giant catalog is already here!

Mixed media is the theme…

…with hundreds of new items you can use as “canvases” and as decorations.

Highlights include:

black-lip shell pendants, wood tile beads, Vintaj Arte Metal blanks, cute new watches, Swarovski “Crystal Jams” mixes, new colors of hand-dyed silk ribbons…


How can you get these 51 pages, 44 free designs, and 1 typo?*

If you’ve ordered from Rings & Things lately, you’ll get one mailed for free SOON!

Also, they’re free with orders!

Otherwise, order our catalog & get the supplement for free with it.


*There’s an extra apostrophe, I’m not saying where :)

Coming to a mailbox near you: New R&T catalog!

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

The 2011-2012 bead catalog from Rings & Things

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.

Spring supplement

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Coming to a mailbox near you:

The Spring 2010 supplement, from Rings & Things!

Click to browse. Go on!

Click to browse...and shop!

Not only is the “Spring supp” pretty, it’s packed with great new stuff!

Just randomly picking neat things I see in the supp, we bring you banded agate slabs, red creek jasper, shell pearls, donut holders, BeadAligners, a snazzy zebra-striped tool set, and (pause to breathe) tons of neat new designs showcasing our new items!

Plus, we’ve put an electronic version online.  Use your mouse to “flip” through the pages, and click right on each item that you want.  It gets added to your R&T shopping cart, just like that.

Do check it out — and come back here to tell me what you think!

It’s 40 pages of fun shopping for beads and jewelry-making supplies.  Don’t miss it!

How to find large-hole beads

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Here’s a great little tip on tracking down large-holed beads

On page 491 of R&T’s Super Supplement 2010, we share a cool search feature for finding large-hole ‘beadable’ beads on our online store.

When only a large-hole bead will do

When only a large-hole bead will do

Just enter “BFMB” in the search box; this will currently bring up 325 items, from crow beads to ring beads to genuine coins, that have been identified as fitting* on our line of beadable products.

(Beadables include pens, cheese knives, bookmarks and more — all of them customizable with your choice of beads.)

In case you are wondering, BFMB stands for “Beadable Finding Mandrel Beads”.

*Some beads, particularly the large-hole gemstone beads, may still require a bit of reaming.