SPOKANE, WA, January 3, 2002 – Rings & Things, a worldwide supplier of jewelry-making supplies, has re-introduced a "line of beads that were last in fashion more than 2,000 years ago. These colorful Warring States" dragonfly-eye beads were the most popular glass objects in China before the dynastic period.

"Normally we prefer to turn over our inventory a little more often than once every 2400 years," said Rings & Things Manager Kim Crosby, "but we never lost faith in these colorful Chinese beads!" Actually, Rings & Things is only 30 years old, and handmade replicas of beads from the Chinese Warring States period (475-220 BC) are such a novelty now, he says, that an Internet search for them brings up only a handful of sources, most notably R&T’s website at www.rings-things.com.

Fashion designers are rapidly starting to incorporate these exciting, bumpy, new/old beads in their latest lines of jewelry. Eye-catching Warring States necklaces, in particular, are becoming a hot new Springtime trend across the country.

Rings & Things is a wholesale supplier of beads, jewelry findings, charms, cord, polymer clay, Austrian rainbow crystal (beads and hangings), glues, tools, and jewelry display items. 200+ page wholesale catalog is $5.00 (US funds). For more information, contact Rings & Things at: PO Box 450, Spokane, WA 99210-0450, 1-800-366-2156, http://www.rings-things.com.

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