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06/30/2009 06:12 PM
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Vintage Wash Silver Chain and Findings
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So old and new at the same time.
That's what I like about our new silver antique chain and new matching findings. We offer chunky to fine link with smooth or textured styles. Very versatile and it wears well. Check back often as we continue to grow this category of chain and findings.
Check out these [...]
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06/28/2009 06:59 PM
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Yellow Clusters for Summer Earrings
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Small two toned yellow crystals are paired with gold chandelier findings for a perfect summer earring for that special summer outing. I used this finding as a frame to cluster wrap crystals to the chandelier. I admit I had to become "one" with the wire….it took me a couple of tries and 26 [...]
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06/25/2009 10:57 PM
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New Antiqued Headpins to the Rescue
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I am so charmed by these new headpins. The ball end makes them especially cute. Tempered soft for easy wrapping even though they're made with thicker 22 gauge wire. Adds that "little extra touch" to your designs. Excellent for charm bracelets, earring design and much more.
These Two Inch headpins with 2mm ball end come in:
Antique [...]
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06/23/2009 10:43 AM
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Design a Chain Lariat with Antique Brass Trinkets
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A Free Spirited Melange Lariat like this can be worn long or doubled around your neck. Make It Yours by connecting chunky tassels of your favorite beads and trinkets. Here I'm showcasing our new Tulip Petal Cones that cleverly secure a mixture of chain segments, caps and in this case a pinkish palette of beads. [...]
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06/17/2009 01:08 PM
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Truly Lovely New Bead Caps and Cones
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Acorns, Petals and Delicate Filigree Caps and Cones
Plated brass oxidized bead caps, give an old fashioned elegant look to your jewelry designs. Add these lovelies to your beaded projects with stunning unique results.
Acorn bead caps are always a sell out and are excellent adornments for your czech glass, crystals and gems. We also [...]
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05/29/2009 11:36 AM
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Thrilled To Offer New Size in Top Selling 3 and 1 Link Chain!
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It's proven to be a great seller in the smaller version and its big sister is quickly climbing the charts.
Same great chain in antique brass, gunmetal and antique copper with added features like…
Larger links allow for use as Chain extender
Handle some weight with larger pendants and chunkier beads
Mixes well with other styles
Use for tassels, lariats, [...]
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05/27/2009 08:51 AM
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Imagine Crafting Earrings In Less Than 20 Minutes
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Using bar link chain makes for an attractive easy pair of earrings. The chain is nice without alot of extra. My daughter created these in less than 20 minutes wire wrapping beads to the end of each chain and connecting all three chain lengths to the ring of the earwire. It took less time than [...]
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05/20/2009 11:28 AM
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Stunning Acorn Bead Caps Back In Stock at Ohiobeads.com
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Stunning acorn bead caps with antique copper finish are back on the shelf. Couldn't help but include some new caps like the tulip/rose petal cap and the open 8 petal bead cap.
Bead caps always add so much texture, character and whimsy to your designs.
BTW, the large rose petal cap is perfect for gathering multiples strands [...]
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05/19/2009 12:11 PM
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Little Black Dress Needs Pearl and Chain Earrings
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Simple style, great contrast, and a bit flirty. Perfect look for lunch with girlfriends.. deck parties or a wine tasting outing.
New Black chain (a.k.a. gunmetal) with flattened oval links has just arrived and I really like the versatility for the price!!
Great chain extension size
Larger open links but still lightweight for earrings
Use for bracelet, necklace, earring [...]
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05/13/2009 08:35 AM
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Jewelry Chain Junkie/New Additions To Talk About!
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Love these new chain arrivals. Solid brass…bathed with a beautiful vintage wash. You'll be psyched hanging your old trinkets and charms from our new chains. Wear these and make your friends and family jealous… in a good way!
Get more details about new antiqued chains by clicking the following links.
Antique copper textured chain
Antique copper [...]
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05/06/2009 11:17 AM
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More design options with antique brass filigree!
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Seriously fun to wear earrings can be made with these antique brass filigree components. In this particular example I mixed many colors of green in response to the new spring colors surrounding me these days.
Consider all the colors in your bead collection..try black, purple, pink, aqua or earthly brown hues. Antique brass compliments many colors. [...]
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05/02/2009 09:19 AM
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Glad I Had This Chain for Terri's Necklace
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Terri wanted to work with this pendant she made from porcelain clay. Which btw, progresses through multiple steps of painting, glazing and firing. She also created the frame from fine silver clay applying more processes for a beautiful finished centerpiece.
After some deliberation she chose to hang the pendant from gunmetal chain which brought out the detail in the fine silver and added contrast to the painting. After some instruction on adding beads to chain, a necklace was born. All attendees were impressed. And rightly so.
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04/24/2009 02:06 PM
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Sharing A Favorite Vintage Wash Crystal Necklace
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This is one of my favorite pieces of jewelry and finally got around to snappin a pix of it today. Handmade with sterling silver chain and sterling beads frames.
This look lends itself nicely to using up different sizes of crystals. I must admit (again) that I am a fan of wearing chain pieces because they move around with you.
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04/18/2009 12:00 PM
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Who Else Wants More Antique Chain for Jewelry Making FUN?
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I guess by now you've noticed that we really like designing with chain. As we've indicated before, chain, whether it's hot or not is a very versatile element in jewelry composition.
But For Now.. Vintage and Antique Styles are all the Rage!
And these two chains below meet all the criteria for great looking versatile chain oozing [...]
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04/15/2009 07:00 PM
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New Gold Filled Earwires…. Just In Time For SpringFlings!!
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I really love it when new components come in. I especially love when these components are easy to use and great things can be made with only small amounts of effort.
Pictured here are 14k gold filled long ball end earwires , then a long kidney earwires and featured in the center are delicate cutie circle [...]
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04/07/2009 01:50 PM
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ONLY 3 EASY STEPS to Lookin Great in these new sterling silver earrings.
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It just doesn't get any easier.
1.Choose your favorite sterling silver earwires; kidney style, french hooks, long ball end earwires as shown above or even interchangeable leverbacks.
2. Slip these high polished discs right into open ring or notch of earwire.
3. Gently close ring of the earwire.
VOILA!! you have a great pair of modern, ready to wear [...]
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04/06/2009 11:47 AM
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Glass Beads Make Great Pictures!
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O.K. I am having a bit of fun in a photography class ^_^.
Just a random picture of glass pebble beads shot during class.
It's a Good Thing,
Cynthia
ohiobeads.com
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04/01/2009 12:21 PM
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New ways to find inspiration with beading
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Photography class assignment: Shoot images that are shiny and reflective.
As a art design major in school I had to take photography classes as part of my core curriculum and I enjoyed it immensely. Currently, the photography bug has bitten again and decided taking a photography class would acquaint me with a new camera and force [...]
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03/27/2009 11:24 AM
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Sterling Silver Chain! What's not to LOVE!
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Just in after a long wait are new chain styles in Sterling Silver.
Perfectly round flat links that catch and reflect light. Sterling silver chain #30 will make a delicate chain bracelet with little charms, stones and glass. Excellent for flashy earrings and most certainly a necklace making favorite. The price of sterling is inching up [...]
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03/19/2009 09:24 PM
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Showcase your Bronze Art Clay Pendants and Charms with Antique Chains from OhioBeads.com
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A very talented customer named Chris D. sent us pictures of her jewelry design highlighting her artistic use of bronze art clay. The textural characteristic of her trinkets, especially these disc earrings, is so unique. She gave us permission to showcase her pieces here on our blog and we're delighted she likes using our [...]
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03/15/2009 01:00 PM
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Excellent Color Combo for your New Spring Jewelry
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A Lesson in Color Theory…
In my shop days this bracelet was an instant copycat bracelet. What's not to like..bright colors to celebrate the arrival of a new season. Plus, what I discovered through my time helping customers with color choices was this combo always… always… finished at the top the class.
Some Color Theory
When considering color, [...]
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03/11/2009 03:04 PM
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*NEW* 14K Gold Filled Snake Chain!
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Finished, Ready To Wear Snake Chain. Hard to find.. not any more!
Did you know OhioBeads.com is now featuring chains that are ready to wear? We've just added pretty 14k gold filled snake chains to the shopping cart. These swanky chains are 1mm, with a spring ring closure and come in 16 inch and 18 inch [...]
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03/06/2009 03:41 PM
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NEW Brass Components Make a Easy Earrings
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These Cute as a Button earrings have a Juicy Couture flair about them. Easy to make with How to instruction following.
Easy List Of Supplies:
2 – coiled brass wreaths
2 – 6mm faceted glass beads. I like the Firepolish Czech Glass for this project.
1 -pair of gunmetal earwires
2 - 6mm open jumprings
12 inches of gold or brass [...]
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03/01/2009 10:00 AM
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A Vintage Look In Antique Brass
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I've been working on this for some time now and finally finished this antique brass necklace!. Personally I love to mix different beads and textures, sizes and shapes to my jewelry pieces. Maybe because I like wearing a collection of small things that delight me. Good thing for chain, it helps people like me have [...]
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01/23/2009 02:19 PM
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Finished Chains in Sterling Silver. They're pretty and ready to wear!
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There are times when we need to have products with no assembly required. I have been running into many occasions of this very thing lately and not just in jewelry making land. But I will spare you with those details and proceed to highlight the new pre-made (finished) chains that have arrived at ohiobeads.com
Snake Chain [...]
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