Wednesday, December 31, 2008

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.

If somebody compliments you regarding your jewelry you could reply in response with "oh I made this by myself". This would bring more pride and enhance your feeling of self confidence.

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.

Pandora beads offer such comprehensive collection and selection of beads in different makes and styles! The Basic Beads in Sterling Silver, the 14K Gold Letter Beads and even the more exotic ones like the Birthstones Beads and Zodiac Signs Beads! Each of us will have the birthstones that will symbolize our birth month. Wearing of birthstones jewelry is known to bring luck and wellness! So make your very own iconic Pandora beads jewelry as your own birthday gift!! Such birthstones jewelry will also make perfect birthday gifts to your loved ones and friends. Isnt that so personal and heartwarming!!

Pandora beads also offer you zodiac beads. They come in all 12 zodiac signs. The signs are exquisitely craved into the beads giving your jewelry a new look. You could even add couple of Glass Pandora Beads to make it more personalized. By this you could make a complete set of Pandora Bracelet and necklace. No jewelry is complete without Pandora clips that will hold your masterpiece together and Pandora spacers that will bring out Pandora beads without outshining or robbing the limelight of the Pandora beads. Therefore if you want to customize your jewelry according to your birth or your zodiac sign then you don't have to look other then for Pandora beads. - 15683

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