Thursday, January 21, 2010

Faceted Glass Beads – Sparkling and Stunning

Glass Beads are extremely popular in jewellery making, especially when you go for making beaded jewellery to suit a particular outfit. Glass beads come in various shapes, sizes and shades. Glass beads can be created as per the manufacturer’s fancy and you can very well come across innumerable patterns which could even surprise you most of the time.

Faceted Glass Beads are much brighter and visible as the glass is chipped at the edges. Well made and well cut faceted glass beads but naturally make a great piece of jewellery. Therefore, you should go for faceted glass beads with almost same cuts, sizes and shades as well if you wish for a well finished and quality piece of jewellery.



Faceted glass bead Jewellery looks extremely exquisite and enticing when worn, especially the sparkle and the glimmer of it against the light – sunlight or the party lights definitely enhances the aura and personality of the wearer. Do make sure you go for a well cut and defined set of faceted glass beads which will transform into a well made and well designed piece of glass bead jewellery.

Seed Beads – Tiny yet Exquisite

 Seed Beads are tiny sized beads, almost the size of a seed. Seed Beads are available in almost all colours in varied shapes and sizes. But when you weave out a seed bead pattern say for a necklace or bracelet or even a pair of earrings you will be amazed at the overall effect. Mixing and matching colours which match the outfit you wish to accessorize with.


Well, Seed beads do have a different luster and a shine of their own. You can always check out seed beads which come in luster finish, glossy finish and even a matt finish. You could always go out for what would go best for your jewellery and design your own seed bead jewellery.



Seed beads are made in Czechoslovakia, Taiwan, China and Japan. The seed beads are available in sizes such as 5/0, 6/0, 10/0, 11/0 and even 7 mm. You could even go for a mix of Seed beads of two or three of your preferred colours. Even in seed beads you get round seed beads, tube seed beads, hex shaped seed beads, twisted bugle shaped seed beads, bugle shaped seed beads and lots more.




Seed Beads can be used in jewellery especially dainty trinkets, for adorning shawls, scarves, handkerchiefs, purses and almost anything you wish to accentuate.