Dominika Nagy‘s Works

These are gorgeous designs from “Dominika Nagy”, so pretty, right? It looks like that she loves using cheap charms and jade beads on her designs. Want to more details about her works? Let’s have a look together!

Hoop earrings

She used brass lever hoop earring components, whose size is proper to everyone. The blue color makes the earrings so attractive.

Butterfly earrings

So vintage, right? Iron butterfly pendant and iron earring hooks are the main materials. It feels like that butterflies are flying under your ears when you are wearing them.

Colorful beaded ring

Frankly speaking, I thought they were buttons the first time I saw them, and I thought they were made by buttons. In fact, they were made by jade beads! I bet you must be surprised as me. It occurred to me that rings made by jade beads could be so excellent.

Hairpin

I love this design so much, simple but vogue. Short hair or long hair, this hair pin could hold them easily.

After appreciating these works, what do you think of them? Do you want to create some beaded works by yourself? In fact, the jewelry making supplies of the works are easy to get with not complicated skills. Just buy some whole beads and search tutorials online, I’m sure you will create fabulous works as well as Dominika Nagy, or even better than her.

Know The Versatile Use Of Wooden Beads

Wooden beads are highly versatile and their natural earthy color is the main attraction. It looks beautiful and can be painted or dyed so that it has a vibrant look. All the types of wooden beads look good and you can use it in various projects.

Different Uses of Wooden beads

·         Jewelry making: Wooden beads are of immense use in jewelry making. These beads exist since the mankind existence and are useful in creating beautiful and amazing jewelry items. These beads are ideal for bracelets and necklaces and are the best choice of jewelry.

·         Decoration: These beads are ideal to decorate household things such as curtain rods, curtain and even textbooks spines. It can be used as your festive decorations as well.

·         Japa malas : These beads are used for prayer and are commonly in wood beads. Japa malas are 108 beads and are used for calming emotions and meditation.

·         Trivet: This is made from metal and usually is put under platters and hot pots to protect the countertop or table top from damage due to heat. However, wood holds heat and is not same as metal, so you can make trivets using wooden beads. Stringing the beads together and even placing it on the table looks beautiful or you can wrap in a circle. Glue to ensure the beads stick together. 

  

Fancy Items that beautify

The wooden beads are light in weight and so are extensively used in fancy items. The key chains can have multicolored beads so that it attaches to leather cord having beads and can be used as keychain for your car or house. They do not add weight in your purse or pocket. They also make great hanging bird planters. These beads are natural and are now in multihued varieties that they can be used as nests so that your hanging bird planters are safe. The beads in wood are creative and can be used as pendant lights. It is a unique idea to light up backyards and outdoors.  People prefer using 3D embellishments in the scrapbooks and the best is the colorful wooden beads.

There are extensive wooden beads and different selections of items to be done using wooden beads. This is a natural bead that can go well with everything and is also used widely knowing its valuable advantages. These beads are available in local stores and for bulk purchase, consider the wholesale shops online.

Insight on the Power of Jade Beads

Referring to beads, jadebeads also are highly popular. They are beautiful stones and have numerous properties making them the best beads. A strong belief is that jade blesses all that it touches.  This is the reason that people love wearing jade jewelry, regardless of whether it is a jade bracelet, jade ring or a jade necklace.

Significance of Jade Beads

·         Ancient culture: Jade beads have been in use since the ancient cultures and pursues even today. This stone has been serving mankind for more than 6000 years. People using this stone encourage creativity and employ this to realize their dreams.

·         Powerful Stone: This is a powerful stone featuring many healing properties. Jade beads comprises of two minerals, Jadeite and Nephrite. Their compositions are different with respect to level of hardness, densities, but appear similar and are equally tough. There are some distinctions, but both come in olive shades and are associated with different cultures. This is regarded as a powerful stone owing to its medicinal properties that cures calculus stones and kidney disorders.

Different colors Of Jade Beads and Healing Properties

Jade beads are believed to protect and it protects against accidents and misfortune. Jade includes several healing properties and this depends on the jade color. Here are some colors of jade beads mentioned with respect to their healing properties. 

·         Black- Wards off negative feelings, physical or psychological.

·         Blue- Promotes peace, calms mind and encourages dreams, visions and reflects good.

·         Red- This helps dispel fear and urges to take life with full force and energy.

·         Lavender- This is the right color offering spiritual nourishment

·         Orange- This brings joy to the wearer as this stone is energetic and stimulating

·         Brown- It helps in having good relation to mother earth and thus provides comfort and reliability.

This stone helps in finding a perfect partner. Jade is used to get money and in China it is a symbol of love and is made in a butterfly form. Jade beads create a positive attitude and people having these beads are sure to become wealthy, is a strong perception. Jade beads shower and promote positive energies that it helps in taking important decisions in business. It strengthens mental faculties and helps in clear reasoning. Jade beads soothes mind and this reduces the stress, increasing the length of life, that it is now used widely in all types of jewelry.

Working Styles And Tips On Using Cabochons

Cabochons are used in jewelry making and it has become highly popular today. Using the usual beads and gemstones is a must so that you give the jewelry items the much needed feel. These are stones but make the best jewelry designs. They can be created into fantastic jewelry pieces as they are sold in different colors, sizes and styles. They are great in earrings, bracelets and necklaces.

 Working Styles with cabochons

·         Good Tools: Working with cabochons means it can be fused with gemstones and beads, but should have a unique setting and offer the desired colorful touch. However, good tools set are required to fit top quality cabochons so that it creates stunning jewelry pieces.

·         Versatile: The cabochons are versatile and are available in a large collection in the market. It can be used in incredible styles, but you must have best option to work. The cabochons are easy, but your creativity must be used even in simple jewelry pieces such as earrings and also in more complicated jewelry pieces.

Generally, cabochon settings are not used alone as they need a base to hold them securely. You can make stunning creations using cabochons, but it is essential you understand how they are used. The basic items that you need to use cabochons in your jewelry include earring hooks, super glue and head pins.

Tips on cabochons using

Cabochons must be in the same kind that you are looking for and so spend enough time to collect all the right supplies. Also bear in mind that the cabochon setting is in same size as your cabochon stone. Bigger or smaller settings means the set is not proper and it may ask you to compromise the creation of jewelry. Selecting the ideal jewelry piece setting helps in having a sturdy connection holding the jewelry and the cabochon together. You can find cabochons featuring a case or a rim. If so, you may apply the glue to the rim using a tooth pick. You can leave it to dry. For cabochon stones in irregular shape the process of drying may be enhanced by using a bowl of rice.

There are some cabochons that come with a rim and in such a case, glue needs to be applied to the rim. Using a wooden toothpick allows you to easily apply glue. Once the glue is applied, just leave it for some time to dry. For cabochon settings with an irregular shape, the drying process can be enhanced by using a common bowl of rice.

Fifteen Minutes to Make an Adorable Panda Key Chain

Key chain is an indispensable part in our life that we all need one to bind our keys together. So how to make this little gadget adorable and attractive is of great importance. Today I will teach you how to make an adorable panda key chain.

Materials needed to make a felt panda key chain

4mm White Pearl Beads

4mm Black Glass Beads

4mm Brown Pearl Acrylic Cabochons

Headpins

Iron Key Clasp

Clear Plastic Stick

Black Thread

Diagonal Plier

Round Nose Plier

Iron Scissor

White Felt and Black Felt

Lighter

Instructions on how to an adorable felt key chain

First, draw two circles on the white felt and cut them from the white felt. Repeat to make the black horns from the black felt. Paste the two black horns between two white circles as what the picture shows.

Second, draw a pair of panda eyes and cut them from the black felt. Paste the panda eyes and a brown cabochon onto the white felt circle.

Third, attach a black thread between the two layers of the white felt. Add a key clasp to the black thread.

Fourth, thread a white pearl bead and a black glass bead onto the headpin. Form a loop at the end of the headpin. Repeat to make the other three.

Fifth, attach the beads to the key clasp.

Here is the final look of this adorable key chain.

So cute, isn’t it? The procedures are quite simple and easy and you can do it at home and make a dozen of them and share them with our friends. If you get inspired you can also make key chain of your favorite animals. Have a nice try.