February 28th, 2011
We sell beads with which to make necklaces, earrings and other jewellery items, but sometimes you don’t want to have to make it yourself. For that we have our new range of ready to wear bead necklaces.
Aqua shell and bead necklace
They are made of shell, glass beads & seed beads in a riot of pretty colours. Prices for these beady necklaces start from only £7.99.
Some pieces in this range are also available as bead kits.
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October 17th, 2010
There are lots of new kits going on the site at the moment including this chunky silver and purple bead necklace.
Purple and Silver Necklace kit
We’ve used the lightweight silver spirit beads along with large acrylic and wooden beads for a rich colourmix.
This is an easy project with which to start learning to make jewellery. All you need are basic jewellery making pliers, or crimpers if you prefer a fancier finish.
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August 20th, 2010
If you are one of our many jewellery making customers who sells at craft fairs you are probably geeting stock ready for the bank holiday weekend. I know that you are swimming with amazing ideas for beaded jewellery but I always find it useful to see what other makers are creating. Maybe some of our jewellery making kits can inspire you to make up something different for your stall next weekend.
Big Pearl Bead Necklace
This necklace kit uses thonging which means that you can tie it off and fasten it at any length!
Simple Big beads and pendants on thong always sell well thanks to their price points. If you are having a sale over the weekend then I hope you have a really good one.
Cathie
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June 17th, 2010
Try making this pretty floater necklace using our new wooden beads and shell discs.
Floaty Summer Bead Necklace
The shell beads are available in peachy and purple tones which blend really well with the satin finish of the wood, add a few spacers and miyuki cubes and you have a simple jewellery making project for the weekend.
To make your piece of jewellery use beadalon thread and crimps to fix each bead in place.
Finish with a lobster clasp and extender chain.
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June 6th, 2010
If an accessory is not big and beady this year it has to be pretty and vintage. So we have come up with this lovely antique gold necklace kit, laden with little charms and finished with millifiore beads to decorate the chain.
Make something similar using the antique gold figaro chain and a collection of lightweight charms and beads mixed with stampings.
Vintage Charm Necklace Kit from Bluestreak Bead
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June 5th, 2010
Here is a neat way to use up all your bead odds and ends. Make a pretty beaded kilt pin! You can mix and match your beads as long as you do it with style.
We made one using some of our huge collection of beads witha pretty bohemian feel. It looked good pinned on a fabric bag or try it on a denim jacket.
We used
large trace chain which you can buy by the metre and mixed in glass and crystal beads with a few cloissonne ones and some filigree stampings.
There is a shell heart bead in there too and even a little seahorse pendant.
I’ll put this on bluestreakbeads.co.uk as a kit very soon.
Cathie
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May 27th, 2010
Another lovely jewellery making kit is new on the site. This time in gorgeous aquamarine and turquoise using some of our lovely big beads!
Aquamarine Big Bead Necklace Making Kit
Big Beady Aquamarine Necklace Kit
This time we have combined our new big pearls with mouth blown hollow glass hearts and big turquoise beads. Susie is making us a matching stretchy bracelet kit to go with it.
I’ll put it on this blog as soon as it is finished.
Happy Jewellery Making.
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May 24th, 2010
We’ve got a new jewellery making kit in stock to inspire you when making this season’s chunky bead necklaces
Big Round Bead Necklace
We’ve used our new big round 16mm pearls combining them with raspberry ripple acrylic beads and the lovely new UV coated 20mm acrylic beads in pink and purple haze.
Simply thread on to beadalon or tiger tail and then add a toning suede thong so that you can tie your necklace off at any length.
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March 5th, 2010
This spring’s big look is just that….BIG. All you need are some large round beads and ribbon to make this year’s most popular necklace style
Big Round Beads Necklace
Here is our version. We’ve got lots of lovely big beads to choose from. These are light acrylic in swirly pinks.
You need to push the ribbon through them with a bodkin or a piece of wire.
It took all of 10 minutes to make this easy jewellery kit.
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February 8th, 2010
Rose Pandora Style Bracelet
It has to be the easiest way to make jewellery but don’t knock it, the simplicity of a Pandora style bead bracelet means that you can take it to bits and change the look in a heartbeat. Add a few extra beads or a different charm to the snake bracelet, or take off the beads and use them for a necklace for a couple of days.
For the bracelet pictured, I have made charms out of Venetian Glass hearts, and little silver plated lockets, to give a twist of originality to my jewellery making.
Many more Pandora style jewellery kits are to be found at Bluestreak Beads
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