Beads Lover

All about Beaded Jewellery

As they diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Well, not exactly, even beaded jewellery comes a second close to the aforementioned fact. Beaded jewellery is nothing made with the help of beads that are attached to one another with the help of a string and a beading or sewing needle while a thin wire or thread is used for the final design. For a layman, a bead is only a minute object of decoration that is used in the making of different kinds of jewelleries like necklaces, earrings, bracelets and the likes. Instances of beaded jewellery making can be traced back to the periods of ancient Egypt and ever since then women just can’t seem to get enough of it. Earlier stones, bones and pieces of wood were used to make beaded jewellery whereas today we make use of crystals, semi-precious stones and a large variety of beads for the art and craft of beaded jewellery making.

Different Types of Beads

As we all know beads come in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials. Some of the most common and popular forms of beads that are used in the process of jewellery making are as follows:

1.      European Beads: These beads are popular because they come in unique fashion styles and colour combinations. European beads are made with the help of a wide variety of materials. When the European beads are consolidated into necklaces and bracelets, they simply look classic and timeless. Some different kinds of European beads include Clay, Turquoise, Lampwork, Glass, Cat Eyes, Crystal and Metal beads. The popularity of European beads is associated to their 3D designs which make them stand out from the rest of the beads that are available in the market. These beads can also be used to make key chains.

2.      Acrylic Beads: These beads are synthetic substances which are made out of plastic and that are what makes them stronger and durable when it comes to their quality. There are some Acrylic beads that are having superior quality when compared to glass. There are different kinds of Acrylic beads that are available in the market today and these include Colourful beads, Plating beads, Imitation Pearls beads, Crystal beads, Acrylic Alphanumeric beads and Magic Acrylic beads. A great benefit of using jewellery made from Acrylic beads is their lightweight.

3.      Gemstone Beads: Gemstone beads are precious or semi-precious stones that come with their own charm and beauty which adds a whole new side of grace to the beaded jewelleries. Some of these beads can be too fragile or too soft to be used in the jewellery making process. Different types of Gemstone beads include Natural Stone beads, Turquoise beads and Goldstone beads. These beads also come in variety of shapes and sizes.

4.      Clay Beads: Clay beads are made out of clay and can be categorised based on their colours, shapes and textures. One can buy these buys or simply make them at home with help of right kind of tutorials and polymer clay. Different types of Clay beads include Animal and Mix Design beads, Colourful Porcelain beads and Blue and white Porcelain beads. These beads can be made into different forms of jewellery because of their versatility.

5.      Glass Beads: These beads come in lively colours, finishes and shapes to give that magical variant to the particular piece of jewellery in which they are integrated. Glass beads can be broadly divided into three main types and these include Crackle Glass beads, Frosted Glass beads and Glass Pearl beads. These beads can also be given fancy finishes such as Druk glass or Aurora Borealis apart from adding various kinds of bumps, decorations and the likes.

6.      Metal Beads: Metal beads are extensively used in jewellery making because of their versatile, strong and sturdier nature when compared to plastic beads. These come in variety of finishes and can be worn on each every occasion. Metals beads have many variants and these include Hematite beads and Metal Letter beads.

7.      Shell and Pearl Beads: Pearl jewellery is the epitome of classy, beautiful and timeless. The shell pearls are formed from the shells of certain aquatic animals which make for artistic and stunning piece of jewellery. These beads include Coral Chip beads and Mother of Pearl beads.

8.      Wooden Beads: Wooden beads have been used since ancient times because of their easy to shape and carve nature and stylish finish. Wooden beads can be used for carving out alphanumeric beads or beads of various shapes and sizes and colours depending upon the type of jewellery that they would be used in.

9.      Skull Beads: Skull beads are one of kind beads that stand out for their unique shape. Although the skull beads look similar to one another there are many variants of Skull beads that include Black Ceramic beads, Pirate beads and Tiny Turquoise skull beads to name a few.

10.  Seed Beads: These beads are named Seed beads because of their tiny structure. Generally these are produced on a large scale in various colours to be able to integrate them in different form of jewelleries.

11.  Charm Bracelets: Charm bracelets generally signify all the best moments in a person’s life. These bracelets are made out numerous tiny trinkets that are significant for the individual besides being a decorative piece of jewellery. Charm bracelets can be made out of Letter charms or Metal charms or Tiny Acrylic Charms.

One just can’t enough of beaded jewellery when it comes in so many amazing shapes and sizes and colours apart from being so different and appealing from one another. So what are you waiting for? Go grab them all.