Cleaning Jewellery, Beading Ideas & Amber Beads
16th June 2019
See us next Sunday, 23rd June at Cornish Bead Fair, Probus Village Hall Barn Court, The Bank, Probus TR2 4JU. Open 10.30am to 4pm.
Also present will be the huge range of seed beads & spaces by Tanzee Designs, plus original hand-crafted beads and designs by Carol McAllister.
Free Entry, Free Refreshments, Free Gifts & Free Parking! In a beautiful village at the heart of Cornwall – Combine with a weekend holiday. We love it there – the only problem is leaving!
Many NEW beads just arrived in the UK in our 800kg shipment!
All our shows booked so far this new year click 2019 Bead Fairs.
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Bringing Old Jewellery Back To Life
Beading Ideas
Amber Beads 90% Off!
Bead Fairs
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Bringing Old Jewellery Back To Life
There are hundreds of home recipes using all sorts of household ingredients to clean jewellery. No need to waste money on special cleaners.
Keep your jewellery looking as amazing as the day you bought it. Try these easy and cheap cleaning options with an old toothbrush and a clean rag:
• Ammonia
Great for cleaning diamonds. Mix four cups with one cup of warm water, then soak the jewellery for about 15-minutes and clean with a toothbrush. Rinse with clear water and cloth dry.
• Toothpaste
Mix warm water with the toothpaste and use a toothbrush to clean – rinse and dry after.
• Vinegar
Simply pore white vinegar into any container and soak the jewellery for 15-minutes. Dusting with Diatomaceous Earth after, will prevent tarnishing. Clean with a toothbrush and finish with a water rinse and dry.
• Rennie or any Antiacids
Indigestion tablets cure more than heartburn! Place two into a container of warn water and soak the jewellery in the bubbles for 2-mintues. Rinse with clear water and dry to finish.
• Baking Soda & Aluminum Foil
Great to remove tarnish from silver. Line a tray with the foil, lay the jewellery on, and sprinkle with baking powder. Then slowly pore a cup of boiling water on. The tarnish will collect on the tin foil. Then turn the jewellery over and repeat on the other side. Finish with a a water rinse and cloth dry.
• Salt, Baking Powder & Detergent
Best for gold jewellery. Mix a cup of hot water with a teaspoonful or baking powder with the same of salt & washing powder. Soak the jewellery for 10-minutes, wash with water and dry.
• Soap & Water
Good for soft or porous semi-precious stones like turquoise or pearls. Use warn water with laundry detergent. Rinse & cloth dry.
Beading Ideas
Beads can be used to make all sort of things.
With a little imagination there are so many things you can make with odd beads, apart from making jewellery.
Gordon, from Halfpenneys Beads even turns beads into neck ties!
Like a large bead for light or fan pulls. Pictures here show: milk cover, pill box, lampshade, purse and Chandelier.
Bead Tablecloth Weights
Table cloth weights make great presents, especially for summer BBQs.
Take a silver bulldog clip and thread wire through the hole. Loop it back on itself, and slide a crimp over both pieces, pulling it tight to the clip. Squash the crimp flat to hold the wire in place. Thread beads onto both strands of wire and finish with a crimp to hold the beads in place. Then clip the weights onto the corner of a tablecloth to prevent the wind blowing it off.
Other Ideas For Bead Making:
· Put individual beads on head pins & make a dangle bracelet.
· Simple loop earrings.
· Put them on headpins & attach a jump ring or clasp to make a necklace.
· Make cell phone charms or key chains from individual beads.
· Christmas tree decorations.
· Make toggles for bathroom light pulls.
· Sell larger beads on their own as lucky charms.
· Make mobiles to hang in young children’s bedrooms.
· Beaded serviette holders.
AMBER BEADS 90% OFF!
What took nature millions of years to create, can be yours in an instant!
Our synthetic amber beads look and feel almost like natural, but under 1/10 the price to make easily-sell jewellery. No wonder they’re so popular!
What Is Amber?
Amber was once a mystery. Alchemists thought it was created from the rays of the setting sun, concealed in the evening sea and cast ashore in the form of stone.
True amber was formed up to 60-million years ago where seas were then forest. Resin from these trees dripped into puddles. When the land was replaced by sea, the weight formed this resin into amber which eventually floated to the surface. Usually yellow, brown, orange, or green, darkening to a rich red-brown with age.
Benefits of Amber
Its bright colour conceals the mystery, prompting some to call it “petrified sunlight” or “frozen gold”. Producing jewellery that makes the wearer both look and feel good. No wonder it’s so fashionable in the 21st century. Amber jewellery can create a more dramatic effect than diamonds.
Years ago, it was thought amber could magically draw energy into its bearer, so people started making amulets from it. This was because rubbing amber against a wool cloth made it electrically charged, attracting small objects. Originating the word electricity: “elektron”, the ancient name for amber.
Amber was also believed to aid the intellect, and prescribed for memory loss and anxiety.
Amber Prices
Amber beads were fashionable, yet inexpensive, before the 1920s – when Amber was a popular girl’s name. Natural amber rose to around 50-pounds a string by the year 2000, but over the past decade the price has shot up. Many amber necklaces sell for ten-times their price 15-years ago.
This growth is because China has rediscovered amber. Traditionally Chinese culture believes amber is lucky and has medicinal properties. Similarly, Persian amber has become fashionable in Arab states, where it represents status, wealth, and aphrodisiac powers.
Therefore, amber with a certificate of authenticity is heading towards the cost of gold by weight. Therefore you can easily tell if amber isn’t natural by the price.
Our amber, like most today – is ambroid amber, an immature variety of copal amber, mixed with synthetic resin. Giving the benefits of natural amber, yet allowing jewellery to be sold at prices customers’ can afford.
Imitation Amber
Amber has always been imitated. Some amber beads in Egyptian tombs were made from copal – which is also fossilized tree resin, but only thousands of years old. Ambroid, although known as pressed or reconstituted amber, is made from real amber scraps and shavings generated by amber carvers. These pieces are collected, heated, then pressed into large blocks.
Looking After Amber
Because amber is soft and wears easily, protect from heat and wrap in a cloth when not wearing. Clean with a soft cloth dipped in lukewarm water. You can put the shine back into today’s amber by spaying with Pledge.
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Bead Fairs
- Sunday 23rd June: Cornish Probus MrBead Bead Show, Probus Village Hall, Barn Court, The Bank Probus TR2 4JU. Full details here.
- Weekend 27th-28th July: Kempton Park gem n Bead Fair
- Weekend 3rd-4th August: Burges Hall Gem ‘n’ Bead Fair, One Leisure, Westwood Rd St Ives, Cambs PE27 6WU. Full details here.
To see all the bead shows we have booked so far click Bead Fairs 2019 – many more yet to add!
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