jewelllery making for 2010

suze1984

Crafty_JuJu wrote: »

Hi everyone, after a little bit of advice please Whats the best type of elastic to use in Jewellery making? I'm wanting to make a childs necklace so wanted to get the good stuff I have had some in the past, but it broke easy, thinks it cos I got a cheap one! Many thanks for your help xXx

Hey thought id repay the favour since your always helping me lol I bought 20m of clear elastic thread but got 0.8mm instead of 0.5mm as I found this was too thin and snapped really easily but the added thickness on this one has worked better

I use this for my bracelets and watches and its east to knot too. I got mine for £1.97 inc delivery from jewel-mania on ebay! Hope thats of some assistance (oh and it still fits through most beads even smaller ones) x

suze1984

Mayflower10cat wrote: »

Yep - I've found that those 4mm bicones only fit on 24g headpins. Pearls often have a tinier diameter hole too, but at least you can widen it a bit with a bead reamer.

Hi, what does the 24g stand for? Ive been looking on ebay and some of them dont mention the "g" x

Crafty_JuJu

suze1984 wrote: »

Hey thought id repay the favour since your always helping me lol I bought 20m of clear elastic thread but got 0.8mm instead of 0.5mm as I found this was too thin and snapped really easily but the added thickness on this one has worked better

I use this for my bracelets and watches and its east to knot too. I got mine for £1.97 inc delivery from jewel-mania on ebay! Hope thats of some assistance (oh and it still fits through most beads even smaller ones) x

Thankyou so much Will go have a look xXx I prob had the thiner stuff too! lol

Jo_F

suze1984 wrote: »

Hi, what does the 24g stand for? Ive been looking on ebay and some of them dont mention the "g" x

the g stands for the gauge of the wire, or the thickness, the larger the number the thinner the wire.

If it has SWG then its usually a UK gauge, if it says AWG then its the American number, they vary a little

Jo_F

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_wire_gauge

clairewop

Can anyone advise me please? I've been asked to make gold earrings (proper gold) and am struggling to find 2" headpins and earwires

jenny_f

I'm not sure if I've posted this in the right place.

After starting beading a while ago I have now decided that my next step is pandora bracelets - but what a nightmare. My beads, spacers and stoppers are all coming ok but the bracelets I've bought from ebay have all been banned!

Does any one know a good seller on ebay for the bracelets????

Was excited to get back into it all again and now this has just put me off!!!

Please help

fazeypie

Jenny_f- has eBay suspended your sellers account? This has happened to me recently with beads I have bought from India via ebay, something to do with bank checks. The sellers account was reinstated within a few days. Also, it may be that the seller has already posted your items. It may be worth filing an eBay/paypal claim anyway. I've ordered a few pandora bracelets myself, I will have a look later and let you know the sellers I have used, I know none are from the uk so it takes a couple of weeks to get them.

Giggles_Fairy

Are they fakes? If they are then it may be that ebay has banned the seller for selling fake items.

cbrown372

jenny_f wrote: »

I'm not sure if I've posted this in the right place.

After starting beading a while ago I have now decided that my next step is pandora bracelets - but what a nightmare. My beads, spacers and stoppers are all coming ok but the bracelets I've bought from ebay have all been banned!

Does any one know a good seller on ebay for the bracelets????

Was excited to get back into it all again and now this has just put me off!!!

Please help

I just did a search on pandora and this thread has come up. How can you use the name pandora to make your own bracelets as then you would be selling "fakes" surely.