New Products: HeartsGlass hearts, metal blanks, and bezels
by Jane Konkel
Published: January 28, 2011
Hearts for earrings
Approximately 20 mm wide, these lightweight lampwork beads would make festive Valentine's day earrings. The colorful beads come on 16-in. strands, with about 25 beads on each strand. So it only makes sense to share the love this February 14th and make a few extra pairs for your friends.
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Hearts for bracelets
These silver, brass, and copper hearts have "charm bracelet" written all over them. Made from 24-gauge metal sheet, you'll have fun customizing Valentine's day charms. Stamp messages, add holes for rivets, texture and hammer to your hearts content. Or, learn to turn the copper hearts a rich shade of blue, with a project — Create a cool patina — from the BeadStyle archives.
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Hearts for necklaces
I really like these bezels. The large hearts remind me of a pendant I made for "Take heart & make art," a project in last year's resin issue. Each of these hearts is 2 mm deep, so you can overlap images, embed flat trinkets, or insert a secret message in resin, or use with polymer clay to announce it's Valentine's day.
All of these new products are available from Rings&Things, rings-things.com.
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