Beads, clasps and tools for your own jewelry
For handmade jewelry you need not only beads and pendants but above all the right findings, a stringing material and a few tools. In this category, you'll find jewelry supplies for necklaces, bracelets, earrings and brooches, sorted by area.
How to find the right jewelry supplies
The decorative materials are under Beads, Rhinestones and Sequins and under Pendants. Cords, chains and wire serve as stringing materials. You'll find jump rings, lobster clasps, ear wires and other findings under Eyelets, Rings, Hooks and Clasps and under Clasps. Brooch pins are blanks for your own brooches and pins, and with beading needles you thread beads onto fine thread. Tools as well as supplies and accessories round out the range.
For a simple necklace you need beads, a stringing material, a clasp with jump rings and pliers. Make sure the bead hole fits the thread, cord or wire. Elastic thread works for bracelets without a clasp; for necklaces with a clasp, use strong thread, jewelry wire or chain. Findings come in various metal tones, such as silver- or gold-colored.
- Beads, rhinestones and sequins for designing
- Cords, chains and wire as stringing material
- Clasps, eyelets and jump rings for connecting
- Pliers and beading needles for assembly
- Brooch pins and pendants as blanks and eye-catchers
Tip: Lay out your design on a cloth or a bead board before stringing. That way you see the length, color sequence and spacing before you fasten anything.
