Laurence Jorieux-Lequitte, Author at Auckland Beads NZ , beads and jewellery supplies wholesale

mixing material necklace resin and metal beads

Mixing materials

Mixing materials – It is always interesting to mix material to create stunning jewellery.

Here is an example using large statement resin beads and brass metal.

Keep your hands busy for the long weekend

Keep your hands busy for the long weekend.

Check our glass section for great beads inspiration. From cube, oval, round or flower, glass beads comes in different shape and colour.

Hard not to be creative!

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Choker mania

Choker mania – as choker are the big summer trend, we couldn’t resist to create our own version of it.

We used 2m of the imitation suede liquorice. We then selected two nice metal beads that we thread through both end.

Knot the end and voila, a fashionable choker done in 5 min top.

Fashion should’nt be hard….

Check our vast selection of imitation sued thong and metal beads to create your own individual style.

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Semi-precious Stones

We have now in stock more semi precious stones with some beautiful Spider agate and milky white faceted 8mm.

Also a new addition to the catalogue is green Jade or nephrite. These beads comes in 8mm and are round and smooth.

Check our new Swarovski colour with iridescent effetcs, red, green and purple.

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I’ve decided to share some Auckland Beads archives with jewellery samples that have been made over the years by passionate staff. Here is a gorgeous necklace made of shell pearl, sterling silver components and rose quartz beads.

“Man made Sea Shell Pearls are created by repeatedly dipping a round matrix bead into a glowing, brilliantly colored solution of binders and crushed mother of pearl. They are polished and dipped, again and again, until they reach the size desired. They are very heavy, often much heavier than real pearls.” (Wikipedia)

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Did you know?

Did you know that Turquoise jewellery is 90% of the time Howlite that has been dyed.

Howlite, in its natural state, look like cauliflower, is porous so easy to dyed. This stone is very popular because of its ressemblance to turquoise and its cheaper price.

Howlite is believed to have healing properties and help to calm and bring mental stability. Howlite is also good to reinforce bones and teeth.

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Auckland Beads Team Inspiration

Auckland Beads Team Inspiration.
As the weather is unlashing its winter wrath with heavy rain, gale and storm, we have decided to bring bit of colours in this very grey winter world. We made this very simple necklace but very colorful using Swarovski bicones 6mm in regular sequences. From left to right we used Siam, Rose, Fuschia, Indian Pink, Crystal Copper and Citrine. We use Sterling silver clasp and Soft Touch wire, medium size.
With its bright colours, this necklace will fit many outfits. What other combination could you use?

Did you know that Swarovski colour charts as over 100 colours to choose from? We can order bulk pack on request.

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