Advantages Of Semi Precious Beads & April’s Stone

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See Us Tomorrow, Sunday 7th April at Cambridge Bead Fair - just off J11 of M11. The latest semi precious beads from MrBead & seed beads & finding by Southampton Bead Shop. Then the following Sunday, 14th April at The Hornton Pavilion for the Oxfordshire Bead Fair. Just 15-mins from Banbury & the M40.

At both shows we’ll have many of our new semi precious beads. Over 60 are already online, and you can see more at a bead fair.

Content:
Advantages Of Semi Precious Beads
Norwich Bead Fair Report
Beady Jokes
Diamond – April’s Gemstone
Cubic Ziconia
Quartz Crystal – April’s Alternate Stone
New Beads Sell Jewellery
Beads Up North
2024 Bead Fairs
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ADVANTAGES OF SEMI-PRECIOUS BEADS

Affordability
Semi-precious beads are more budget-friendly compared to precious gemstones – making jewellery more economical and easier to sell.

Variety
Semi-precious stones come in a wide range of colours, shapes, and sizes, allowing for creativity and versatility in jewellery design.

Healing Properties
Semi-precious stones have metaphysical or healing properties, and wearing them as jewellery can provide emotional or spiritual benefits.

Unique and Handmade
Jewellery made with semi-precious beads has a unique, artisanal quality – as each stone is distinct, contributing to a one-of-a-kind piece.

Personalization
You can choose stones to match your birthstone, favourite colours, or specific meanings, allowing for personalized jewellery.

Durability Semi-precious stones are durable and suitable for everyday wear.

Eco-Friendly
Using semi-precious beads can be more environmentally friendly, as it reduces the demand for mining precious gemstones.

Overall, semi-precious beads offer a cost-effective and diverse range of options for crafting beautiful, meaningful, and unique jewellery. Use more semi precious beads!

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NORWICH BEAD FAIR REPORT

See the online newsletter for pictures. Norwich is always busy, but this one beat the lot! We were flat-out from the moment we opened until close – a constant rush of visitors, all keen, all spending well. The hall was chock-a-block. One couple even travelled 2-hours from Milton Keyes, and another group all the way from Peterborough. Everyone loves Norwich!

We’ll be back in Norwich Sunday 30th June 2024. Make a weekend of it, book a Travelodge, and combine exploring the Fine City of Norwich & the Norfolk Broads.

BEADY JOKES

1. Beady Jokes“I tried making jewellery from beads, but I think my cat had other plans. Now I have a necklace that doubles as a cat toy!”

2. “Making jewellery from beads is like solving a tiny, sparkly puzzle. Except when you drop a bead and it rolls under the couch. Then it’s just a game of hide and seek.”

3. “Beads: the tiny, colourful Legos of the jewellery world. Just make sure not to accidentally step on them in the middle of the night!”

4. “I’ve spent more time searching for the perfect bead than I have searching for my keys. Priorities, right?”

5. “Making jewellery from beads is the closest I’ll ever get to being a magician. Voila! A bracelet appears out of nowhere!”

6. “If I had a pound for every time I accidentally launched a bead across the room with my clumsy fingers, I’d have enough money to buy more beads.”

8. “They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but have they seen the dazzling array of beads I have in my craft drawer? Beads are definitely a close second.”

9. “I’m pretty sure my love for making jewellery from beads is hereditary. My mom always said, ‘Like mother, like daughter—addicted to sparkly things.’”

10. “Making necklaces from beads is like creating wearable art. Just with a lot more swearing when you accidentally spill the beads everywhere.”7. “I thought making bracelets from beads would be a relaxing hobby, but untangling a mess of beading wire feels more like a high-stakes game of Operation.”

DIAMOND APRIL’S GEMSTONE

April’s birthstone is diamond. With myths of romance, power, greed, and magic. Ancient Hindus thought diamonds came from lightning bolts. Today, the diamond is a symbol of love and the hardest naturally-occurring substance.Diamonds are similar to graphite, both crystalline forms of carbon. The difference is in their carbon atoms. Graphite atoms are in sheets that easily slide past each other. Diamond crystals, are a tight-fisted network of atoms securely held in four directions.

Diamonds were formed over 3-billion years ago inside the Earth’s crust. The majority are extracted in Africa by miners paid a dollar a day. DiamondsThe second-largest miner of diamonds is Russia – so economic sanctions will hike prices. However, the world’s largest jeweller, Pandora, switched from natural to lab-grown diamonds.

More Ethnical Diamonds
At one time De Beers controlled all the world’s diamonds. By stockpiling, they increased the value of a relatively-common rock. However, we can now artificially grow diamonds – using high pressure and temperature in ‘growth chambers’, the size of a washing machine. Chemically these’re identical to mined diamonds – but have different growth patterns and a lack of inclusions that would draw suspicions to a jeweller. However, a lack of inclusions can be a good thing.

CUBIC ZICONIA

A cheaper way of making a stone that looks like diamond is Cubic Zirconia. Formed at high-temperature, the compound crystallizes into chunks similar to rough diamonds. Using the naked eye, even a trained jeweller can’t detect the difference between good cubic zirconia or diamonds.

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QUARTZ CRYSTAL – APRIL’S ALTERNATE STONE

Diamonds are too expensive for most jewellery, but a gemstone with similar characteristics for April is quartz crystal. You can benefit from the same metaphysical properties as diamond, by using quartz beads.

The Mayans, Druid priests, and Tibetan monks all knew the spiritual power of crystal. The ancients used it to strengthen the sun’s rays to bring heat, and the Chinese science of feng-shui teaches that arranging crystals around the home retains positive energy. Crystals were important to these people because of the belief in their capacity to store and amplify any power source fed into them – physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual.

Today’s crystal therapists say that the stones’ ability to work as a conductor allows energy to be focused via a person’s thoughts to stimulate healing. Many people use crystal to focus attention on what they want. With a little imagination, you too can use crystal’s energy to access a higher level of consciousness and turn a desire into reality.

All types of crystal have this magical power, but individual colour crystal is believed to have other uses too. Rose quartz, the stone of unconditional love, is for emotional healing. Red, yellow, and orange stones are said to produce energy; clear and aquamarine stones are healers; and lavender and blue-violet are calming. Pure rock crystal is clear, but usually quart comes in a variety of opacity. Rutilated quartz has tiny inclusions inside the rock. Milky quartz is cloudy because of fluid embodied in the crystal – creating an attractive effect of a crystal within a crystal, giving the interior a ghostly appearance. Smoky Quartz is caused by natural radiation from nearby granite rocks.

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Beads Up North With Craft & Lace

Only 2-weeks to Beads Up North at Haydock Racecourse. We have many exhibitors trading beads, jewellery, lace & other crafts – in two halls, along with beading jewellery-making workshops & refreshments. A bumper show, not to be missed!

Save money purchasing tickets online. Adult tickets at the door £5 or online just £3.99. Concession for children and OAPs.

This time the beading workshop is to make a beautiful Tile Stacker Bracelet. The first workshop at 11am is only available to those who book first on the day – just £2.50 towards the materials. One & half hours of beading fun!

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NEW BEADS SELL JEWELLERY!

Our shipment of 700-kgms of new beads has arrived! See some at a bead fair soon. Grab the latest products to show they’re up-to-date and aware of fashion trends. We’ve already listed over 60 new beads on the online shop, to see click New Beads. New sells!

2024 Bead Fairs

Bead fairs are fun. A good way to lean how to make jewellery chatting with other visitors – and there’s nothing like actually seeing the beads ‘in the flesh’. Checkout the latest semi precious from our recent shipment from China. We try to cover all the UK: from Cornwall to Scotland, Wales to Norfolk, London, and all in-between!

1st Bead Fairs of 2024:
Sunday 7th April: Cambridge Bead Fair, Harston Village Hall, 20 High Street, Harston CB22 7PX
Sunday 14th April: Oxfordshire Bead Fair, Hornton Pavilion, Hornton, Banbury, OX15 6DB
Sunday 21st April: Beads Up North, Haydock Racecourse, Newton-Le-Willows WA12 0HQ
Saturday 11th May: London Luton Bead Fair, Stockwood Hotel, Castle Street, Luton LU1 3SS
Sunday 12th May: New Forest Bead Fair, Brockenhurst Village Hall, Highwood Road SO42 7RY
Sunday 19th May: Cornish Bead Fair, Probus Village Hall, Barn Court, Probus TR2 4NB

We've booked 29 shows so far this year - click: 2024 Bead Fairs. More To Follow!

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