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Finished With Enamel
Well I was bored last weekend so I decided to have a little go and trying to enamel some old charms thinking that it would be a bit of fun, and might breathe some colourful life into charms which I have otherwise pretty much stopped wearing on any of my charm bracelets. Anyway, this led [...]
My Findings on Findings
Ok so its been a while since my last post, and I feel I should move away from my general discussion of different styles of charms and charm bracelets to some nitty gritty charm bracelet geeky stuff. I’m sure you are all delighted to hear this, but sometimes the difference is in the detail, so [...]
What Is So European About Beads?
I came across a new phrase today, or name, or whatever you might call it: European Charm Bracelet. Now, the name obviously is fairly self explanatory in that it refers to charm bracelets which are “European”. But then aren’t Italian charms also European? Very confusing. Actually European charms, and European Charm Bracelets are the name [...]
Is There Anything Charming in Pandora’s Box?
One type of charm bracelet which definitely seems on the rise is the pandora charm bracelet. And no, I’m not talking about the jewelry company Pandora, I’m talking about the style of charm bracelet silly! I think maybe its because pandora charms are slightly cheaper than other silver charms – probably because on [...]
Seed Bead Bracelets
Where to begin…The term “bead bracelet” takes in a massive range of bracelets, from those with a small selection of chunky beads to bracelets to bracelets made up from weaving loads of tiny tiny beads together. Strictly speaking the latter kind of bracelet is called a “seed bead bracelet” due to the size of [...]