Saturday, January 3, 2009

Beads - The Best Choice for Handmade Jewelry

By Ben Johnson

Handmade jewelry began over three decades ago when beads are stringed together to form bracelets, earrings or even necklaces. As its popularity grows, the mass demand drives the market where jewelry becomes the mass market for production to meet the growing demand of women, men all alike. Jewelry is no longer just another piece of accessories you add to your style. It has become so individualized that it speaks of your personality, of your story and surely of your self confidence. While the market may have capitalized to be a big industry of its own, many seem to have reverted the trends. Now, it is back to the basics where people like to be the only few who own that very piece of jewelry or if possible the only one in the world to wear that piece of jewelry. It is no longer the "commercial" value that jewelry holds to make it precious. It is instead the uniqueness, the rareness that people are crazy about.

Even the claim that "Oh! I made this jewelry myself!", in response to any compliment one will receive from any on-looker who envies your jewelry. This brings the pride and sense of self achievement to whoever wears the jewelry that he or she makes.

To start with there are number of sources of beads available in market. There is sterling silver that will add a modern and everlasting look. This type of jewelry is more popular among young people and hippies. You could even go for 14k gold plated beads that could compliment your strong metal love. You could even go for more customization by using letters beads with 14k gold. This could be your name or your friend's name or the initial of your name. By doing this you could individualize your jewelry even more.

These different makes and styles in beads are offered by Pandora. These include basic beads sterling silver, 14k gold letter beads and even birthstone beads and zodiac beads. Each month of a year is associated with a particular stone. Wearing a birthstone is known to bring good luck and good health. So customize your jewelry with ionic Pandora beads as your birthday gift. You can even gift this jewelry to your relatives and loved ones and friends according to their birthstone.

Pandora beads also offer you zodiac beads. They come in all 12 zodiac signs. The signs are exquisitely craved into the beads giving your jewelry a new look. You could even add couple of Glass Pandora Beads to make it more personalized. By this you could make a complete set of Pandora Bracelet and necklace. No jewelry is complete without Pandora clips that will hold your masterpiece together and Pandora spacers that will bring out Pandora beads without outshining or robbing the limelight of the Pandora beads. Therefore if you want to customize your jewelry according to your birth or your zodiac sign then you don't have to look other then for Pandora beads. - 15343

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