Posts from — January 2009

There are times when we need to have products with no assembly required. I have been running into many occasions of this very thing lately and not just in jewelry making land. But I will spare you with those details and proceed to highlight the new pre-made (finished) chains that have arrived at ohiobeads.com

Snake Chain

This sterling silver snake chain is ready to wear with soldered lobster clasp attached and measures 18 inches long. A smidgen larger than 1mm, 1.2mm in fact, it's an excellent choice if you need a simple chain with excellent drape. I would categorize this in a delicate chain category, but it is capable of hanging favorite charms and smaller pendants. In the pix above I hung a pretty cross charm on it which measures 1.5 inches long. Honestly this chain is pretty enough to wear without any extra additions.

Box Chain

Love This Chain.

Just like the name states this box chain is made up of tiny box-like links catching light on the flat services giving it a nice shimmer. Delicate, measuring 1mm in width, I'd hang light weight trinkets and charms and call it done. This has a spring closure and we carry these in 16 and 18 inch lengths.

How About A Flat Link Cable

Small,with slightly flattened links, this cable chain has lots of versatility. In this example I wire wrapped a stone to a slide on bail for a simple everyday look. The links in this chain are large enough to attach wire wrapped beads to or again, can be worn on its own.

Last , But Not Least..Twist Wire Cable

Although we put this in the finished chain category, it's technically a cable. This cable keeps it rounded shape and has a lobster closure in the back. I have seen customers slide larger hole beads on them along with charms and letter cubes spelling out names of loved ones. Here, I've hung a cubic zirconian in pink and love the fact that I can switch things on off with ease. Currently we carry this pretty neck wire in 16 inches and will add more sizes soon.

Click to here to see all the finished sterling silver chains with fabulous pricing info and further details.

Popularity: 24% [?]

Cynthia last wrote about Curved (Scalloped) Bar Link Chain and hinted at the gold-plated version being available soon.

Its here: in stock and posted online:

http://www.ohiobeads.com/catalog/goldplated-chain-round-curved-scalloped-chain-p-850.html

Paul
OhioBeads.com

Popularity: 19% [?]

So nice to be featured in the February issue of Bead and Button as a chain supplier for the "Treasure Bracelet" design. We would like to let all you wonderful bead weavers out there know we are working hard to keep up with all the enquirers and also mention Gold plated scallop chain is on its way. Currently we have gunmetal curved scallop chain which looks great btw with multi-colored crystal combinations as well as clear, jet and black diamond colors. Sterling silver scallop chain # 9 always looks great and we have more footage arriving in a couple of days also. We plan to broaden the palette with antique brass and imitation rhodium in the near future. It looks like an awesome bracelet.. I need to improve my weaving skills and make one just for me. 

Popularity: 7% [?]

Imitation Rhodium finish is a new favorite of mine, versatile and priced right. I mentioned in the title how this finish is great plated on chain for wintery weather wear, but really could span across all seasons. This plate has a darker look then silver , but is clean looking without the the dark oxidation process used to darken metals. Also the high polish quality is long lasting and gives this chain an expensive look. We have lots of footage in the three most popular chain links and styles. Pricing at around 2 bucks a foot, it's worth a try. For you real chain freaks ( me included) we have super great pricing on 50 foot spools!!

Popularity: 8% [?]