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Don't let summer fly away!
Don’t let summer fly away…. Update your Outfit with a Golden Butterfly Appliqué 🧚🏻♂️🧚🏻♂️🧚🏻♂️🧚🏼♂️
Looking for the perfect accent piece to complete your project or outfit? Look no further.
Check out our Golden Butterfly Appliqué 🔗
Across cultures, the butterflies hold significant meaning, symbolizing courage, strength, happiness, transformation, and spiritual growth.
You can use them to enhance your hats 👒, shoes 👡, shirts 👚, dresses👗, handbags 👜, and more 🩱. Appliqués can also serve as focal points for your bracelets, necklaces, or other jewelry pieces. They make wonderful home decorations or small gifts like favors. The possibilities are truly endless. 💡
Browse through our catalog and find the perfect piece to suit your needs. We offer a range of sizes, from small accents to large statement pieces. Each ornament or appliqué can be glued, sewn on, or attached with wire, making it easy to integrate into your project.
Our appliqué/ornaments offer very versatile use!
Check out the new additions to our collection of Glass Beads Appliqué & Ornaments 🔗
Do you prefer mixes of beads or just a single style?
Do you prefer mixes of beads or a single style❓
Take a look at our Bead of the Week!
Our pick today is 8mm Fire Polished Bicone in Crystal AB (Item P783)
This bead features a beautifully faceted rim in the center, adding extra sparkle and elegance. It looks stunning and is available in both Crystal clear and Crystal AB.
We've used this gorgeous Fire Polished Bicone bead to create a stunning mix. This combination includes White Opal Discs, Crystal Matted Ovals, and Chalkwhite Fire Polished beads (Item P766). Our mix is perfect balanced combination of beads that can be used for bracelets or mixed with additional beads for your necklaces and matching earrings.
Let us know what would be your choice?
Yours, CrystalsandBFF
Crystal and Crystal Hematite Fire Polished Beads Comparison
Stop scrolling, you want to see this!!! 😳 ⬇️
We are committed to delivering videos with color comparisons to help you decide what’s best for your designs. We know it’s not easy to judge colors from your phone or computer screen, so we hope these videos make it easier for you.
Crystal and Crystal Hematite fire polished beads comparison.
CRYSTAL - Crystal clear see-through glass with gorgeous light reflection.
CRYSTAL HEMATITE - Crystal beads are covered with Hematite luster that adds shiny coat to the beads for extra sparkle.
🛒 Explore our vast catalog of high-quality beads, crystals, rhinestones, appliqués, and much more.
💡 Get inspired and see our blog for more ideas and color comparison videos.
🤝 Join a community of fellow creators and share your masterpieces with us! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
YoYours, Crystalsandbff
ALL WE NEED IS LOVE ... AND SOME REALLY NICE BEADS!
Attention all crystal and bead enthusiasts!
We will be taking a summer break from July 20th to August 15th to travel to Europe in search of unique items for our catalog. As a token of our appreciation, any order placed during this time will receive a surprise gift.
WE ALL NEED LOVE … AND SOME REALLY NICE BEADS.
Thank you for your understanding and support. We look forward to returning on August 16th with exciting new products to inspire your creativity.
Yours, Crystalsandbff
This may just be the most helpful video you watch today 👀
We’d like to help you pick the perfect color for your project. Watch our color comparisons, save them for later and share them with your friends. Connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, or Youtube.
Peridot versus Peridot AB
Peridot
"A beautiful summer green color that sparkles perfectly. Czech Fire Polished Beads are known for their quality and ability to reflect light."
Peridot AB
“The AB coating on the beads creates a mesmerizing effect, with light shifting from golden to blue hues on a green base.”
Check our blog often us for more videos! 👍
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Yours, Crystalsandbff
Guess what is this?
Watch first for a hint?👍
Any idea?
Connect with Crystalsandbff either on Facebook or Instagram.
Find the answer below ⬇️
Glass rods are displayed as a window treatment at the Museum of Glass and Jewelry in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechia.
Glass rods are an essential material in the art of bead making. The process begins with selecting glass rods of various colors and sizes.
Glass rods are used to produce pressed beads, fire polished beads, machine-cut beads, lamp-beads etc. Pressed beads are made by heating glass rods until pliable, then pressing them into molds to achieve specific shapes and patterns. Fire polished beads are created by melting the surface of pressed or cut glass beads to give them a smooth, shiny finish. Bicone and other machine-cut beads involve cutting the glass rods into precise shapes with facets that reflect light beautifully. Each method brings out different qualities in the glass, allowing beaders to choose the perfect type of bead for their projects.
In lamp-working, the artist uses a torch to melt the end of a glass rod, carefully manipulating the molten glass to form a bead. By rotating the rod and controlling the heat, glassworkers can create uniform, round beads or experiment with different shapes and textures. Tools such as mandrels are used to shape and size the beads, and additional glass rods can be applied to add intricate patterns and designs.
Fall in love with beading…
Yours, Crystalsandbff
It can't get any easier...
Update Your Outfit! 🧚🏻♂️🧚🏻♂️🧚🏻♂️🧚🏼♂️
Looking for the perfect accent piece to complete your project or outfit? Look no further.
Check out our golden dragonfly appliqué 🔗
Across cultures, the dragonfly holds significant meaning, symbolizing courage, strength, happiness, transformation, and spiritual growth. You can use them to enhance your hats 👒, shoes 👡, shirts 👚, dresses👗, handbags 👜, and more 🩱. Appliqués can also serve as focal points for your bracelets, necklaces, or other jewelry pieces. They make wonderful home decorations or small gifts like favors. The possibilities are truly endless. 💡
Browse through our catalog and find the perfect piece to suit your needs. We offer a range of sizes, from small accents to large statement pieces. Each ornament or appliqué can be glued, sewn on, or attached with wire, making it easy to integrate into your project.
Our appliqué/ornaments offer very versatile use!
Check out the new additions to our collection of Glass Beads Appliqué & Ornaments 🔗
Steps Before Creating Your New Project
Watch this video to see the difference between half and full coating.
We are committed to delivering videos with color comparisons to help you decide what’s best for your designs. We know it’s not easy to judge colors from your phone or computer screen, so we hope these videos make it easier for you.
Fire Polished Beads in 6mm:
Crystal LABRADOR FULL
The silver coating completely covers the entire bead, creating a sterling-like shine. The result is stunning.
Crystal LABRADOR HALF
Only half of the bead is covered with a silver coating. The crystal clear part reflects silvery highlights inside the bead, creating a mesmerizing effect.
Which one would you choose?
Stay tuned for more videos!
Yours, @crystalsandbff
In BEADING there are no mistakes ... just ...
At @Crystalsandbff 💎,
we firmly believe in the motto:
"In Beading, there are no mistakes…just unique and amazing creations." 👍
This philosophy embodies our passion for beads and crystals, encouraging creativity without the fear of imperfection. Each piece you create is a reflection of your own individual style, a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
As a small family business, we take pride in offering a wide selection of high-quality beads and crystals that inspire your creativity and help you craft stunning and unique designs.
Join our community of crafters and let your imagination shine with every bead you string. 😉
Yours, @Crystalsandbff
The first step to find the perfect color for your project
Here’s how you are going to pick the perfect colors for your projects.
It is hard to order beads online and guess color from your phone or computer screen. Watch our videos for side by side comparisons so you can pick just the right color for your creations.
Crystal Aurum 2X Gold
A metallic gold coating fully covers the entire surface of beads. Real gold is used as an ingredient. The most expensive option with great result of shine.
Crystal Amber 2-sided Gold coated
A metallic coating covers only a half of a bead which makes it shine outside but also projects golden strikes inside of the bead and gives it nice reflection … a less expensive option with stunning results.
Czech our website often for more videos and tips 👍
Yours, @crystalsandbff
Guess what these are? Find out the answer below the video.
Glass Flowers 🌱🌾🌷🪻
at Harvard Museum of Natural History👇
One of Harvard University’s most famous treasures is the internationally acclaimed Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, better known as the “Glass Flowers." This unique collection was made by Leopold (1822-1895) and Rudolf Blaschka (1857-1939), a father and son team of Czech glass artists. Over fifty years, from 1886 through 1936, the Blaschkas produced 4,300 glass models that represent 780 plant species.
Magic of glass!
@crystalsandbff
Create your own chandelier
Would you like to have such an exclusive piece at your home❓
Swarovski chandelier parts, crystal pieces reflecting light with an extraordinary sparkle.Create your own chandelier or if you are not that ambitious, create your own sun catchers. Sun catchers brighten any room with streaks of light and look amazing in your windows. Add chandelier parts to your existing lamp shades for touch of exclusivity and uniqueness.
Chandelier components or even bigger crystal pendants are a great way to light up your home with extra rays of light and a touch of magic.
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