Has any one purchased Tibetan silver before? I just purchased some the other day, but I don't know how well the quality is.   Thanks!

This is one of my most recent designs I came up with. It has Red Jade, Freshwater pearls, Swavorski Crystals and Fire Cherry Quartz.  

I am looking for instructions on how to weave beads together to form a woven tube for bracelets. I have viewed some videos online; however, they do not provide closeups to see if I am doing it correctly. I want to create a woven tube and attatch it to my sterling chain.   Thanks! :-)  

I haven't posted any of my Jewelry here before, but this necklace is one of my I made.     sammie1981.etsy.com

I just receive my first order from elimornaments.com.   The quality of their gemstones are good, probably better than some of my firemountain gemstone orders.  The last few orders from Firemountain have not been very good, many of the beads were chipped or cracked, so I have to send them back.  Too bad I can't find cheap ...

Very cool! Once you are finished, how do you end the bead? Do you just cut off both left over string?

I found this website, too http://www.elimornaments.com Has anyone ever heard of it? It was on the top of google's sponsored links.

Wonderful! I have been looking for websites that sell quality gemstones. I like firemountain.com;  however, many of their beads have been dyed.   Would that decrease the value of your jewelry?  

I was wondering if anyone here has purchased gemstone beads from Magpie Gemstones? If so, were you pleased with the quality and shipment?   Thanks!

I was looking on Ebay and other web sites such as GiftJoy.com for some freshwater pearls, and I was wondering if pearls are supposed to have imperfections or holes inside of them, not where the wire goes,but elsewhere on the bead or are they supposed to be perfect? This is set of pearls looks like it has improfections.  I purchased some ...