Costume Jewelry

Costume jewelry is jewelry that is made of less valuable materials, including base metals, glass, plastic, and synthetic stones, in place of more valuable materials such as precious metals and gems. These items are usually, but not always, inexpensive, and often flashy. Costume jewelry is mainly used for fashion purposes, opposed to "real" (precious) jewelery which may exist primary as collectables, keepsakes, or investments. It can also be called “Fashion Jewelry.”

The term costume jewelry dates back to the early part of the 20th century when the word “costume” was used in reference to ones outfit. In today’s lexicon, the words “outfit or “garment” have replaced the word “costume” in reference to the fashion mode. A common description of the fashion during this period would read, “Handsome street costume of maroon brown velvet….” Thus the jewelry worn with everyday fashion (costumes) grew to be known as “costume jewelry.”

Costume jewelry can vary from vintage rhinestone sets to the latest fashions such as hair accessories and body jewelry with imitation stones.

Now a days people consider it as fashion statemenst along with status.People prefer jewelry made from silver and semiprecious stones.
Often Bali Silver Beads and findings are used, due to their ethnic value, with semi precious stones like tourmaline, amethyst, quartz, etc.

925 Silver Stores is a great place to find such jewelry. They have made available finished jewelry as well as the components for the more creative ones all at one store.

Backed by excellent craftsmanship and creative team of designers, 925 Silver Stores is an established name in the field of manufacture and export of Costume Jewellery, Silver Jewellery and Semi Precious Jewellery. Their collection is inspired by a legacy of rich Indian craftsmanship and talent that is brilliantly showcased in each piece. Their jewellery pieces are targeted to all the age groups. Crafted with adroit craftsmanship, their products bear a stamp of distinction and unprecedence.

Their online store can be visited at www.925SilverStores.com .It has a very user friendly environment and the customer service is very prompt and efficient. It is an overall good experience shopping at www.925silverstores.com

I hope once you visit www.925silverstores.com , you will agree with my opinion .

Bali Silver Clasps

For the jewelry maker, clasps are the all-important finishing touch to what truly is a piece of art. Clasps come in a wide diversity of shapes and sizes. Finding the right one for a specific piece is largely a matter of taste. You can choose from a simple hook to ornate toggle clasps, even gemstone studded ones.

If you are already a jewelry making hobbyist, I'm sure you already know what a Toggle is, but the rest of us might need a little explanation.

Toggle is essentially a primitive but effective means for clasping two ends of a chain. A toggle consists of a bar on one end, and hoop that the bar goes through.

The bar slides through vertically and rests against the hoop horizontally. Sterling silver toggles are an elegant means of clasping a fine bracelet or necklace.

The gemstone toogles are bit more expensive but the cost is nothing when compared to the beauty of the finished pieces.These add a couple of stars to the necklace or bracelet.

There are other, less popular, types of clasps also like:

1.Box Clasps

2.Lobster Clasps

www.925silverstores.com is a nice place to go for your beading needs.They have a wide variety of designs (more than 1000 and updating) to satisfy your needs.What's more, they also make custom designs for you.

Bali Silver Beads

Bali Silver is a type of sterling silver and it is mixed with silver alloy for a grayer tone. The proportion of alloy should not be more than 7.5%. Bali Silver is prized for its intricate detail and great silver smithing. Bali Silver artisans have passed the family tradition of silver bead making through generations. Usually in Bali Silver, a small amount of copper is combined to achieve hardness. Bali Silver is same as sterling silver. The designs that originate are characteristic and fall into several distinct categories. Customers can browse through our online catalogue of Bali Silver at www.925SilverStores.com .

925 Silver Stores offers high quality Bali Silver with reasonable or competitive prices. We provide online services for buying our products. We have a variety of styles of Bali Silver to suit all your needs.There is a wide variety of different beads to choose from and the selection will often be made due to their design, price or meaning that is related to the beads. The cost of Bali Silver will still vary depending on its rarity.