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Crimping Pliers How to Use - JEM Library

Crimping Pliers and how to use them. Crimp Plierswill help curve your crimp beads so that the wearer of your jewelry piece will not feel any sharp and annoying edges; which lessens the value of your jewelry. If you have never used Crimping Pliers, it may take a bit of practice to get the hang of it but it will be worth every effort

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Swarovski Colour Detail - Alexandrite 503

Swarovski colour Cantaloupe 540 is an amazing dual-changing colour. A non-standard production from Swarovski that is increasingly harder to obtain.

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Beads from Crystallized - Swarovski Elements

Beads from Crystallized - Swarovski Elements are amongst the most popular and valued of all crystal beads.

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Swarovski Bead - Faceted Oval Bead 5200

Swarovski Faceted Oval 5200 has multiple precision facets for the optimum refraction or light along its elongated body. Much rarer and harder to obtain than the 5301 bicones

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Swarovski Colour Detail - Alexandrite 503

Swarovski colour Alexandrite 503 is an amazing dual-changing colour. A non-standard production from Swarovski that is increasingly harder to obtain.

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Swarovski Colour Detail - Purple Velvet 277

Swarovski colour Purple Velvet 277 is from Swarovski's Exclusive Range of colours. It is rich, velvety, and royal in its silken depth of colour.

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Sew On Stones from Crystallized - Swarovski Elements

Sew On Stones from Crystallized - Swarovski Elements are loose crystal components that can be sewn on to fabric and accessories.

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Swarovski Sew-on Stones - Margarita 3700

Beads from Crystallized - Swarovksi Austrian crystal margarita sew-ons/beads are flat, flower-shaped crystals with a center hole. Designed as a sew-on stone, they also work great as spacer beads and very popular in making earrings.

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Other Jewelers Tools - Jigs, Reamers, Tweezers, Boards

Other jewelers tools that are immensely useful in the art of jewellery making.

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Finishing with Crimp Cover; How-to - JEM Library

Crimp Cover: Illustrated Step-by-step guide using crimp cover to finish really prettily and professionally

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