Thursday, June 3, 2010

Paradise Petals on Aqua for Your Pandora or Trollbeads Bracelet

Paradise Petals on Aqua - Made for Trollbeads or Pandora Jewelry

Beautiful Aqua Blue for Summer!


This glass charm has a refreshing aqua blue background sprinkled with three petal white flowers. Paradise Petals on Aqua can be ordered in either the Trollbeads or Pandora style. Inspired by tropical flower petals, this lampwork glass charm is certain to add artist-made charm to your bracelet.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Tea Cup Charm for Your Pandora or Trollbeads Bracelet

Tea Cup Charm - Made for Trollbeads or Pandora Jewelry

A Charming Glass Charm!


We often receive requests for a certain color or style from our customers. Many of them are looking for a glass charm that will be different than all the rest. One of our customers asked us if we could design a special bead for a birthday gift. Her friend loved the traditional china made in cobalt blues and white. Tea Cup Charm was born from this request and is one of our newest patterns.

The Tea Cup Charm can be ordered in either the Trollbeads or Pandora style. It was inspired by the beautiful china patterns such as Blue Willow. It's a playful glass charm version of a classic color combination of cobalt blue and white.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Zebra Marble for Trollbeads or Pandora Style Jewelry

Zebra Marble - Made for Trollbeads or Pandora Jewelry

A Beautiful Glass Charm!

Lately, I've noticed that our animal style glass charms are very popular. Our customers seem to really enjoy Doug's Leopard Spots, Tiger, and this bead in the photo, a Zebra Marble. I really enjoy these also since they are so unique.

The Zebra Marble glass charm is in our Custom Order part of our store. It can be made either to fit a Pandora or Trollbeads bracelet or necklace. If you are not familiar with our custom order beads, then please read on and I'll explain how it works.

You simply pick the beads you want and before you put the bead in your “shopping bag,” just click in the box at the top of the page to choose which style you would like to have it made in, either for Pandora or Trollbeads. Doug makes these beads to have a core that is smaller for the Trollbeads chains and a little larger for the Pandora chains. He's quite accurate and you will find that his glass beads are a perfect fit.

The Zebra Marble is crafted from Italian glass. It a style that is very eye-catching, with it's black background and a bold zebra pattern on top. Glass beads like this one, will add individuality to your Pandora or Trollbeads jewelry.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Cleaning Tips for Silver Cores on Trollbeads and Pandora Style Beads

Red Polka Dots - Made for Trollbeads or Pandora Style

It's Spring Cleaning Time!

I wanted to pass on a little cleaning tip that I've found works wonderfully for cleaning the silver cores of our Pandora or Trollbeads style glass beads. This also works great on any beads that are solid sterling silver or solid gold. We always use a Jeweler's Rouge Polishing Cloth on all of our silver cores in our glass beads.

And before each glass charm is packaged, I give it one last polish before it is mailed. These cloths are an excellent cleaning tool and can often be found at your local jeweler. I do caution using them though on any area of silver that has been decoratively antiqued, as it may remove some of the dark decorative details. They also work well on polishing our Eagle Bay Designs' gold spacers.

To clean the glass on your Pandora or Trollbeads style glass charm, just take a little mild soap in water and use a cloth to wipe it clean. It will work wonderfully!

If you're curious about the Red Polka Dots bead above, it is available right now at Eagle Bay Designs. (www.EagleBayDesigns.com) This is one of our new Made to Order glass charms. It can be made in either the Trollbeads style or the Pandora style. It's your choice!