What is Gold-Filled? Can it Tarnish? FAQs
Learn the ins and outs of using gold-filled in your designs. Using and explaining gold-filled can be complicated, prepare yourself with these common questions about the material.
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Wholesale Beach Jewelry for Gift Stores
Beach and ocean jewelry is always a customer favorite during the summer. Add some of these bestselling jewelry pieces to your retail store for easy upsell items.
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Wholesale Christian Jewelry for Retailers
Adding Christian jewelry to your retail store is easy with Halstead's collection of religious jewelry making supplies.
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Types of Silver - Learn the Grades of Silver Used in Jewelry
Learn about different types of silver alloys used in jewelry. What is the meaning of sterling silver? What makes Argentium different? What is in Tibetan silver? Expand your knowledge of definitions so you can be an expert on all things silver!
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Why Jewelry Turns Your Skin Green
Always wonder why jewelry sometimes turns your skin green? Or black? This article covers why that might happen and what it means. We’ll also talk about how to prevent it!
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How to Keep Silver from Tarnishing
Avoiding tarnish on your silver jewelry supplies makes maintenance, cleaning and polishing easier. Learn how to store your jewelry and limit exposure to tarnish inducing environmental factors.
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How to Make Wire Wrapped Jewelry
Are you curious about wire wrapped jewelry but don’t know where to start? We’ve broken down the basics for you! We’ll link to the correct materials and tools and show you how to use key wire wrapping techniques to get started.
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