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Finding inspiration is so important for jewelry designers. It's the first step in creating artisan handmade jewelry. But where does that inspiration come from? Anywhere and everywhere. Part of what makes artisan handcrafted China beads wholesale jewelry so special and unique is that every designer is different and draws their influence and inspiration from different people, places, things and experiences. Eras are a huge influence in design – especially with anything to do with fashion. Moods, colors and shapes become the marks of certain periods of time.

Nature is rife with color combinations, animals and insects, forces of weather, all of which can be drawn from for designs. Concrete jungle cities have beauty that can be initially overlooked in the clean lines of buildings or a dirty puddle. Going to the library and looking at a variety of books on any number of subjects can spur ideas. Museums, art galleries, the mall, a vintage record resin flower cabochons store – they can all be sources of inspiration.

One thing a good designer does is to keep learning. There are always new techniques and tricks that are being developed and stumbled upon and the best designers will always try to be up-to-date on what's being done these days. And it's not just about what's new. Doing research into Tibetan style beads techniques from hundreds of years ago and learning the ones that are still applicable with today's tools can give designers a unique spin on their artisan handcrafted jewelry.

Inspired by the “power of symbols,” magic, and the occult, Eddie Borgo’s black, white, lavender, and cream-colored Spring 2012 collection riffs on his signature cone bracelets and tassel earrings while also introducing a few new structures, including fractured hearts and pentagram stars. “I’m always looking at the dichotomy between light and dark, hard and soft, aggressive and feminine,” Borgo says. “The challenge is to do that with new techniques while always keeping a rock’n’ roll sensibility.”

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Marni’s Consuelo Castiglioni has long been considered a master of mixing, but with her latest Recycle collection, the designer is doing that with music rather than fabric. Now, don’t expect Castiglioni to don headphones and man the turntables just yet. What she’s done for her Marni Summer Edition 2012 jewelry capsule gives new life to melted and molded vintage records in multi-colored chintzy floral clusters dotted on double-chained necklaces, dangly earrings, and blooming metal bracelets in the colorful fifteen-piece collection.

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Definition: Lapis Lazuli is a beautiful blue gemstones with streaks of silver running through it. These silver streaks are actually pyrite (also known as fools’ gold). This stone is blue, but ranges from light to dark blue. It is part of the sodalite group of stones.

Along with silver streaks, sometimes there are patch of white as well. Though these are common characteristics, the few white area the better because it declines in value if there are a large number of them.

Because very high quality Lapis Lazuli can be expensive, it is often simulated, either by using glass or by dying soldalite (a white stone that also have pyrite streak in it). Sometimes it is also reconstituted, meaning leftover dust and small pieces are mixed with adhesive and then formed into components such as cabochons or beads.

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