Criss Cross Crafts Blog

Hello to all,

Cats Eye Beads

We have just added some brilliant glass cats eye beads to our shop.

The selection added includes 6mm round beads, 8mm round beads, 12mm puff hheart beads, 20mm puff heart beads aswell as 18mm smooth nugget beads and 18mm facet nugget beads.  All the styles come in a range of bright and vibarant colours including red, blue and grey.

All styles of these cats eye beads are available in thhe same colours so they can be used together to make a bold statement or combined with other beads they will add a splas of colour to any beading design.

I have been looking at making a couple of deigns myself using a 20mm Puff heart bead as a focal bead then using a couple of cats eye nuggets further up the chain with round cats eye beads in between to break up the larger beads.  I hope to do this and post a photo with instructions soon but can’t decide which colour to use?  I am also considering using a mixture of the dark blue and blue cats eye beads as I think the 20mm dark blue puff heart beads are fantastic, the other possibility is using the pink with the grey?

If you have any deisgns you would like us to post here to share with others then please send us a message as we always love to see new designs.

I will be adding some new pendants to our range tomorrow so please look out for those but you can also check out the pendant range we already have listed in our shop here.

Please feel free to let us know if their is anything you are looking for, or something you would like us to stock as we are always looking for new ideas.

Until next time I wish you happy beading.

Hello all,

We’re back from our holidays and all ready to get back into it!

We’ve started our new season with some new sterling silver finding being added and more beads aswell.

Will update again soon!

Hello to all,

Our offices will be closed for a week from Saturday 8th August until Saturday 15th August due to holidays.

You can still order during this time but your order will not be processed until Saturday 15th August, we are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. We will try to get all order out as soon as possible when we get back and everything will be sent by first class post as always!

Good news though, when we get back we will have more sterling silver findings to list in our shop along with more beads and pendants. These will hopefully be added on our first week back so keep checking back.

Thanks for looking and I will update you again soon.

Karen

Pandora Style Beads

I have been adding new stock today as my new Pandora style beads have finally arrived!

I have added 15 new silver plated charm beads to my stock today along with some new Pandora style silver plated bracelets which go beautifully with the new beads.

I love the enameled dangles as shown here and have already added this one and the heart one to my daughters bracelet.  She loves this style of bracelet and finds getting new Pandora style beads very affordable.

These all go well with the glass charm beads already in our shop in the ‘Beads – Pandora Style category’.

Also added are some new handwoven beads, and although I haven’t many in yet I will be adding more to this category soon.

In my delivery today I have also recieved some new glass pendants which I will be photographing and adding to my shop as soon as I can, so look out for further updates.

I intend to add alot more products over the next few weeks so look out for new products on a weekly basis including more cats eye beads, sterling silver and plated findings, aswell as many more gemstone beads.

I have also received some new childrens bead kits which will go on the site in the next day or so, these new kits are designed for younger children as the feature foam beads in bright colours which can be strung to make both necklaces and bracelet.  A couple of friends had their girls try these out for me a couple of weeks back and they proved very popular so I am very happy to get more in stock to add to my shop.

I will update again soon!

I haven’t managed to add much to the site this week but you will notice some changes to the charm beads and also a few more bangles in the plated components category.

I hope to add alot more next week so if you have any preferences to what you would like to see then just let me know.

Thanks.

Hello to everyone!

I have today added some more charm beads to the ‘Pandora Style’ section of my shop, I hope you like them!

These go perfectly on the charm snake bracelets whhic are also included in the section, and as they are sold per bead you can add whatever colours and designs you wish.

Next week I will hopefully be adding some pandora style charms to my shop, I am just waiting for them to arrive!

Also added today are some more gemstone beads.  I have added some Amethyst round beads, and mother of pearl round beads.

Would you like us to add an option to buy by the stand?  Please let us know your ideas of othher products you wish us to add.

Thanks for you continued business.