Before you start creating your own jewelry, planning and designing is important. When you plan, always remember that you have to be organized in all aspects as you go along with your jewelry making. Necessary tools and material are very important; however, you don't just grab those things because you need them. Sometimes we make mistakes by using the wrong materials; an example of this is when we chose the wrong beads and ending up with a mess, a complete waste of time and materials. So, it is very important to chose the right kind of materials you will be using, or rather chose a good quality of materials that will last long without fading.

The most common materials are Handmade Glass Beads, gemstones, and other metal materials that come in different sizes, colors, and varieties. They are the most beautiful materials that make up your jewelry. However, looks can be deceiving. Beads are beautiful tiny pieces, but if you are not wise enough to choose good quality beads, you might end up with faded beads. Gemstones and other metal materials, if carefully looked after, will last many lifetimes, but others do not. Sometimes good quality beads, gemstones, and other metal materials are more expensive to buy, but it really pays when you realize that they can last for a lifetime!

But if you're planning to make fun and fashionable designs, you can go along with the cheaper materials. Finding out how to source the best wholesale jewelry is best done online through places like eBay.
As beads and other materials come in different sizes, picking the right size for your design is very important as well. You don't want to choose heavy beads to pull off the design shape of your necklace. Heavy beads can cause tiara tips bending over in your jewelry. Very light beads can look flimsy and won't go with your desired designed shape.

Making a dramatic design statement usually comes with lots of large beads; in this case you can incorporate hollow metal beads, wood or other light weight materials, which will help you make the finished item from being too heavy to wear. There are many light weight beads that look stunning, Bali silver beads are good example of this.

The purpose of the beads is very necessary if you are designing a special bead effect for your jewelry. Add a dramatic touch which will make a certain bead stand out. Others use organic designs, composed of beads that blend together giving an overall beautiful cohesive impression, therefore choosing beads that are similar in color tone and sizes are very important things to do.

After having completed a number of items, and probably planning on selling them, you can come up with this equation for your pricing: cost of the beads + your time + overheads and other materials. There are many places that you can sell your jewelry: craft shows, home parties and you can learn all about setting up your online jewelry store by searching the internet for ideas.

By Gary A Capps

Wedding coordination and design training is inclusive of various features from different fields. If you want to be an expert in the field, try enrolling in a wedding coordination and design training, it would surely be beneficial.

The world of wedding coordination and design training is highly diverse since they are connected with various fields such as fashion, art etc. The level of creativity required for these types of works is quite high and attending training would enable you to focus more on your work. There is a high level of competition in these types of works which require you to be completely up-to-date on the latest developments happening in the industry.

People are highly particular about the way their wedding is organized since for most of them, wedding is once-in-a-lifetime situation. This increases the work pressure on the people involved in wedding coordination and design training and they are found to benefit from the training or courses available.

These courses enable you to be perfect in all aspects of the work including selecting a particular dress for bridesmaid or maids, designing the cakes etc. You will have to handle different types of jobs such as that of a money manager, facilitator, artisan, planner along with being the wedding coordinator. In short, a person working as the wedding planner would be required to make the wedding with $10,000 a high profile wedding, not in reality but in appearance.

Excellent artistic and money management skills are necessary to excel in the field. The technique is to conduct a most perfect wedding within the budget of the client. This is where the skills and interest of a wedding planner becomes most important. The décor styles, different themes that can be adapted to the wedding are included in these courses.

A good course on this will enable you to come with different solutions as per the requirement of the client by adapting different themes. If you are aware of the different themes that are popular among people from various parts of the world, it is going to be highly advantageous for you. It is also possible to combine different aspects of these themes to a new concept so that your work stands out from the rest. In short, attending a wedding coordination and design training is highly helpful for people associated with these works.

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By Emmanuel Ruthe

Fashion and shopping are either loved or hated throughout the world, depending on the individual. Thanks to today's ever-growing technology and the internet, consumers now have a broader range of options when it comes to finding the latest trends, especially those who would rather due without than tackle crowded stores and malls. Purchasing clothes online can be tricky business, especially when it comes to knowing how well things will fit. Fortunately, there are a few things that you can keep in mind to avoid the battle of ill-fitted clothes in the future.

One thing to take into consideration is knowing your measurements. While it's easy to go strictly by dress size, pant size, large, medium or small, often times clothing sizes will vary on how they will fit. Since you're not able to try clothes on as easy as you would in the stores, it's important to make sure that you know your actual measurements are to ensure the proper fit.

You can generally obtain your correct measurements by asking a friend or relative to help you out, using measuring tape, or have a professional tailor or seamstress help you. There are also inexpensive measuring tapes that are designed specifically to measure body size, and many of them are made so that it's easy to do even on your own and to do so as accurately as possible. Common areas that you may want to measure their shoulders, bust, waist, hips, inseam, from neckline to hem or waist, and sleeve length. You can find numerous tutorials on how to do this properly online, as well as for knowing how to size vintage-type clothing or international sizing, if need be.

Many clothing sites will have measurements to go by, or at least a sizing chart that will be relatively accurate for a particular brand or type of clothing. It's also important to make sure that you are also aware of the proper color and styling that will complement both you and your figure. With shapes and styles, try to get an understanding for your body shape and research what types of styles that work well with it and which ones don't. For example, if you tend to be broad-shouldered or have a large bust size, it's often good to avoid high-collared shirt, but rather go for v-necks or low-scooped necklines.

Knowing what colors go well with your skin tone is also key, though keep in mind that pictures online may vary from how colors actually look in reality. Colors are broken up into 4 different categories that are based on the season: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Winters, for example, are usually rich, jewel tones such as sapphire, ruby red, emerald and often suit are those who have cool or blue undertones to their appearance. Summers are also bright in color, but a lighter version of cool-type hues, while spring and autumn have more yellow in it, being anything from warm pastels to burnt, fall-like colors and browns.

To determine your season, one quick step would be to stand in front of a mirror that has natural lighting such as sunlight, versus harsh florescent. You can hold either paper or fabric that is in off-white or ivory up to your face, followed by a pure-white piece. Look to see whether ivory or pure-white complements your features the best. The wrong color will make you appear sallow or washed out, while the other will make your complexion and your eyes appear brighter. You can also try to wear an ivory shirt or pure-white shirt at a time on their own or holding the piece of paper so that you don't have confusion of color messing up your test.

If you do well with off-white or ivory, then you are either a warm-toned spring or an autumn and yellow-hued colors will flatter you best. If you did well with white, then you are either a cool-toned summer or winter, and would do well with jewel tones and bright colors with red and blues in them. You can check online to determine which palettes fit which season and check to see which of the two similar tonal season match you best.

As you are shopping for clothing, no matter which website you go with, try to make sure that you read fashion and shopping reviews that have been left by customers as much as possible. This is a wonderful way to see how others have viewed the product and it also helps you stay informed with how well sizes or colors actually matched up when compared to the online photo or description versus in person.

By Andrea Dilea