2013 Gifts Market Trend

Now, 2013 comes day by day, in the begin of New Year, many people will prepare gifts for their families, friends, business partners…Gifts is a transfer of something without the expectation of payment. Although gift-giving might involve an expectation of reciprocity, a gift is meant to be free. Gifts have been so popular among our life, what will be the gifts market trend in coming 2013 year?

First, holiday gifts will still hot for a long time. For example, coming Christmas holiday, Christmas Father or other people will give Christmas gifts. Besides, there are New Year holiday gifts, Birthday gifts, Wedding gifts, Valentines’ gifts, Children’s Day gifts, Father’s day gifts, Mother’s day gifts, Teacher’s day gifts, Halloween’s day gifts…

Second, business gifts will be getting popular among business partners.

Third, some unique handmade gifts will keep hot. Beaded gifts are one of the most fashion handmade gifts in the past 2012 year. It seems that many people like these nice gifts.

 

Forth, gifts which related with other popular merchandise. For example, now mobile phones, especially the iphone5 and other iphones have been one of a major in our daily life, so, ornaments or gifts for cell phones will be popular, too, such as cell phone charms, mobile phone shell covers, phone dust plugs…

 

A new year is coming now, have you prepare gifts for your families, friends, business partners? Share your idea with toptopgifts now.

Do You Know How To Make a Beaded Christmas Tree?

3D crystal beaded Christmas tree

Christmas tree is a symbol of Christmas holiday, during the Christmas holiday; you can find variety of Christmas trees everywhere. The traditional Christmas tree is a real pine tree decorative with different Christmas gifts and lights. Christmas Tress was started from Germany on 18^th century, and became more and more popular since 19-20^tth century in the world. These days, not only the pine tree Christmas tree will found in Christmas holiday, but also other material Christmas tree, such as artificial pine tree Christmas, Christmas tree figurine, Christmas tree brooch, Christmas tree charms, Christmas tree earrings…

Beaded Christmas tree is a new style of Christmas tree in the 21^st century. Beaded Christmas tree mainly including Beaded Christmas tree figurines and beaded Christmas tree charms. The difference of them is the beaded Christmas tree figurines larger than beaded Christmas tree charms, because the beads to make beaded figurines will be larger than beaded charms.

So, how to make a beaded Christmas tree? Follow beaded gifts factory from China to make a fashion beaded Christmas tree for coming Christmas holiday.

First, prepare the material of the beaded Christmas tree. If you need to make a beaded tree charms, then choose some small size of beads（for example – 4mm）, while, if you going to make beaded tree figurines, then beads in 10mm or 12 mm will be better. Because the Christmas tree will be nice in different green or similar colors, there fore, we can prepare different colors of same sizes beads, and several pcs of gold color beads. Further more, fish lines and scissors are required.

beaded Christmas tree

Second, let’s start from the bottom of the Christmas tree. We can choose a brown color beads as the trunk of the tree. The beaded Christmas tree mainly made of 4 pieces of beaded circle. So make 4 pieces of beaded circle one by one. And add green blue beads for the first circle of the tree. (The two end of the tree we can add one small gold color beads to decorative the tree). After the first circle of blue green tree finish, we can find there are 12 pcs beads circle on the top.

Third, add the grass green color beads in 4 pieces beaded circle one by one as the first circle, finish the second large circle of the tree.

Forth, make the third circle of the beaded Christmas in same way as the above steps. Then, our beaded Christmas tree will finish.

At last, if you would like to decorative of the beaded Christmas with your handbags, you can use a cord to link it. If you will make the beaded tree as a figurine, then pull and press the beaded tree, to make it stand

7 steps how to make a 3D Beaded Apple

Beaded apples are one of the most popular beaded gifts, which is one fashion gifts for Christmas holiday, birthday, children’s day… Because there are many sizes of beaded apples can be made, beaded apples not only a hot gift for house or office decoration, but also popular charms for mobile phones, bags, keys…

If you are a beaded lover, do you like to make a beaded apple? Follow beaded factory step by step now.

1.       Choose the sizes of china beads. If you would like to make a beaded apple for figurine decoration, then choose some bigger sizes, such as 8mm, 10mm and 12mm. While, if you going to make a beaded apple charm, then choose size such as 4mm beads will be better.

2.       The colors of beads to make the beaded apples. Usually, red beads and green beads are the most popular apple beads. Also, crystal color beads apple will be very charming.

3.       Prepare the suitable size of fishing lines, and tools such as scissors.

4.       Now start to make beaded apple from the bottom of the apple. Make a 5 beads circle to start. Then the 5 base beads each make 5 pcs beads circle beads. After 5 pcs beads with 5 pcs beads, you will find a large 10 beads circle – This is the bottom of the apple

5.       Next, add beads from another side. Link two pcs from two circle beads from the bottom, add 5 more pcs to start the first circle, and link another base two beads and then add more 4 pcs beads ( total 7 beads in one circle), finish the 10 pcs circle, you will finish the first large circle of the beaded apple.

6.       The second large circle is doing in similar way, but with 6 beads circle and 5 beads circle. While the third large circle is all with 6 pieces circle beads. And the forth and fifth circle all with 5 beads circle. The last circle is one circle of 5 beads.

7.       After we finish the main body of apple, we can make more two leaves on the top circle. When we finish the leaves, we can press the top 5pcs bead circle down. A beaded apple will finish now.

Build a jewelry gift website to increase jewelries and gifts selling

In the 21^st century, a jewelry gift website in the internet is as important as an actual jewelry shop or company in the world. Hundreds of thousands of people search jewelry gifts suppliers. Now days, more and more companies and people set up their website to make their company or product known by more people. If you are in jewelry gift business, have you build your website?

When we start to build a website, we can choose below two ways: 1. register our own domain and have our own space, for example: http://www.toptopgifts.com. 2. Register on some b2b platforms or other platforms (you can be the platforms paid member, or register as free member), such as http://toptopgifts.en.ec21.com , http://toptopgifts.weebly.com/

To register your own domain and have your own space, it will make your company and products known by more people after a long time, there will be no ban as in the platform. However, it may take you a long time for SEO, if your jewelry gift website good at SEO, then your site will show in the first page in Google or other search engine, when someone search jewelries or gifts, he can found your website easily.

If you choose to be a member on some b2b platforms, then you can register with these platforms. Generally speaking, paid members will have more function than free members, because paid members spend money on the platforms. We can choose one platform to be a paid member, and register other platforms as free members.

After we build the jewelry website, it is better to maintain the site, including make sure all page can be visit, no messy cods, website can open quickly…This will make our visitors happily.

Do you know all 12 Valentine's Days?

Almost everyone knows Valentine’s Day. The most popular Valentine’s Day is observed on February 14^th each year. Saint Valentine’ Day, often simply Valentine’s Day. These days, Valentine’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, mostly in the West and America.

Valentine’s Day is a mainly day for lovers. Many lovers will prepare gifts such as  rose, heart, chocolates…for their girl friend or boy friend, or wife or husband. Many people think it is the best day to affective their love to their lover.

Besides the February 14^th’s Valentine’s Day, do you also hear about below Valentine’s days?

1.       Jan. 14^th: diary day Valentine’s Day. On this Valentine’s Day lover will present their diaries to each other.

2.       Feb. 14^th : St Valentine’s Day – the traditional Valentine’s Day

3.       Mar. 14^th : White Valentine’s Day – the day for boys to give gifts back to girls

4.       Apr. 14^th : black Valentine’s Day – bachelordom of noble people

5.       May. 14^th Yellow and Rose Valentine’s Day – On that day, wear in yellow, and eat yellow Curry Rice, that means to everyone you are a single. Furthermore, on that day, if you give a red rose to somebody, means you love him or her; if a white rose, that means you are consider; however, if give a yellow rose, that means say goodbye.

6.       Jun. 14^th : Kiss Valentine’s Day – Lovers kiss each other to tell their lover the love

7.       Jul. 14^th: Silver Valentine’s Day – take her or him of your heart to your family, introduce to your father and mother

8.       Aug. 14^th:　Green Valentine’s Day – go to a cool green forest with your lover in the hot summer

9.       Sep. 14^th: Music and photo Valentine’s Day – a wonderful day to held social affair. Also, many sweethearts will take photos under this blue sunny day, so that is why call photo Valentine’s Day

10.   Oct. 14^th : Wine Valentine’ Day - a Valentine’ Day to drink wine

11.   Nov.14^th: Orange and Movie Valentine’s Day: On that day, lovebirds after two movies drink nice orange, so romantic.

12.   Dec. 31^st : internet Valentine’ Day - to the memory of internet love

Chinese beads and China beads

"Ring, ring…” In the dark night yesterday, the ring phone awaked me from my sweep dream. “Hello May, this is John from USA, I want to order the Chinese beads from you to make rosaries here…” Oh, this is one of our old rosaries customers. But what kinds of Chinese beads need? There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese beads. So I confirmed the material, shapes, sizes, colors with John then emailed the Chinese beads we talked to confirmed again for the rosary beads.

If you are a beads shop or beads wholesaler or beads retailer, do you know what are Chinese beads or what are China beads? Maybe Google can tell us. So I search Chinese beads and China beads on Google, but unfortunately, there are more than 71,200,000 on Sep.22^nd when I search China beads on Google, Most websites are the site the sell beads, very few sites tell me what is Chinese beads, or China beads. Does someone also want to know what are Chinese beads or China beads, and search Google or Yahoo like me?

Having more 8 years in beads making and 4 years in beads exported, here is my point of view for Chinese beads and China beads.

Actually, Chinese beads and China beads means same, we can consider that beads make in China call Chinese beads or China beads. Are some special beads can be representative beads among Chinese or China beads? For example, when we are talking Italy beads, most of the people will consider that are the Italy murano beads. So, when we talk the Chinese beads, can we also consider that are the Chinese crystal beads, or other beads…? We are afraid to say no. As every one knows, China is a big and wealth country. There are 23 provinces ( not including cities and zones), different places good at making different beads, Therefore, if we have to choose one bead or several beads and say those are Chinese beads, or China beads, that is a unilateral.

When we would like to order Chinese beads or China beads, the first important is should think over is the material of the beads. According to different jewelry materials, below are the mainly Chinese beads we can buy from China: acrylic beads ( some people also call plastic beads, acrylic beads usually in clear color, but plastic beads maybe not, so some people divide acrylic beads and plastic beads as two different beads), bone beads, cats eye beads ( also name fiber optic beads because for their effect), CCB beads ( material also is plastic), Cloisonne beads (a special handmade beads from China), coco beads, crystal beads ( one kind of shining glass beads), crackle glass beads, Enamel beads ( usually metal beads with enamel), fimo beads, freshwater pearl beads, gem stone beads ( there are variety of gem stone beads in China, such as agate beads, malachite stone beads, tiger eye beads, rose beads…), glass pearl beads ( many people also called it faux pearl beads), lampwork glass beads, leather beads, metal beads ( such as brass beads, iron beads, silver beads, gold beads…) millefiori glass beads ( also named thousand flower beads), polymer Clay beads, porcelain beads ( some people also called it as ceramic beads), resin beads, rhinestone beads, shell beads, wood beads, woven beads. Because the jewelry material different, so price will be also different.

The shapes of the beads also a main factor when we order Chinese beads or China beads online. So, what shapes does Chinese beads or China beads have. Generally speaking, the round beads is the most popular shape among jewelry beads. Also, we can find the bicone beads, square beads, triangle beads, oblong beads, oval beads, flower beads, leaf beads, animal beads… and plain beads, beads with faceted surface…

After, we shall choose what size of the beads. At present 2-20 mm are the most popular sizes. Does bigger sizes beads we can found in China? Sure, but for bigger sizes, many people will call them pendants.

Then, then hole of the beads also an important factor when order Chinese beads. Most of the beads are with a hole get through from the top to bottom (the vertical hole). However, sometimes we also need hole from the top (horizontal hole we talked), or half hole to make earrings, or without hole.

And, the color of the beads is a main factor to make jewelries. For most of the beads, there is only one color in one bead, but also there are double colors or more colors in one bead, such as acrylic beads, plated crystal beads, lampwork glass beads… That is why order beads online, we should also choose what colors need.

After we consider the above factors of Chinese beads or China beads, are there other factors have to think when order the beads from Chinese beads factory? Yes, we should also know what the beads I going to use. For example, if I want to order beads of road making, then we will recommend you to order such as road making glass beads, not jewelry beads. If you would like to order beads to make beaded charms for mobile phones, then we will say, 3-4 mm beads or small glass seed beads will be better than large beads such as 10 mm or bigger, because if you use these beads to make charms, the charms will be very big and heavy for the mobile phones. While, if you need to make beaded decoration, the 10mm, 12mm, 14mm beads will be better. When you need beads to make rosaries like our friend John, 3-12 mm beads will be better than other size.

When all above finish, the last is to write the quantity of the beads needed to finish order Chinese beads or China beads.

Till now, do you have some good idea for how to order China beads or Chinese beads?

5 tips for how to make a beaded tissue box

Tissue box cover is one kind of paper holder, which used in house, office, restaurants, cars…Now days, beaded tissue boxes are becoming very popular because of their beautiful designs and durable

 

Because beaded tissue boxes are handmade boxes, so many hand-crafters like to make their own beaded tissue box, further more, some companies will order their special beaded tissue box as their enterprise culture box to market.

So how to make a beaded tissue box? Here are 5 tips for you:

1.       Decide the shape of the beaded tissue box. Generally specking, the rectangle beaded tissue box is the most popular shape in the tissue box market. However, other shape such as house beaded tissue box, animal beaded tissue box also very charming.

2.       The size of the beaded tissue box. The 10 mm, 12mm beads are the sizes usually used.

3.       The material of the beads, plastic beads is the most widely use to make beaded tissue boxes.

4.       The design of the beaded tissue box. Because of the beaded tissue box are handmade, so though there is one shape, there are many different designs can be made, such as rectangle swan beaded tissue box, cat beaded tissue box, flower beaded tissue box…

5.       Then start to make your beaded tissue box from the bottom, one circle by one circle to the top, a beaded tissue box will make out.

Cabochon – a popular jewelry accessory in 2012

Cabochon, is a gemstone which has been shaped and polished as opposed to faceted. In the early stage, Cabochon mainly made of gemstone, with cabochon jewelry getting popular day by day, many material of cabochons designed out. Below are the mainly used cabochons nowadays:

1.       Gemstone Cabochon – there are also many different kinds of gemstones cabochons, such as cats eye gemstone cabochons, tiger’s eye stone cabochon, rose cabochons, malachite stone cabochons… Because gemstones material is natural, so price of gemstone cabochons usually higher than other material cabochons.

2.       Glass cabochons – according to different techniques, we can found Chinese crystal glass cabochons, millefiori glass cabochons, lampwork glass cabochons, crackle glass cabochons among glass cabochons.

3.       Pearl Cabochons – now plastic pearl cabochons are the manly cabochons people used for pearl cabochons.

4.       Metal Cabochons – usually, metal cabochons will be match with some crystal stone or acrylic stones, resin stones to make more fashion.

5.       Rhinestone Cabochons – this is the most popular cabochons now days. Also, there are different rhinestone cabochons, including metal rhinestone cabochons, acrylic rhinestone cabochons, resin rhinestone cabochons, crystal rhinestone cabochons…

Most of cabochons will come in round, oval, drop, heart, square. Some special shapes also custom in Cabochons jewelries factory. Regarding the shape, there are many different shapes among metal rhinestone cabochons because we can make new metal moulds and glue different stones to make it.

After we know what a cabochon is, how can we use the cabochon?

In the past, cabochons usually used to makerings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces and pendants.

4 steps to make mobile phone shell covers

It is reported that now about 96% people have mobile phones and more than 10% people have more than one mobile phones. Mobile phones have been a daily item in our life. We spend a large amount to buy the mobile phone, do you want to make your mobile phone looks more nice, and protective it? The answer should be yes. As the soft mobile phone covers have been popular many years with mobile phones.

Now, in the market, you can found many nice hard mobile phone shell covers. Do you want to make you own custom mobile phone shell covers? Here, you can follow the below steps to make mobile phone shell covers.

1.       We have to prepare the tools. Including the needle/clip to pick the rhinestones, the jewelry box to keep the small rhinestones, the glue…

2.       The materials are the main of the mobile phone shell. First of all, we should have the simple mobile phone shell (such as iphone’s mobile phone shell, blackberry’s mobile phone shell…) Then, we can prepare cabochons (the cabochon jewelries are a very good jewelry for mobile phone jewelries, because the back of them are flat, so easy to glue on the shell cover), rhinestone cabochons, pearl cabochons, and glass cabochons are the most popular cabochons for mobile phone shells. Besides, we can use some small cabochons to decorative the mobile phone shells, then it will look more beautiful.

3.       Keep you finished mobile phone shell covers in a cool place for several hours to make the glue dry.

4.       Your own mobile phone shell cover finished.

Be a successful sales person to increase your jewelry

After we set up our jewelry business or open jewelry shop, how to increase the sales?

Below is a story about different sales person:

Many years ago, there were three jewelry shops on one street, one day, an old lady came to the first shop, and asked “Do you have catholic rosaries?” “Yes, we have, our rosaries are very gorgeous, and they made of AAA Grade rosary beads, such as gem stone rosary beads, Chinese cut crystal rosary beads…” The old women walked out the shop without the sales person’s all introduction for their rosaries. The sales person did not understand why the customer did not like their rosaries.

Then, the old lady went to the second jewelry shop, and also asked “Do you have catholic rosaries?” “Sure, we have different rosaries, here, you can choose our rosaries” The young sale lady show all rosaries to her, then the old lady chose some plastic rosaries, wooden rosaries…

After that the old lady walked to the third and also asked “Do you have catholic rosaries?” “Yes, we have different rosaries made of different material”, the sales girl showed the rosaries to the lady, also, and found the old lady chose some plastic rosaries, wooden rosaries… The girl asked “May I know are you interested in light rosaries, not heavy rosaries, right?” “Actually, I bought the rosaries to give some poor people to pray for free, I gave the rosaries to many people every week, to make sure more people will have my present, so I have to get some cheap rosaries.” “You are so kind, if you need cheap rosaries, then you can also have a look the round glass rosaries, faux pearl rosaries…” The girl showed the rosaries to the lady when introducing and giving the price. “These rosaries are very nice and very economic.” The lady chose many rosaries happily. From then on, the old lady bought many rosaries from the third shop every week.

What we learn from this story? When we sell our jewelries or other commodities, we should know our jewelries or commodities well, and pay attention to what our customers need, because different customers need different jewelries or commodities. 

Six steps to open a jewelry bead shop

Today, we had a tele-meeting with partners from different countries to discuss “How to start a jewelry beads shop?”

Generally speaking, below are six steps to start a bead shop:

1.       First, we should have jewelry beads suppliers. When we have good supplier, we can have quality jewelry beads to sell, and have new design jewelry beads all the time.

2.       We should become a successful beads sales people. As jewelry beads sales people, we should know what beads we supply, and what can the beads use be for. For example, if one customer needs to make beaded figurine, then we can recommend some 8 mm, 10 mm, 12mm in round, and square shape beads to him. If a customer need to order accessory to make catholic rosary, then we can introduce rosary beads, cross, centerpiece, eye pins, chains…while someone need jewelry beads for coming Christmas, then Christmas tree, snowman, snow flower will be better.

3.       After we have jewelry beads supplier, and know the knowledge of beads, the next step is to find a shop to open. The shop should be easily for people to come, and comfortable to choose jewelry beads to buy. For example, our jewelry beads shop can be choose around big supermarket, cloths shops…

4.       Decorate the jewelry bead shop.

5.       Order jewelry beads from your supplier. At first, if you do not know what will be popular in your market, then you can ask your supplier to prepare mixed jewelry beads for you. Then when you find some items sell well, order more from your supplier.

6.       Tell more people you open a jewelry bead shop at your place. This will make you have more potential customers.

Why beaded gifts so popular among the world?

Among the gifts market, beaded gifts have been very popular since 2008 in China and the world. Why beaded gifts so popular? Here are the mainly 7 reasons:

1.     Beaded gifts are beautiful in the shape and colors, there are variety of colors, shapes and sizes for us to choose.

2.     It is the handcraft gifts, all knitted by hand. Unique gifts for everyone.

3.     Beaded gifts not only a    decoration, but also a useful gifts, for example- beaded pen holder, beaded tissue box…

4.     There are variety of price among the beaded gifts, everyone can choose beaded price at their target price. Because there are different materials, such as crystal beaded gifts, acrylic beaded gifts. Price also depend on the sizes, shapes of the beaded gifts

5.     We can find different theme of beaded gifts, including Christmas beaded gifts, Children’s Day beaded gifts, Saint Valentine’s Day beaded gifts, Father’s day beaded gifts, Mother’s day beaded gifts, Catholic beaded gifts… beaded gifts can be designed all any theme.

6.     Beaded gifts not easy broken. Compare with glass gifts or other gifts, beaded gifts are very firm. We had threw down a beaded dog from the second floor, it still very good. Therefore, when in transport, you do not worry about it get broken, especially in international transport. But keep the beaded gifts away from the fire, and not under sun for a long time.

7.     Beaded gifts are easily to keep new. When the gifts get in dirty, we can wash the gifts by water, you will find the new beaded gifts again.

Now do you have any idea for beaded gifts? Contact us by email to sales@toptopgifts.com any time.  

Gifts and Jewelries for Christmas holiday

With Christmas coming day by day, if you have a gifts or jewelries shop, have you prepare gifts and jewelries for the coming best selling holiday – The Christmas and New Year holiday?

Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, most countries celebrated generally on 25^th, December as a religious and cultural holiday. Now, not only western Christians Countries celebrated the Christmas, Christmas are being more and more popular in non-Christians countries, such as China. Therefore, Christmas is not only a holiday, but also a selling day, an important selling holiday in the year.

If you wish to increase your sale during the Christmas holiday, how to do it?

1. Choose some related Christmas gifts or jewelries. Christmas tree is a popular gifts and decoration for Christmas holiday.  And Christmas Father will send Christmas gifts to children during the Christmas Eve. Apples seem to be the most fashion gifts on Christmas Eve and Christmas holiday. With the Christmas coming, snowman and snowflake are the nice ornaments, which tell us now it is winter, Christmas and New Year coming. Gifts with Christmas element will be more popular than other items during the Christmas holiday. Further more, the red color is the lucky color for Christmas.

2. Get enough Christmas goods in stock in time. It is reported that during the holiday, the sale will be more than 20 times than usual. And from October – New Year, it is the best selling days for Christmas, why? If too earlier, people can not feel the Christmas, while if too late, customers will think those gifts will be out of season.

3. Tell customers that you have Christmas gifts and jewelries to sell.

4. Before the Christmas, you can make some Christmas cards, Christmas E-cards for your families, friends and customers, say thanks to them.

 

All of us in toptopgifts wish everyone have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in advance.

How to make a custom Shamballa Bracelets Necklace

 Shamballa Jewelry, also called Tresor Paris Jewelry, which has been very popular among Europe and America jewelry market. Shamballa jewelry becomes popular in China since 2011. According to the technical, shamballa Tresor Paris jewelry is one kind of handmade knitted jewelry, similar as Chan Luu Jewelry.

Original Shamballa jewelry mainly knitted cord with clay rhinestone beads or metal rhinestone beads, hematite beads. Shamballa bracelets and Shamballa necklaces are the two series Shamballa jewelry in the early stage. Now days, shamballa earrings, shamballa rings, shamballa iphone dust plugs also come out.

Jewelry designers are so creative, when a style of jewelry comes out, then many different beautiful styles will design. So does the Shamballa Tresor Paris Jewelry.

There are many fashion shamballa bracelets / necklace you can find in toptopgifts, however, some customers will like to order custom design for their market, how to do it? Here are four manly steps to custom shamballa bracelets.

1.       The color of the cord. At present most of the shamballa bracelets are made of black cord, if you would like to make of other color cords, you are welcome to tell us.

2.       The length of the shamballa bracelets/necklaces. Though the length of the shamballa bracelets / necklaces can be adjustable, you can also tell us what length of the mainly part, and the end of the adjustable part you need.

3.       Material of the shamballa beads. These days, manyjewelry beads can be use to make the shamballa jewelry, such as lampwork beads, metal beads, clay rhinestone beads, metal rhinestone beads, resin rhinestone beads, crystal beads, gem stone beads, hematite beads… And also, the colors, size of the beads for shamballa bracelets/ necklaces.

4.       Quantity of the shamballa beads for bracelets/ necklaces.

After that, our jewelry designers can design your own custom shamballa bracelet/ necklace for you, and then start bulk production for the shamballa bracelets/necklaces order.

Do you have your own design for shamballa Tresor Paris Jewelry, email us by sales@toptopgifts.com any time for custom orders.