"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?