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steampunk special

9 December, 2009
Filed under: shop news — Louise Jensen @ 11:31 pm

We have just expanded our range of steampunk supplies to include a larger array. We now have optical lenses, clockhands, watchbases, various watchparts and more availble for you to use in your steampunk creations. Havent heard of steampunk jewellery yet?? Well the australian beading has 3 projects in a steampunk special which will show you how to create theese pieces.

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New Products: Bezels and Resins

31 October, 2009
Filed under: shop news — Louise Jensen @ 12:47 am

We have just received a new shipment of altered art supplies.

Enameling fluxe resin : This comes in a bottle of 57gm (2oz) and consists of fine particles. For use with wood, metal and polymer clay it is one of the simplest ways to create a professional look with bezels and altered art projects. To use you need to cover the project with the granules or in the case of bezels fill enough to the top, and then heat in an oven to 121 degrees for around about 10-15 minutes. The finish is a clear professional resin look that doesnt have any bubbles.

In this example i have used some of our keepsake pendants and vintage empherema sheets with the fluxe enameling glaze on the top.( pictured underneath )

Gel De Soleil Sunlight Curing resin : This new product is a resin that cures in the sun underneath a uv lamp in 15 minutes. It hardens over the next 2 hours. Unlike
other kinds of resins it already comes in a mixed bottle so you just need to fill the bezel with the resin and expose it to complete

We also have new bezel settings available in gold and silver plated. Use them
in combination with our paper punches to create your own vintage pendants
and projects. A great new product we also have is the typewriter set 16pc which
includes 16pc antique silver bezels, a sheet of antique typewriter stickers and
domed stickers. You can either use them to create the typewriter charms or cut your own images out to customize !

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New Exclusive Wishware Kits

30 October, 2009
Filed under: magazine news, shop news — Louise Jensen @ 11:13 pm

Our new Bountiful spring bracelet features fresh matte charms in silver . Unfortunately we cant get the birds and butterflies at this point in time, but it is available in leaves and hearts. Choose from pink, blue green, topaz or amethyst

Penelope’s heart necklace kit is a long style necklace featuring two pewter antique look keys with etched words. Featuring a cluster of metallic fire polish beads complimented by swarovski crystals in silver shade and dorado. The kit includes all materials to create the brass necklace plus 5 additional keys. You could use the additional keys towards more necklaces, bracelets or any other projects.

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Paper Flowers Updates

Filed under: new products, shop news — Louise Jensen @ 12:03 am

We have a new range of paper blossoms available to our store as unfortunately our previous calligraphy flower range is no longer available. These new packs are available in 36pc sets in either an antique or brights tones. Made of a textured paper material they can be used for all jewelery projects. They are great for stacking and combining in projects


We also have tulle flowers for accents and paper trellis roses available. They look really good as a feature in the centre of a choker or long necklace or really great for that fab focal ring. Ive used our rings with one loop and the jet tule flowers have a connector adhered to the back

We also stock gel blossoms, which are made of a clear gel plastic that is very lightweight and looks really transparent and chic. Ive combined a stack of the items with our swarovski crystals and fire polish crystals to make a funky cuff
bracelet.

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charm bracelets : themed

21 October, 2009
Filed under: shop news — Louise Jensen @ 11:41 pm


I have alot of customers that come into the store who are looking for a simple basic beading project. Charm bracelets are the perfect way to create something that not only is quick, but you can add alot of character about who you are into the bracelet. Our charm range we have some great sets which include bees, sewing items, dogs, cats, paris, keys, paris, london, lockets and many more. Ive combined some of theese to make a simple bracelet in 5 different themes.

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Christmas Beading Kits

5 October, 2009
Filed under: new products, shop news — Louise Jensen @ 8:00 pm

Celebrate the Festive Season with our exclusive Christmas Kits!

I can’t believe that it is nearly Christmas time already, and before we know it the big day will be here. It only feels like yesterday that we were celebrating last Christmas!

This year I have decided to do 40 limited edition Christmas Kits which are exclusive to WishWare Beads.

Filigree Tree BraceletGreen Forests EarringsGolden Trees BraceletRudolph Rednose ReindeerSimply Snowman BraceletXmas Tree EarringsSanta Stamp NecklaceHo Ho Ho EarringsOh Christmas TreeGolden Trees Ring Set

Our 40 Christmas Kits will be available for sale through the website and phone order up until our final posting before Christmas. We will only stock limited amounts of each kit, so once we sell out these kits will not be restocked. Unfortunately at this point in time we will not be selling the Christmas beads out of the kits individually.

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New Products: Water Decals

24 September, 2009
Filed under: new products, product spotlight, shop news — Louise Jensen @ 6:08 pm

tensha water decals pkt 2 dk pink roses 28x19mmtensha water decals pkt 2 pink roses 28x25mmtensha water decals pkt 2 dk red rose 28x25mmtensha water decals pkt 2 yellow roses 25x23mmtensha water decals pkt 2 yellow roses 28x25mmtensha water decals pkt 4 red flowers 23x18mmtensha water decals pkt 5 dk blue roses 20x18mmtensha water decals pkt 5 dk pink flower 18x14mmtensha water decals pkt 5 red flowers 20x18mmtensha water decals pkt 5 yellow longstem roses 32x9mmtensha water decals pkt 6 blue butterflies 15x12mmtensha water decals pkt 6 dk pink butterflies 15x12mmtensha water decals pkt 6 green butterflies 15x12mmtensha water decals pkt 8 assorted pink flowers 12-15mmtensha water decals pkt2 japaneese birds 38x32mmtensha water decals pkt5 dk pink rose 20x18mm

Our new water decals are a great addition to any ones bead collection.

They are simple to use, in a great range of patterns and can be used on glass, wood, ceramic, acrylic and more.

To use them you need to submerge them in water for around about 30 seconds or until the decal parts from the paper backing. Making sure that the surface you want the decal to be on is clean and then take it out of the water and press onto the surface. You then need to smooth over from the centre towards the corners, as required.

TIP: I’ve found it best to position the decal onto the surface and then press it into a beading mat to get all the bubbles out.

Once the decal is dry apply a top coating of glaze : triple thick glaze or diamond glaze will do the trick.

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I have made the examples using this technique and our porcelain plain beads, which are really great for altered art projects. You can also use them with smooch accent inks and paper to embellish them and give them some depth.
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New Products : Porcelain Pendants

16 September, 2009
Filed under: new products, shop news — Louise Jensen @ 12:43 pm

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Our new porcelain beads feature a stunning double sided designs in bright glaze. Available in blue round flowers or green dotted dragonflies they make stunning feature pieces for all designs.

Click the surrounding images to enlarge these examples.

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New Product : Airdry Polymer clay

10 September, 2009
Filed under: new products, shop news — Louise Jensen @ 10:04 pm

I find Kato and basic polymer clay really hard to sell in the store as there is a lot of technical information that is required for the novice to start, so I was just thrilled when they sent me the information for an air dry polymer clay.

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Smooch Accent Inks

25 August, 2009
Filed under: new products, product spotlight, shop news — Louise Jensen @ 1:52 pm

Ever had a charm bead or component that didn’t quite match the colour of the beads you are using in a project? Well, this is the product for you!

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Smooch accent inks can be used on glass, ceramic, metal, paper, cardboard, acrylic and more…
To use them on metal and ceramic they need to be heat-set by using something like a hair-dryer, heat gun, or an iron.

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One of our new components are these funky oval brass connectors with flower accents, and so I have used the smooch accents in molasses and in snickerdoodle to highlight and accent them. Combined with Swarovski crystals in crystal copper and Czech glass pearls in coffee and cream and chocolate they just look fab!!

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Smooch accent inks are available in 8 colours in 9ml and the bottles come with an applicator tip similar to a nail polish bottle. $6.95 each.

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