February 26 2009
by C.S.

Sterling Silver Chains and Findings Suppliers

If you are in the market to buy Sterling Silver Chains, Sterling Silver Wire, Sterling Silver Earring Components, Sterling Silver Clasps, Sterling Silver Headpins, Sterling Silver Jumprings, Sterling Silver Charms , Silver Clay and Silver Solder, we've listed a few Jewellery Finding Suppliers below that could be of interest to your Jewellery Making. Also of interest are suppliers for Faceted Gems, Faceted Stone Beads, Fresh Water Pearls, Swarovski Crystals , Czech Fire Polish Crystals, Glass Beads and Metal Beads.

Gold Filled Jewellery is highly popular in North American Jewellery. You might also want to consider adding Gold Filled components to your Jewellery Designs such as: Gold Filled Chains, Gold Filled Wires, Gold Filled Earring Components, Gold Filled Stampings, Gold Filled Clasps. Please see our Product Knowledge article on Gold Filled manufacturing process Gold Filled.

Fire Mountain Gems & Beads

Fire Mountain Gems has a large selection of Beads, Glass Beads, Czech Beads, Metal Beads, Silver Beads, and Semi-Precious Stone Beads. They have a large online store that also offers some Silver Chain and Silver Finding. You can also get anything from gifts, gift boxes, Beading Magazines from Fire Mountain Gems. They also have Silver Clasps, Silver Earring Findings, Silver Charms, Headpins, Silver Jumprings, and other Silver Components. Fire Mountain Gems is very much a retail Jewellery Components supplier and carry anything from Jewellery Art Supplies to simple Jewellery Tools. However, they do have steeper discounts when you buy in large volume. They carry some Fresh Water Pearls, and some Faceted Gems.

Fire Mountain Gemsis located in Oregon, USA. Duties and taxes are application. Make sure you ask your broker about brokerage costs, and UPS brokerage is approx $60, for low value shipments. If you ship air, the brokerage is included, but the shipping charge is very expensive.

Rio Grande Gems and Findings

Rio Grande Gems and Findings in the USA has a large catalogue of Silver Chains, Silver Wire, Silver Findings, Silver Earring Components, Silver Clay and Silver Clasps. They also carry some Gold Filled Chains, Gold Filled Wires, Gold Filled Earring Components, Gold Filled Stampings, Gold Filled Clasps. Rio Grande Gems and Findings is well known for their selection of Jewellery Making Tools and Goldsmithing equipment. Rio Grande Gems and Findings is strictly Wholesale Jewellery Supplier, so you will need to register as a business to gain access to their website. Their service is not the greatest and they have the same problem of shipping to Canada with the duties and taxes and high shipping costs.

John Bead Corporation

John Bead is located in Toronto, Canada. They are carry a large selection of Beads, Glass Beads, Czech Beads, Metal Beads, Swarovski Crystals and a little bit of Silver Beads. They carry very limited Silver Chains, Silver Wire, Silver Earring Components, Silver Clasps, Silver Headpins, Silver Jumprings, and very little Silver Charms. John Bead recently started carrying more Stone Beads and Fresh Water Pearls, however, the selection and quality is rather poor and you won't find unique Jewellery Components there. Their selection of Glass Beads is great, though. They are actually the largest Wholesale Supplier of Glass Seed Beads. John Bead has an Online Jewellery Component Store, but it is very difficult to navigate and the picture quality is poor. They have a fairly high minimum and have stringent trade policies. Their service is reputed to be extremely poor but they have a great Swaroski Crystal store. John Beadis located in Canada, so their shipping charge to Canada is much lower.

Frabels

Frabels is a Jewellery Supplies store located in Montreal, Canada. Frabels carries a large variety of Semi-Precious Stone Beads, Fresh Water Pearls, Glass Beads, Czech Beads, Metal Beads, Swarovski Crystals, Glass Pearls, They have limited amount of Silver Chains, Silver Wire, Silver Earring Components, Silver Clasps, Silver Headpins, Silver Jumprings, and little to no Silver Charms. It has been reported that some Asian shipments are poor in quality. However, Frabels is more willing to do returns than John Bead, and their service is better. George, I think he's the owner, should be the one you speak to. Their prices tend to be more expensive for Jewellery Findings, but service is better.