CrossEyedCrafts

three-pieces and bubble beads

Susan — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:30:57 +0000

gold and blues

Susan — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:23:40 +0000

Gold with many many blue crystals.

Silver rope with colored crystals. Lots of crystals.

Susan — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:28:04 +0000

Summer palette

Susan — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:24:09 +0000

Glass beads with a pearly luster.

Flat

Susan — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:17:35 +0000

Placing a larger bead on opposite sides of the cylinder creates a flattened silver rope.

More Spring baubles

Susan — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:45:27 +0000

…beginning to turn away from the gold and silver as the sun warms and Spring begins to move in.

Silver mix

Susan — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:40:29 +0000

Small silver beads with a winding string of larger beads; silver beads with a blue glass bead; one rope closed with two matched silver rings; silver with spots of gold beads; silver with iridescent blue crystals.

…closer

Mixed gold

Susan — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:30:20 +0000

Gold filled beads and Swarovski crystals. The one on the far left has crystals surrounded by a ring of sterling silver beads.

…closer

Spring color

bill — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:19:19 +0000

Apologies for the poorly focused image.

What are “gold filled” beads?

bill — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:24:51 +0000

Are they plated? No, they’re…”filled”? But the gold wouldn’t be just on the inside, right? No, it’s the gold on the outside that makes the beads shiny and desirable, so again, what does “gold filled” mean?

According to Ebay’s “Silver & Gold Buying Guide & Definitions”, “Gold Filled is another material that is overlaid by a mechanical process with a layer of gold” [continued].