Pearl, cultured freshwater (bleached), white, 8-9mm semi-round, D grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 4. Pearl, cultured freshwater (bleached), white, 5x5mm-6x5mm top-drilled flat-sided rice, C grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 4. Pearl mix, cultured freshwater (bleached), white, 4-8mm top-drilled mixed shape, D grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 4. Pearl, cultured freshwater (bleached), white, 6-8mm semi-round, D grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 4. Pearl, cultured freshwater, peach, 8x5mm-9x7mm top-drilled rice, D grade. Pearl, cultured freshwater (bleached), white, 4-5.5mm semi-round, C- grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 4. Pearl, cultured freshwater (dyed), peacock, 6-7mm rice, D grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 4. Pearl, cultured freshwater (dyed), dark peacock, 5-6mm rice, C grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 4. Pearl, cultured freshwater (bleached), white, 6-7mm semi-round, C grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 4. Pearl, cultured freshwater (bleached), white, 6-7mm rice, D grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 4. Pearl, cultured freshwater (bleached), white, 9x7mm-11x9mm top-drilled rice, C grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 4. Pearl, cultured freshwater (bleached), white, 5x4mm-8x5mm top-drilled rice, D grade, Mohs hardness 2-1/2 to 4. So for now, I give Bead Landing by Michaels a big thumbs down. maybe it was plastic made to look like metal! No me gusta! While the chain was decently priced, I did not buy it because I had no idea what it was made out of! Maybe it wasn't even metal. This mystery chain from Bead Landing would not allow me to inform my customers of what type of metal they were purchasing. I want my customers to know exactly what they are getting and what kind of durability they are getting. I always include the type of beads (usually glass), the stringing material and the type of metal components (usually copper or sterling silver) I have used. One of the great things about Etsy is that you can list all of the materials you have used in the items you are selling. I proceeded to inspect other cards and packages only to find that none of them had the actual material listed. I was thoroughly disappointed to find that they did not list the metal type anywhere on the card. I turned the card it was attached to over to find out what type of metal the chain was. I was looking at some rather attractive chain I spotted and was leaning toward purchasing it. Anyway, what I suspect was happening at Michaels was they had the other brands of beads and jewelry components on sale so they could get rid of it and bring in a larger stock of the new Bead Landing line. I guess they are going for the shabby-chic thing, with lots of antiqued metals and large oversized pendants. They also had a large section of pendants which were a little to shabby for me. They had a large selection of chain, as well as lots of metal components, some jump rings, earwires and head pins. There was actually some cool stuff that I almost bought. I had never before seen this brand, although I haven't investigated the jewelry isle at Michaels in quite some time.Īpparently Bead Landing is owned by Michaels, as noted on the back of the packages. I noticed that a lot of the beads and components were on sale, except for a certain brand called Bead Landing. I was in Michaels last night picking up some scrapbooking paper for a project I'm working on, and I of course wandered into the jewelry isle.
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