Crimp beads and silver metal DIY nails

Which findings to use for professional finishes on your jewelry?

Crimp beads, crimp covers, and metal headpins are essential components in creative jewelry making. They are often used in the final stages of assembly and directly contribute to the strength, aesthetics, and overall quality of the jewelry piece.

This collection includes crimp beads for coated wires, crimp covers designed to conceal crimps, as well as various headpins and eye pins for creating dangles, charms, and decorative elements.

Crimp beads are particularly used to secure coated wires when making necklaces and bracelets. Once crimped with appropriate pliers, they ensure excellent hold of the assembly. Crimp covers then allow these technical elements to be hidden for a more elegant finish.

Headpins or eye pins, on the other hand, allow you to easily transform a bead into a charm, dangle, or connector. They are essential for creating earrings, pendants, and natural stone assemblies.

The silver finish perfectly complements contemporary creations and particularly enhances natural stones with cool tones, freshwater pearls, mother-of-pearl, and transparent glass beads.

To complete your creations, discover our coated wires, our jewelry pliers, our natural stone beadsas well as our DIY jewelry findings.

FAQs

How to choose the right crimp bead size for your jewelry?

The diameter of the crimp bead must be suitable for the thickness of the cable or wire used. A bead that is too large may not hold the assembly securely, while a bead that is too small could be difficult to crimp. For fine coated cables used in costume jewelry, small crimp beads are generally the most commonly used. It is recommended to check the compatibility between the cable diameter and the bead diameter before assembling.

What's the difference between a crimp bead, a crimp cover, and a headpin?

Crimp beads are used to secure a wire or thread in an assembly. Bead tips then conceal this fastening for a more aesthetic finish. Headpins, on the other hand, are used to string a bead and create a dangle or a suspended element. These three components thus fulfill different but complementary functions in the creation of DIY jewelry.

What natural stones and supplies go with these silver-plated findings?

Silver crimp beads and findings pair particularly well with labradorite, moonstone, fluorite, larimar, aquamarine, apatite, clear quartz, and sodalite. They also go perfectly with freshwater pearls, mother-of-pearl, and glass beads. These findings are essential for creating dangles, assembling necklaces on coated wire, or making elegant and durable earrings.