One of the best ways to make skull beads and other jewelry findings look irresistible is by encrusting them in sparkling loose CZ stones.  In fact, now, thanks to the help of many talented jewelers and jewelry designers, those looking for the perfect blinging piece of skull jewelry can choose from many pieces in multiple CZ colors.

The sterling silver skull and crossbones CZ pendant on popular retail site Eves Addiction is a great feminine basic featuring clear pave CZ stones, 1.5’’ of cuteness, and a heart shaped nose.  The piece is a favorite among customers on the site!

For women or men who want to add a touch of pink to their bangle stack, the black plated 4 skull pink CZ Bling Disco Ball Bracelet does just the trick!  The contrast of the silver tone, pink CZ, and macramé cord put an interesting twist on skull jewels!

Those who are looking for the perfect skull piece with a bit more unisex edge should check out the selection of skull rings on badassjewelry.com.  Both The Sterling Silver Unique Skull Wave CZ Ring and the Sterling Silver Unique Death Biker Big Center CZ Stone Ring feature colorful inclusions.

When it comes to shopping for skull jewelry there is just so much to choose from, so during their search, all customers should look for the best value and material quality possible.

CZ’s reasonable price is one of its greatest selling points.  CZ Manufacturers and gem wholesalers have worked hard since CZ’s beginnings in the 1970’s, to make the gemstone the best affordable alternative to the diamond.

The properties of CZ, which is derived from zirconium dioxide, give it good durability and make it easy to work with.  It has an R.I. o 2.14 to 2.18 and a singly refractive hardness of 8 to 8.5. and according to Unruh, is even better to work with than is diamond substitute counterpart Moissanite, with which there is always a need for facet doubling.  Unruh and others who work with CZ often say that they grind nicely with little variation in hardness and dop without difficulty.

The rough slabs of CZ can be colored in just about every color, although some colors like green, which may sometimes be a little more rare to find.  Most colors can be brilliant and darker colors can be faceted in smaller, around 8mm, gems in order to be brilliant, according to Unruh.  The manmade gemstone can be made in many amazingly beautiful cuts that CZ is made in including the milestone, the great mogul, and the julianna.

If you’re a jeweler or jewelry designer or crafter that hasn’t worked with CZ stones, whether you would like to cut it yourself or choose among the many gorgeous shapes, colors, and sizes, that are already available ready-made at Pehnec, why not give it a try!

Designers are creating bangles featuring tessellation like designs and bright tribal patterns by painting them, appliquéing them, wrapping them in brilliantly patterned fabric or by setting colored CZs or loose gemstones to strategically form geometric patterns. Metal cuffs, necklaces, earrings, and rings that feature well arranged cut out shapes, pyramid-like forms, and even honeycomb designs, are becoming a go-to look for fashionistas everywhere. Today’s geometrically inspired jewelry combines bright tribal colors with sometimes imprecisely drawn edges to soften up the look a bit.

Providing further evidence that geometry was a big inspiration for many 2012 jewelry collections, today’s popular “pave spheres” used in macramé style bracelets this season are reminiscent of the way geometric artists like Escher played with polyhedra, intersecting platonic solids in order to create intriguing new shapes with multiple irregularly shaped faces. To recreate the geometrically inspired look, with a new high sparkle twist, jewelers usually set hundreds of loose cut CZ gemstones carefully in a spherical setting. Today’s pieces that take a little page from the math book really do add up to high style.

Today’s jewelry buyers look for value when they shop.  Whether they’re looking for something simple or extravagant, they are usually looking for a piece that is high quality at a price tag they can afford.  Loose cubic zirconia gemstones not only sparkle like quality diamonds, their price tag sparkle as well for both jewelers and their retail customers.

Lab Created Gems offer Brilliant Perfected Beauty

Looking for a flawless gemstone?  Turn to lab created stones.  From lab created ruby, tanzanite, to sapphire, diamonds and more, loose lab gems offer jewelers of all budgets to purchase flawless loose stones.

Lab Created Gems are 100% Conflict free

Want to steer clear of all of the ethical conflict that comes along with mining stones like diamonds, rubies, and sapphires?  Buying wholesale loose cubic zirconia stones instead of mined stones makes it easy.  Both jewelers who use lab created gems as well as their retail customers can feel comfortable knowing that no lives were lost or natural resources harmed in order to create their beautiful jewels.

Consistency in Color, Shape, Texture, and Size

Consistency in the color, shape, texture, and size of gemstones can be very important for jewelers who create seasonal collections that are widely distributed.  Your customers will expect to receive the same exact product they see pictured online or in an advertisement.  Lab created gemstones make creating identical pieces easier.

Easily accessible variety

Shopping for lab created gemstones can be much more convenient than shopping for mined gemstones.  Instead of spending time and money searching the world over for the perfect and unique gemstone cut you’re looking for, you can access a very wide variety of beautiful cuts, shapes, and sizes by simply shopping the Pehnec catalog online.  Searching through the catalog, you’ll find round and square shapes, and also unique heart, oval, octagon, marquise, pear and star shapes and more.

Animal themes in jewelry have always been classic, but over the past few years, we’ve seen jewelry designers really turn up the volume on their nature inspired pieces!  From spiders, to peacocks, to elephants, to sparrows, to cats, recent designer collections have included many statement insect and animal inspired pieces, many of them studded with sparkling, gorgeous, loose CZ jewels.

Using colorful loose CZ gemstones in critter jewelry allows jewelry designers to create pieces that easily conjure up images of those originally made only for royalty by custom gold and silversmiths at a fraction of the cost.  In fact, the main difference between “critter” jewels of days of old and those being created today is simply better affordability.  Thanks to loose cut CZ stones beauty and quality do not have to be sacrificed!  By setting various colors of cz stones in pave or mosaic fashion, jewelers can give true vibrant color and texture to animal likeness they are creating.  Many jewelers use CZ’s in conjunction with enamel to create majestic animal kingdom inspired jewels that are unbelievably easy on the jewelry collector’s wallet.  Now collectors everywhere can delight in scooping up a pig cocktail ring, a long peacock necklace, and perhaps even a bullfrog bangle all in the same shopping trip!

A high demand for beautiful blue tanzanite and deep blue sapphire jewelry seems to point to a love of all things blue among many jewelry fans.  Dark blue hues or navy tone, much like royal purples, conjure up thoughts of richness, royalty, and sophistication.  When word got out that Kate Middleton was to inherit Princess Diana’s world renowned wedding ring featuring a beautiful blue sapphire surrounded by clear diamonds, the world took note and many women opted for engagement rings that featured sparkling stones in hues of blue.  When starlet Kate Winslet wore the fabled heirloom jewel “The Heart of the Ocean” in Steven Spielberg’s Titantic, both the jewel and the movie left a lasting impression on fans.

Blue tones can be stunning, not only in engagement rings, but also in earrings, necklaces, bracelets.  One might say that blue not only has a special way of standing out, but also seems to somehow always remain remembered.  Every woman can benefit from having a little something blue in her jewelry box.  Whether her piece includes blue sapphire gemstone, tanzanite, or rich sapphire colored cubic zirconia, it’s sure to turn heads.

When choosing between a ruby and a sapphire you might not really have a bad choice but you are looking at a steep price tag so it does require some careful consideration.  There is another very durable option to the ruby vs. sapphire conundrum that is much more affordable though.  You can buy jewelry with lab created ruby or sapphire and end up with a piece that is just as beautiful for a much smaller investment.

These lab created gems use the same mineral as natural rubies and sapphires. The items created by jewelry makers that use these wholesale loose cut gems are very affordable and can make the giving of two or more presents a strong possibility. Their 8.5 hardness is similar to that of the mined stones and they are also free of occlusions that can make the natural stones appear cloudy. Durability, clarity and affordability are all huge considerations to consumers in this difficult economy.

They offer a great advantage to the jewelry maker and distributor as well. Cost conscious consumers have been looking for ways to make a gift recipient happy while keeping debt to a minimum. That is where the vendors can help by offering beautiful pieces of jewelry well within the reach of the average working person. Using more affordable wholesale loose cut gems can make jewelry creations much more available to a larger segment of the jewelry buying public increasing both customer base and profits for retailers.

The figures are modest but they have held on and kept going in the right direction. Modest gains aside there are many people out there wondering what gift to buy that won’t put a dent in future buying power. Many consumers are still worried about the economy and are looking for good deals on special gifts.

In this holiday season many will want to buy some jewelry for their loved ones. Jewelry crafted from CZ loose cut stones can help them do this without going over budget. Many couples get engaged on Christmas Day and those that turn to cubic zirconia diamonds for their wedding and engagement rings can save money without sacrificing quality. This practicality can be a consequence of the economy but it works for these couples. Especially those who want to live the American dream of owning your own home.

For the buyer who is already married another piece of jewelry made with a loose cut cz stone like Tanzanite might be the perfect gift. The mined Tanzanite is rarer than a real diamond and with its unusual blue color the jewelry maker has a gem that can really impress and inspire the customer.

The wide variety of shapes and colors available to jewelry makers at wholesale prices can be used to make some incredible creations. The inexpensive, durable and beautiful cubic zirconia will make a great gift for even the most difficult recipients and maybe a big contributor to the retail sector’s continued upswing.

The strategy may work but other factors may make these openings disappointing. Online purchasing has been growing through the years and with gas prices higher this year it should make another gain over shopping the old fashioned way. The experience of seeing what you buy in person should be preserved in some areas though.

Picking out something that is going to be for sentiment, like jewelry, should be worth a trip to the store. Part of the gift giving of jewelry should be making the effort to find just the right piece for the one it’s intended for. A visit to a local jeweler can surprise you and it might be more rewarding as well.

The jewelry you can find that is made with loose cut cubic zirconia gems looks just as stunning as the mined stones in the jeweler’s case. Cubic Zirconia and lab created gems can impress even the hardest to please. Cubic zirconia stones are highly durable and show none of the flaws that you may find in the stones that are mined.

The white cubic zirconia stones are every bit as bright as the diamond they compete with. A retailer that stocks jewelry crafted from cubic zirconia will be able to serve a much wider customer base which could help to increase sales this holiday season.

There is no telling what Wal-Mart will gain in this opening on Turkey day. The person buying a cubic zirconia will gain the recipient’s appreciation and also save some money for other gifts to give this season though.

The newest toys can leave the average parents a little short when it comes to gifts for each other. The gift doesn’t have to be expensive though, just thoughtful. The affordable jewelry made with cz loose cut stones can be a help in this regard.

Lab created gems like the cubic zirconia ruby and emerald are just the thing for a holiday gift. The colors of Christmas in a bracelet or necklace, or one of each, can last for many Christmases to come. They are more durable than many naturally mined stones and the created emerald is clearer than its naturally occurring namesake.

The cz ruby also appears much clearer to the naked eye and it is much more affordable than a comparable mined stone. These gems are only the start of what is available to jewelry makers that want to buy loose cut gems wholesale.

The jewelry that is created with these purchases can sell at such a good price that the average family can afford to buy more than one piece. With all of the readily available shapes, sizes and colors it is easy for jewelry artists to create the types of pieces that will satisfy just about any holiday shopper.