[Moo] gems with holes in them

[Aimee Kratts]

www.firemountaingems.com - They're about the cheapest resource on the 
internet for real gemstones with holes in them. (I do not work for them but 
I make my own jewelry and I buy from them occassionally.)

Where ever you order from on the internet, make sure you have your ruler 
with millimeters on it handy. Photos are deceiving. When you're ordering a 
5-7 mm gemstone, look at your ruler before you press the Buy button. I have 
often been disappointed by ordering stones that were too small.

Another thing to worry about when ordering gemstones is that you have to 
make sure your needle will fit through the hole. I have found that more than 
once, the holes drilled are sometimes even too small to get steel wire 
through.

My 2 cents.

Aimee


>From: "Celia Friedman" <csfriedman at adelphia.net>
>Reply-To: General Mailing List for the Barony of Stierbach 
><moo at stierbach.org>
>To: "General Mailing List for the Barony of Stierbach" <moo at stierbach.org>
>Subject: [Moo] gems with holes in them
>Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 23:20:53 -0400
>
>To whoever asked me Tuesday about where to find them.
>
>They are called "sew on" or "sew-on" , gems or gemstones or jewels.
>
>Google those combinations and you will get dozens of options.
>
>Annalena


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