for my CPs i want to have hanging swarovski crystals...but obviously they are expensive...
ive research ordering the crystals wholesale and stringing them myself, and it will be almost a $700 investment, not to mention the labor...which i believe is worth it for the beauty of the crystals...
HOWEVER, my Godmother and a few others believe that there very well may be a comparable alternative that are cheaper than swarovski crystal beads but just as (or very close to as) luminous and pretty, so my question is...
is there??? are there acrylic beads, or glass beads, or something like that out there that are not cheap looking and pick up the light similar to how the swarovski crystals will be but for a smaller price?
LaBellaVita622
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Hey g,...no one answered & then I saw it was you & I had to! haha maybe you can look on ebay or something for the swarovski ones you want or close to??..i want jewelry from them & looked on ebay & found comprable stuff that maybe wouldnt be as close in jewelry but I think maybe for what your looking for :)
FutureMrsKuehne
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hey!!! ya a few girls on the 2010 boards responded....but i found a really good wholesale site that i can get everything for about $200 less than on the other site i was looking at!!!
so thats good enough for me!! still swarovski but saving me a bit!
thanks so much for responding!! x0x0
megan_gallagher
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I'm not so sure, but maybe try michaels or joannes. heck even walmart has a craft section... see what they have and see if they are decent.
Swarovski makes the champ. flutes I want, but they are $300... and everyone says that's too expensive, and I do agree, but when I was in PA I found ones that are sooo similar (and were only $30), but FH was no where to be found so we didn't get them... he seems to do that, it's ok, he'll be the one driving to PA to find them again!
FutureMrsKuehne
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Posted by megan_gallagher
I'm not so sure, but maybe try michaels or joannes. heck even walmart has a craft section... see what they have and see if they are decent.
Swarovski makes the champ. flutes I want, but they are $300... and everyone says that's too expensive, and I do agree, but when I was in PA I found ones that are sooo similar (and were only $30), but FH was no where to be found so we didn't get them... he seems to do that, it's ok, he'll be the one driving to PA to find them again!
for anyone else who reads this...just so i can let everyone know...michaels is where i thought to look first and they inspired me to look online wholesale!!!
the same crystals im ordering online for about 30 cents a piece are about 80 cents a piece at michaels!!!! definitely not a save
Benzieone
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Hey there do have the site you are ordering from. Here's a site I was considering using www.shopwildthings.com
lucamon
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There is a place in manhattan called Margola Corp (google for the address). Their website doesn't do it justice. It's better if you go to their showroom to see what they have. It will also give you some ideas. In fact that entire block sells crystals and beads. I bought my rhinestone buckles from them. Pics in album. They have different class crystals, the better the crystal the more expensive it is. The ones in my album are crystals from China (yes, it took almost 2 months for shipping) and it's just as sparkly as Swarovski crystals.
