Trollbead addiction
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Can someone who has both Pandora and Trollbead bracelets tell me....How do the Trollbead glass beads compare size-wise to the Pandora ones? Are they bigger? Smaller? Fatter? Thinner?
it really depends on which beads. some troll glass is REALLY thin, and some are REALLY thick. troll has more variations. and also the hole is usually smaller on a trollbead, so it won't fit pandora. though there are a few troll that have holes big enough too... so eeh!
I think trollbead glasswork is far more beautiful, artsy, and detailed (not to say that pandora beads are ugly, just more... 'normal'?). you can also find a lot of amazing bead artists on etsy!
Thanks, Mewt! I was looking at some of the Trollbead "universal" core beads on one of the web sites and which are supposed to fit on Pandora bracelets. The colors are so lovely. Of the stores that carry Trollbeads in my town there's a lawn & garden store and a couple boutiques with odd hours, all hard to get to. So I've never seen them IRL and pretty much restricted to Internet ordering.
Thanks for the Etsy tip. I'll take a look there.
ooh! here's some etsy recommendations:
you should look at Kathy Perras, she used to make beads for trollbeads, she was the original designer of the now-retired "tiger" glass trollbead. here is one of the tiger beads I bought from her:
and also Lions Paw Jewelry makes GORGEOUS, gorgeous glasswork. butterflies, whole scenes like paintings, trapped in glass... so beautiful!! this is the one I bought from her, it's super intricate as you can see. so many butterflies in one little bead! aghghgh love! I think she puts most of her beads up on ebay now, though, as I don't really see many in her shop. you can always message her asking for a custom though, I'd imagine!
and for trollbeads, I highly recommend their natural stone beads... like jade, chalcedony, jasper, etc. very pretty stuff, each unique in their own way.
ooh! here's some etsy recommendations:
you should look at Kathy Perras, she used to make beads for trollbeads, she was the original designer of the now-retired "tiger" glass trollbead. here is one of the tiger beads I bought from her:
and also Lions Paw Jewelry makes GORGEOUS, gorgeous glasswork. butterflies, whole scenes like paintings, trapped in glass... so beautiful!! this is the one I bought from her, it's super intricate as you can see. so many butterflies in one little bead! aghghgh love! I think she puts most of her beads up on ebay now, though, as I don't really see many in her shop. you can always message her asking for a custom though, I'd imagine!
and for trollbeads, I highly recommend their natural stone beads... like jade, chalcedony, jasper, etc. very pretty stuff, each unique in their own way.
Holy cow!
Those are extraordinary! The Siberian tiger beads are fabulous. They appear to be available only in Trollbead-bracelet size, alas, but they're so beautiful I want to buy a Trollbead chain just for those beads. I love her purple "tie-dye" beads too. They remind me of the patterns on a mollusk shell. The butterfly beads are utterly amazing too. Holy cow... My Pandora muranos look rather humble and simple-minded in comparison. Thank you for the links! Although I don't think I will be happy with Pandora ever again.
lionspawjewelry will fit pandora too! but yeah, I like troll because you can buy ALL THE BEADS and have them fit bahhaha. I did delve into pandora a bit and got some charms from them! actually just yesterday I went to look at the pandora giraffe glass bead, but upon closer inspection it lacked depth so I came home empty-handed. :'(Holy cow!
The butterfly beads are utterly amazing too. Holy cow... My Pandora muranos look rather humble and simple-minded in comparison. Thank you for the links! Although I don't think I will be happy with Pandora ever again.
troll is CRAZY lol, there's just so many different colors and combos, you have to watch out! I put all my favs on one bracelet and it was not a pretty sight. it looked like a sugar-high kid's concoction, ha! pandora is much safer, I find, I've never really seen a pandora creation look "bad". with troll you may have to do a bit of conscious matching, if only because there's just so many more choices.
Know just what you mean about one needing to be careful with Trollbeads. I keep looking at those gorgeous tiger beads and thinking 'If I bought the Trollbeads holiday beads, which I also love, could I put them on the same bracelet with a bunch of these tiger beads?'
Pandora beads contrastingly do seem to be designed so that they all go together at least somewhat harmoniously.
I'm brand new to the modular charm braclets. It started this past Christmas with a giftcard to Pandora. A few charms later, along with some online research, I fell and love with Trollbeads. I don't have many beads but I'm not to sure how I want to store my bracelets and my growing bead collection. I LOVE the troll boxes I keep seeing everyones collection in but where do you find them?
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