Jewellery Making Supplies Blog

This week treat yourself with some of the most exquisite GEMSTONES from Cooksongold! A good reason to buy: we have them NOW on sale!! You get 10% OFF and the possibility to choose from over 420 beautiful gems available!! You’re going to love our variety: we have around 30 stones and they come in more than 15 sizes!

Gemstones are fun for both beginners and more experienced jewellers!  However, if this is your first encounter with gems here are a few facts and tips you might find useful before you start.

• When just starting to work with stones, it is recommended to use large stones (cabochons) since it will be easier to make settings for them.
• Beginners find it easier and more fun to work with the following stones:

1. Amber – is a low-priced stone that is known for its fragility. It can be cut or carved with steel blades or abrasives but you might find it difficult to drill into. In this case, practice on larger chunks before you go on to your design.  When you are satisfy with your design put it in hot water to remove the glue from the amber but beware that excessive heat causes amber to crack. Did you know amber has been around from Palaeolithic times (9500BC) and it is also used in perfumes?
2. Amethyst – can be found in various shades of purple. Did you know this stone was included in the most valuable stones up until the 18th century (along with rubies, sapphires or emerald)?  Nowadays it is one of the most easily obtained stones, making it widely popular with jewellery makers and lovers. This stone increases its price with the intensity of its colour (some of the deep amethysts can sometimes appear almost black) and it also fades when exposed to heat.
3. Garnet – include multiple shades of red but it can be also found in variations such as green or yellow brown. The rarest variety is the Blue Garnet found in the 90s in Madagascar. It is slightly more expensive than the other gems but also slightly more resistant.
4. Opal - is visually a very attractive stone but it contains an increased amount of water therefore it is easy to chip or scratch. Fire opal is the only variety that can be faceted since most of them are very transparent.
5. Quartz – is an extremely economical stone in terms of pricing. The most popular categories of Quartz are Citrine and Smoky Quartz. These stones are easily cracked and, similar to amber, they will change colour or fade when exposed to increased amounts of heat or sunlight.

We have them all at Cooksongold in great variety … and many more too! So hurry up and grab this great deal before it ends on Tuesday, the 28th of September at Midnight!!

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Enjoy our weekend promotion: 5% OFF all our PMC PRODUCTS and 10% off our fantastic ART CLAY range!!

For as little as £7.13 for PMC or £7.07 for Art Clay you can start modelling your great piece of art today!!  There are 30 products to choose from! Our range includes: Art Clay 650 Slow Dry for a more elastic feel, Art Clay Cooper, Precious Metal Clay + and Precious Metal Clay 3.

Free your imagination this weekend! This offer is only valid until Monday, the 13th of September 2010 at midnight so hurry up!! And if you stopped here, we would love to know what you thought of our products!

This Bank Holiday weekend we’re running a fantastic 5 DAY FREEPOST event at Cooksongold. All UK orders over £50* will be sent FREEPOST – helping you save £££’s! Freepost starts NOW and ends Midnight on Tuesday 31st August – so what are you waiting for? Place your order online NOW!

Don’t forget freepost is now even easier, simply spend £50 or more and select ‘freepost’ in the delivery options menu – it’s as easy as that!

Why not take full advantage of this Bank Holiday weekends freepost and double-up the savings with 10% OFF our ever-popular texturing hammers and our essential adjustable saw frame and blade set FROM ONLY £7.43! If that wasn’t enough we’ve also SLASHED £50 OFF the price of our bestselling Rc308 Pendant Drill, NOW priced at JUST £175!.

If your order doesn’t quite reach £50, click here for a few more suggestions which might just tempt you!

Freepost Bank Holiday weekend at Cooksongold.com

This week ONLY at Cooksongold there’s OVER £500′s worth of Dremel PRIZES to GIVEAWAY! For your chance to WIN simply add ANY Dremel product to your order by Tuesday 17th August Midnight and you will be automatically entered to WIN 1 of 10 prizes! So what are you waiting for? Click here to enter the Dremel SALE NOW! Alternatively, click here to learn more about this fantastic prize.   

There's over £500's of Dremel Tools to WIn at Cooksongold

As if that wasn’t tempting enough, this week we’re also offering up to 15% OFF our entire NEW range of Dremel Tools and Drills with prices starting FROM ONLY £23! Can you afford to miss out on this fantastic Dremel SALE? Click here to view our range of discounted Dremel tools NOW!

We’re ending July with a fantastic THREE DAY FREEPOST event at Cooksongold. All UK orders over £50* will be sent FREEPOST – helping you save you £££’s! Freepost starts NOW and ends Midnight on Sunday 1st August – so what are you waiting for? Pace your order online NOW!

Don’t forget freepost is now even easier, simply spend £50 or more and select ‘freepost’ in the delivery options menu – it’s as easy as that!

It's FREEPOST this weekend

Why not take full advantage of this weekends freepost and drop into our Hand Torch SALE with 10% OFF our 6 bestselling torches with prices starting at JUST £18. Click here  to enter the SALE NOW! 

10% OFF Hand Torches - ENDS Tuesday 3rd August

If your order doesn’t quite reach £50, click here for a few more suggestions which might just tempt you.

Save up to 15% OFF ALL sterling silver round wire this week ONLY at Cooksongold. This fantastic offer includes our bestsellers like our 0.8mm, 1.5mm and even our 1mm round wire. Click here to enter the Cooksongold silver wire sale NOW!!!

Alternatively, click here to learn more about this incredible offer. Plus, don’t forget this offer cannot last and will expire on Tuesday 27th July 2010, Midnight! So what are you waiting for? Save £££’s on silver wire NOW!

Sterling Silver Round Wire Sale

Cooksongold are delighted to announce the introduction of our NEW range of Dremel drills and tools. We’re stocking a full range of Dremel bestsellers from the lightweight 300i Rotary Drill Kit for priced at just £44.99 to the versatile Dremel Versflame butane burner for just £35.99, not forgetting the portable Dremel Project Table priced at only £26.99, plus much much more. Click here to view our entire range of Dremel tools. Alternatively, click here to order FREE copy of this month’s Summer Sensation mini catalogue packed with our bestselling Dremel tools.    

NEW Dremel Tools range at Cooksongold

We’re starting July with a bang with our spectacular 4 day freepost event. All UK orders over £50 will receive freepost – helping you save £££’s on everything especially our tools and machinery. Freepost expires on Sunday Midnight so what are you waiting for? Place your orders online NOW.

Claim FREE P & P this weekend