What is an enhancer on a necklace?
An enhancer is a type of bail that hinges open in the back. This means you can open it up and clip your pendant right onto the middle of your large gold, pearl or beaded necklace. And spice it up! As a jewelry designer who also re-purposes jewelry I have to say, enhancers are one of my favorite inventions.
What are the things you put on necklaces?
Pendants are decorative items that hang from a chain, cord, or beaded necklace. They may hold gems or be decorative objects in themselves. Although pendants come in different types, larger pendants with single bails are referred to simply as pendants.
What are pearl enhancers?
Pearl enhancers are a popular form of pearl charm designed to clip on to a string of pearls. The result combines the beauty of a pearl necklace and a pearl pendant in one stunning look and lifts your pearls to a whole new level of originality and style.
How do you get a pendant on a chain that doesn’t fit?
Workaround to chain not fitting inside the necklace’s hole
- Hold the chain in such way that the ring is closest to you, and that you see the groove where the joint of the ring is:
- Using your other hand, twist or bend that ring so that you open it slightly:
- Remove the ring from the chain using the opening you just made:
What is a pendant enhancer?
Pendant enhancers are used to attach pendants to beaded or wide necklaces for which a traditional bail (the pendant’s loop) is too small to fit.
What is the difference between an enhancer and a pendant?
A pendant has a small hook allowing it to be hung from the chain, but an enhancer has a hinged clasp that opens and can be snap-shut, allowing it to be used on a wider range of necklaces: chains, beads and pearls.
What do you call a necklace that opens?
Lockets, most often pendants on a necklace chain, open in some way that lets the wearer place something meaningful inside. You may imagine a locket as a Victorian-era keepsake.
What is a Gold bail?
A Bail is a jewelry component mostly used with necklaces to attach a pendant. The pendant then hangs from the center of the necklace. Use these bails to create fabulous Pendants, Earrings, and Charm Bracelets! …
How do I keep my necklace pendant from turning?
The turning of the chain happens when the chain is lighter than the clasp. To prevent the clasp from working its way towards the front, you can put a counterweight near the clasp. Another trick would be to put a pendant bail big and heavy enough to hide your necklace’s clasp if it makes its way towards the front.