Embellishments & Finishing Touches

Embellishments are the finishing touches a maker glues, sews, or sets onto a project, so start with the surface they decorate. For garments, bags, and shoes, flat-back rhinestones and iron-on motifs hold up to wear; for cards, scrapbooks, and journals, paper doilies, metal corners, and filigrees lie flat under glass or in albums. Match the application: hotfix rhinestones need an applicator or iron, sew-on bells and conchos need holes or shanks, and loose glitter needs a sealant. Watch the sizing and count — rhinestones sell by SS size (SS6 to SS30) in packs of 100 to 1,440, pom-poms by diameter (10mm to 50mm), and safety eyes by millimeter for amigurumi. Prices stay low: most packs run $4-$15, bulk rhinestone and glitter lots $15-$40, and specialty metal conchos or bolo slides $10-$30 each. In-stock embellishments usually ship in 2-5 business days; custom-cut or hand-dyed feathers take 1-2 weeks.

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