Colored Rubber O Rings

Karenra wrote

on Sep 27, 2008 1:16 PM

I have saw a new book (Link It, by Susan Thomas) at the book store last nite.  Of course, I now have several ideas in my head.  But seem to be unable to find the colored or rubber o-rings.  Any Ideas?

elizabeth@83 wrote

on Sep 27, 2008 2:20 PM

Hi,

You could try your local hardware stores?...

I tried looking for some a while ago through google, just be aware that some of the results in google are not beading related!

Sheila H wrote

on Sep 27, 2008 4:43 PM

 What size are you talking about? Are you talking about very tiny colored rubberbands? Smaller than the ones for the end of pony tails?

Sheila H wrote

on Sep 27, 2008 4:57 PM

 Sorry. I went out and found the site on the internet and they are like o rings not rubber bands. The rubberbands I was thinking of would get brittle and break.

Definately try a hardware store but you may be limited to colors.

Karenra wrote

on Sep 27, 2008 6:30 PM

I plan on looking at home depot or lowe's in the next week, but i think the colors will be limited also.  Was just hoping for an idea i might of missed :).  Fire Mountain has some, and the ring lord now has them.  But i cant afford the ring lord assorted package this week, and fire mountain desnt have an assorted package yet.  Was kinda hoping to get that as it is normally cheaper, at least while i learn how to do it, and what i want to do with it.

Eable85 wrote

on Sep 27, 2008 9:51 PM

 I am good friends with Susan Thomas and she gets her rings from Fire Mountian Gems. And  she  sometimes teaches her classes at a store in Indianapolis. Indiana called Bead Angels. I  hope that helps.

Eve

Beth M. wrote

on Sep 27, 2008 10:51 PM

 They are called O! Rings, and are available in many sizes and colors from Fire Mountain. 

I LOVE these things, but it would be nice if they would do assortment packages.  Right now, you have to buy each color separately.  I would not want a mix of sizes, but color mixes would be nice.

There are also a couple of sellers on eBay who offer them, but they are just splitting up pkgs from Fire Mountain! 

If you have a friend (or two or three) you can combine an order with, you can get the better pricing structure from FM and make it a little less financially painful to get some! 

wrote

on Sep 28, 2008 6:20 AM

I have the ones from FMG too, and the price wasn't too bad, but I stuck mine in as padding for another order to get to the next discount level!  I've only used them in 1 project so far, but it turned out fine, although I ended up going just a bit crazy with it.

Patches@4 wrote

on Nov 8, 2008 9:05 PM

 I too bought the book LINK IT!  I've been searching on the internet and finally found where they have rubber rings that we need.  Go to www.metaldesignz.com.  Click on RUBBER RINGS down the right side.  They even refer to the book.  The www.theringlord.com had a conversion chart for the book but only carry the 12.x8x2 and the 10x6x2.

Karenra wrote

on Nov 10, 2008 7:41 AM

 I have found the colored O Rings showing up at more sites. http://www.bluebuddhaboutique.com/ has them, no assortments yet that i have seen.  But they have a complete project listing from the Link It book that tells you what size, how many, and colors for each project.

SCB1 wrote

on Nov 10, 2008 2:19 PM

HI, I just found some colored O rings on www.satincord.com I hope this helps you

DebWAZ wrote

on Jan 14, 2009 2:43 PM

Karenra:

I have saw a new book (Link It, by Susan Thomas) at the book store last nite.  Of course, I now have several ideas in my head.  But seem to be unable to find the colored or rubber o-rings.  Any Ideas?

 

 

I didn't ask the question, but THANK YOU ALL for your replies! A customer came in looking for the rubber O-rings because he bought Link It. I don't carry the O-rings and finding the references here made me a BIG hero! THANKS!!!!

Deb - AZ Bead Depot 

laschild wrote

on Jan 14, 2009 5:07 PM

 I have found colored and glow in the dark in sets and in bulk at theringlord.com. The glow in the dark are really vivid while the regular colors are not so much...Take a look.

Erin@76 wrote

on Jan 15, 2009 10:18 AM

I got that book for christmas and am so excited about the unique projects. I got all the rubber rings I needed at fire mountain gems, (as a few people have recommended) but you'll need colored anodized aluminum rings as well. The best price for those is the ring lord. (www.theringlord.com)

But if you just want to get everything in one place, blue buddha boutique carries both the rubber rings and the aluminum rings. They have color mixes on the aluminum rings that the ring lord doesn't carry, but they are more exensive. They have awesome customer service and a chart which tells you all the materials you need to buy for specific "link it" projects. Plus they are a small, woman owned business from the U.S., whereas the ring lord is in canada, if that matters to you. Its nice to support the small companies out their who are doing a good job, but ultimately it still comes down to cost savings for me.

Erin

DebWAZ wrote

on Feb 2, 2009 1:44 PM

Chiming in again.

THANK YOU for the sources. My customer came in today to show off the bracelet he made with the rings that I helped him find through this post! He was VERY happy and I'm a hero again!

THANKS!

Deb - AZ Bead Depot