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Got some beautiful beads and don’t know what to do with them?

By: Terri Batsakis

You log onto a website and come across pages and pages of beads. You walk into a bead shop and find yourself staring at walls full of beads. Where do you start? What goes with what? You look at the beads and wonder, how does that become jewellery?

Let’s face it we’ve all been there at some stage. How do you move to the next stage? Ask an expert! People make a living off making jewellery, ask them.

As a new beader you might look at, for example, a reel of wire, and wonder what you could do with it. I offer this advice to you. Simply ask the retailer to show you how to use the wire and give you ideas on what to make.

A retailer who makes and sells their own jewellery, and sells all the beads, chain and findings that they use, are the best people to buy from. That way at least you know where to find all the supplies to make that particular jewellery piece.

A customer friendly bead retailer will gladly offer their free advice on how to make their jewellery and what items to use. Apart from being flattered that you love their unique pieces of jewellery, it means that they increase their bead sales as well. They’d be crazy not to help you out!

If you are a beginner you should be able to select the jewellery piece you would like to make, then contact the bead retailer asking what beads, head pins, eye pins, chain and other findings you will need to make that item. Better yet, they should be able to send you instructions, on how to make that item.

For those of you who have a little more experience up your sleeve in beading, have a look at what jewellery takes your fancy. Study it, bit by bit. Then go off and collect the goodies you will need to make that item. And don’t forget, if you get stuck, ask the experts.

Some people are not very good at visualizing the end product. You may look a range of beads you think might look great together, but can’t actually picture how they will look as a finished jewellery piece. So go the other way; find the jewellery piece, then choose the beads. At least then you know what it is going to look like!

There are so many beautiful beads out there, you don’t want to buy a kilo of the same style just because they are cheap and have all your jewellery made with the same beads. Look for beads that are sold in small quantities to avoid leftovers you have no use for. That way you can buy different style beads for the same price and make different jewellery pieces.

Buy findings in larger quantities and save. Basic items such as head pins, eye pins, jump rings and crimps, can be used in many different ways to put your jewellery pieces together. They are the foundation of your jewellery piece. You shouldn’t have to spend big on the basics. You’re better off using that money on all those beautiful beads!

Beading can become a very expensive hobby. An honest bead retailer will show you how to cut your costs without cutting your quality. They will share with you their experience and ideas on how to save time and money. They will guide you along with what tools of the trade are necessary and which ones are just gimmicks. The less you spend on tools the more you can spend on, you guessed it, beads!

Knowing where to start can be daunting. Let a passionate expert enhance your beading creativity. Ignite your passion now.

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Author Terri Batsakis offers advice for beaders just beginning. Taking you through a detailed instruction on how to select the perfect beads, to make that unique beautiful piece of jewellery?, even if you are just a beginner.
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