Starting this new hobby, I was introduced to buying beads on-line. You take a chance, but sometime the bargains turn out to be a real find. Winning a penny auction on ebay and the stones turn out to be really different and more than you expect is a good thing. The rose quartz used in the necklace to the left were a penny auction.
Can I name my favorite retail on-line sellers? Well let’s do it anyway. There are the staples like FireMountian and Rishashay. But it is the smaller ones I like, Lima Beads and ‘The Big Green Bead Machine’ with new bargains every 5 minutes, ArtBeads.com with free shipping in the US, Treasure Island Pearls with lots of price points to chose from and Bead Inspirations, another with free shipping in the US. A lot of the smaller online vendors offer coupon almost all the time if you subscribe to their email listing.
Ebay vendors are a different kettle of fish, sometime the descriptions are not very complete and pictures are not very clear. It takes some searching to find a vendor that does enough business to have a lot of product to choose from. My fav is Foxy Finding out of Tucson, AZ. I have never been disappointed in the beads I have won on auction. They do charge for shipping and handling, but I figure that 10 beads for a penny, I don’t mind the shipping. (Tucson AZ is the home of the largest Gem Show which takes place in February every year.
Let’s not forget the suppliers on Etsy and ArtFire… there is lot offered there too.
So it is off to finish a necklace and enjoy the rain out the window!
thanks for tuning in.
regina aka red
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