Looking for a good and inexpensive on-line store
zang
really good shopping. I'm interested in on-line web sites for
purchasing supplies. I've been looking for strech filiment I think this
is Strech Magic. Am I correct? Any help would be appriciated. I'm
really new at beading and love it and all the comments from everyone in
this newsgroup. Thanks in advance for all your help. Jane
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annette
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annette hanna
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purchasing supplies.>>
The best bead catalog is put out by Shipwreck beads.
http://www.shipwreck.com/
Their online site is excellent, too.
Betcey has a wonderful site, company and catalog, Beyond Beadery. Her crystals
are SUPER.
http://www.beyondbeadery.com/
Fire Mountain Gems always has tempting stuff in their catalogs, but little
online, however you can start getting the catalog from the site:
http://www.firemtn.com/
For findings and supplies, I'm quite fond of Rio Grande. They have interesting
info but very little for sale online. Pretty good selection of semiprecious
beads in their catalog which you can get from their site.
http://www.riogrande.com/
For Delicas and several other items I do like Caravan Beads. Their online site
is pretty good, too, but right now its pretty messy except for their Miyuki
products.
http://www.caravanbeads.com/
A pretty big company that I don't often hear people mention, but I've used them
a lot is General Bead. They have a nice catalog:
http://www.genbead.com/index.htm
Beki has a super selection. Love her seed beads, and the prices are great.
http://www.whimbeads.com
One that I use quite often is Empyrean Beads. Their online site now has some
great vintage with pictures. One of the best sources for tiny seed and round
beads:
http://www.empyreanbeads.com/
One that gets great comments is 550 Silver & Supply, a.k.a. Beadsourse. Many
times they are the best price, especially for metal stuff
http://www.beadsource.com/
Another top one for the tiniest beads is Bead Cats:
http://www.beadcats.com/index.htm
I think their catalog is usually more updated though than their site. In the
catalog they have have the GSP thread which is super for working with the
little beads.
Search sites:
A super online site to search for beads, catalogs and so much more is Bead Net:
http://www.mcs.net/~simone/beadnet.html
Another great one that branched off from the above is Bead Fairy:
http://members.home.com/sdsantan/beadfairies.html
To search among the beadmakers, many who sell at auction or off their site but
usually have no catalogs, is Susan Coopers site:
http://suzannecooper.com/links/lotslinks.html
Another large search site is at about.com:
http://jewelrymaking.about.com/
For very unusual beads, or vintage, or lampwork, the auctions are best.
This one takes you to the jewelry and bead pages at eBay:
http://pages.ebay.com/jewelry-index.html
Amazon is our new auction love. I don't want to put my link to it here as it
is s u p e r l o n g
Go to www.amazon.com and click on the auctions tab at the top. In there you
will find the beads categories in the Jewelry group. Where you get there, save
it to your Favorites.
One of the new ones that is growing quickly is Just Beads:
http://www.justbeads.com/
Lewis
Robin
The customer service is fabulous and they have an absolutely amazing
selection. They carry Stretch Magic in many different colours and
sizes. AND they even tell you when to use what sizes and how to finish
pieces. They are out of this world!!!
Robin