Friday, June 26, 2009

Making Money Out of Glass Bead Crafts

By Rick Amorey

If you are looking to make a unique kind of jewelry for yourself or your friends and family members, you?ll find that one of the best materials that you can use is glass beads. Beautiful and wonderfully unique, glass beads offer plenty of options when it comes to looking at handmade jewelry and learning how to make the pieces that you are interested in.

Getting started on glass beads requires little effort, and you will hardly experience any problems at all when you consider making glass bead jewelry. Even people who are quite new to the process will be able to make handmade beaded jewelry that is wonderfully and surprisingly unique. Without further ado, I present to you some advice on getting started on making handmade beaded treasures.

First and foremost, you should think about would be the raw materials that you're going to need. Besides the beads themselves, you will also need some jewelry wire that will let you string them. Searching for accent beads that you might want to include into your jewelry design would also be wise. Clasps and closures (which are also known as findings) and wire cutters or pliers are essential tools that will add that final touch to your jewelry.

These supplies can easily be obtained at any craft store in your area, and you'll soon see that there are plenty of options open for you. When you go to the fabric or craft store, for example, you'll find that there are also plenty of books, which will help you decide the design you want. With just a little bit of work, you'll be able to get the results that you need.

Wanting to make your own glass bead jewelry will of course lead to having to think about which glass beads you'll want to use. This becomes easier if you have already been to the craft or fabric store; you'll already have a fair idea of what you want. So look for the materials that you need, don't compensate, and amazingly crafted glass beads in no time!

About the Author:

No comments: