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Beading & Lapidary

Glass beads, clay beads, plastic beads, threads, needles, beading patterns, and lots of great information about using them to create jewelry and accessories.

Many in this group of websites share their tips and techniques with beading, wire wrapping, and lapidary tutorials. Others offer high quality hand-made beaded and gem stone creations for sale or beading and lapidary supplies.

All the website owners have included their favorite crafty tips on the creation, use, and care of items constructed from beads and gem stones.
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Beadwork & Lapidary Sub-categories

Beading Patterns for Sale (2)
Bead Making (1)
Communities & Organizations (2)
Free Beading Patterns (9)
Wire Wrapping (3)
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Jewelry Making & Lapidary Supplies (14)
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Great Beadwork & Lapidary Websites


Nicki's Trends
Fabulous gifts and accessories made with hand painted beads. Items include hair ties, bracelets, backpack clips, key chains, and wine stoppers. They are very trendy and make a great gift. Many themes to choose from including, ballet, tropical, teacher, golf, camouflage, princess, animal print, groovy, flowers,and many more.
http://nicki.ecrater.com/
(Clicks: 28; Link added: Feb 15, 2008)
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Beadwork & Lapidary Crafty Tip

An easy way to stop ribbon from fraying is to take a match or lighter and lightly burn the end of the freshly cut ribbon. This will melt the ribbon just enough to stop the fraying. It works very well with grosgrain ribbon and satin ribbon as well.



N Valentine Studio
I am a self representing artist who takes a great deal of pride in her work. Each bead and button is individually made, by hand, by me! All my beads are made from Moretti, Lauscha, Vetrofond or Bullseye glass and are kiln annealed for long life and durability.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5366436
(Clicks: 39; Link added: Mar 3, 2008)
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Beadwork & Lapidary Crafty Tip

I keep all my finished pieces in ziploc baggies with a tiny piece of anti tarnish paper. Then I don't have to hand clean them as much!



TaoGem Gemstones
Beveled and polished gemstone supplies for the artistic designer who truly is searching for something special that will support his or her own creative perspective. Standard run of the mill cabochons are readily available on the internet. We believe that as you browse the variety of gemstone minerals available to you here, it will become obvious these are stones truly worthy of your designs.
http://taogem.com/
(Clicks: 17; Link added: Jun 5, 2008)
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Beadwork & Lapidary Crafty Tip

The only method for a lapidary to create matched gemstone pairs is to begin with a solid piece of gemstone mineral in rough form. There is no other way to create two matching slabs for jewelry designers. When cutting stones for a jewelry designer, bring in the designer to select shapes and focal points once you have cut the slabs. This allows the designer to best incorporate the natural colors and grains of the stones into their work and create a more beautiful piece.



Craft Cove
A collection of crafts, jewellery and gifts. Including beadweaving, chainmail jewellery and wirewrapping. There are necklaces and chokers, bracelets, earrings, 3d ornaments and animals, keyrings, even amulet bags, all in many different types of weaves. And everything is entirely handcrafted by me here in Australia.
http://craftcove.weebly.com
(Clicks: 101; Link added: Nov 9, 2008)
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Beadwork & Lapidary Crafty Tip

After tying the thread,going through another couple of beads will both help secure and hide the ends.



Maddiethekat Beaded Jewelry/Designs
Beaded amulet bags, stunning necklaces and beaded chokers made using my own patterns and those of others. I also specialize in mini tapestries made entirely from Delica seed beads and trimmed with a variety of glass, wood and metal beads. Many of my pieces feature animals and are original designs based on photographs.
http://www.maddiethekatbeadedjewelry.com
(Clicks: 46; Link added: Apr 6, 2009)
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Beadwork & Lapidary Crafty Tip

Looking for a high quality, uniform, universal seed bead that makes beading that much more fun? Try Delicas.



Inspirational Beading
Inspirational Beading explores the creativity behind beadwork and jewelry design. Readers are treated to monthly tutorials, bead spotlights with design ideas, showcases and interviews with bead artists, and inspiration tips.
http://www.inspirationalbeading.blogspot.com/
(Clicks: 27; Link added: Apr 3, 2010)
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Beadwork & Lapidary Crafty Tip

The only thing more frustrating than trying to bead with a paper cut or injured finger is fighting with a bandage that doesn't fit properly.
 
If you've got a cut or hangnail that's minor enough to continue working with, skip the BandAid and the hassle and use plain old ordinary masking tape to cover it up.
 
You can cut it to any size that you need, and wrap it as many times as you want. When you're done, it comes off easily and doesn't leave any gunk behind. So you get to protect yourself, your work, and your sanity!




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