[img]images/smiley_icons/wavey.gif[/img] i have been searching past posts and have come up with a list of tips, if you would like to add a tip just post it as a regular post and i will update the sticky as they are posted.
- Always have a good light source to work with.
- Keep supplies organized. You can use a tool box, tupper ware, bags, or you can buy beading container in your local craft store.
-Work on a towel. This minimizes beads from bouncing when you drop them, and you will!!
-You can stick your beading needles into the towel when you are not using them.
- Estamate string length: for standard stringing, use length, times 2 plus 10 inches, for knotting use length, times 4 plus 10 inches.
-Use a paint pad in a clean styrofoam tray, beads fall down but dont rol away.
-a little of clear finger nail polish or white glue dabbed on your knots will make them more secure.
-if you put a white bead where a black bead should go, use a fine tip permanent marker to correct it.
[img]images/smiley_icons/heyitsme.gif[/img] here are some supplies you will need for beading and making jewelry.
- needle nose pliers- a plier with a small squared off and tapered point, used for numerous techniques.
-round nose pliers- round nose with a very small fine point. Used for making wire loops, especially in headpins, for making earrings.
- flat head pliers- for setting jump rings.
- wire cutters- for cutting jewelers wire ( tiger tail) and for trimming headpins.
-jewelers wire- ( tiger tail) is made of nylon coated, woven, stainless steel wire. Comes in different sizes and colours, Also known as softflex or beadalon.
-silk thread- comes in various sizes and colours. Used mostly for pearls or small mineral or gem beads with extremely small holes.
-nylon or synthecic beading thread- comes in various sizes and colours. Used mostly for mineral or glass bead strands, it withstands abrasion much better than silk.
[img]images/smiley_icons/jiving.gif[/img] what a very nice site.................there is a place we visit each time we go to Orlando..........it is called Black Market Minerals, and it has a lot of different types of gems and stuff......very interesting. I will read up on that site and maybe know what I am talking about the next time I go there!
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