Big Round Beads for Jewellery Making

All you need to create this Spring's strongest jewellery making trend is some lovely big round shiny beads, a piece of satin ribbon and a few spacers.
Here is what we came up with choosing from Bluestreak Beads fab range of large acrylic beads.
Remember to choose spacers with big enough holes, and trim the ribbon to a point so that you can push it through with a big fat needle or a piece of wire.

Charms for Charm bracelets

We have added a new range of Charms in enammel and diamante finishes with matching bracelets and necklets to hange them on.

As well as the more traditional hearts & horseshoes charms there are cupcakes, cherries, high heels, little dogs & handbags. giving you tons of choice. Make your charm bracelet unique by adding one or two of your own design using beads such as Swarovski crystal or cloissonne.

Little Tubes of Glass Beads

Bluestreak Beads have got lots of new beads in stock this week including these tubes of Miyuki glass seed beads in a great selection of colour mixes just perfect for making jewellery. I like them because these handy little tubes are an easy way to add lots of beads in different colours to your jewellery making storeroom. Use miyuki seed beads on stretch magic elastic to make beaded bracelets or simply string the beads onto a long piece of flexrite beading wire to make a beaded lariat.

Friday morning at Bluestreak Beads and we want to get everyone's orders out in time for the postman to deliver on Saturday morning! Claire our chief picker is enjoyng the sunshine in Norfolk so Ashlea is going to have to work extra hard today.
We've got some lovely new beads in for your pandora style bracelets. I like the piglet charm best, he looks neat nestling between a couple of the glass beads.

Cathie

Make jewellery make money

Make Money from your hobby! This book by Susie Bradford Evans is jam packed with tips and hints on how to earn from your beading passion.
So many customers of Bluestreak Beads start by making bead jewellery as pressies and before they know it they are getting commisions from friends and colleagues.

"You've made It Now sell It"
by Susie Bradford Edwards
A handy little guide to help you sell what you have created. Although it is an American publication it can be equally applied to the British market and conntains a wealth of information for budding jewellery entrpreneurs. It covers the risks and opportunities to be found in the jewellery market.
Information on the following topics
-how to wholesale your jewellery
- how to create a business plan
-how to sell online
-how to work with shops & stores
-financing, costing and pricing
-jewellery parties & much more.