Your resource for
all
things bead-related -
Created by a beader, for all beaders!
Created by a beader, for all beaders!
The mission of the Beader's Resource Guide
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visitor and would like
to check for recent updates to this site - please
click here! The mission of the Beader's Resource Guide |
Buying Beads and Supplies |
Your Jewelry Business |
Expand Your Library |
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Below you will find a variety of places to buy beads and beading suppliesBuying Beads OnlineBead Store LocatorBead Show LocatorNEW! Bead Artist Directory |
Ready to sell your jewelry? Here are resources to help you get started.Pricing Your JewelrySelling Via Online MarketplaceOnline Directories to List Your SiteNEW! Find Craft and Art Fairs Near YouHome ShowsTips on Growing Your BusinessSoftwareTaking Photos of your Jewelry |
Interesting books on beading and jewelry makingMagazines/NewslettersBooksE-books |
Learning Center |
Get Connected |
Get Inspired |
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Here you will find resources for learning new tips, techniques, etc.About BeadsAbout ColorTools and SuppliesVideos/TutorialsBeading WebsitesPolymer ClayArt Clay/PMC ClayMailleBead Weaving and StitchingWirework and Metalsmithing |
Connect with other beaders and jewelry designersVisit my blog for info on recent updates to the site and more!The
Beader's
Resource Guide Blog
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Below are places where you can find inspiration if you're having beader's block.GalleriesBlogs |
Link to Me |
Help
this Site
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Bead
Swap
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If you would like to help promote this siteplease link to me!Link InformationPlease also visit my Link Partners |
Are you an expert on a particular topic?Have advice, information that you'd like to share?Contact me about it! And if you're feeling generous -
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UNDER CONSTRUCTIONThis feature is undergoing some reconstruction dueto changes at the site where it was hosted.Swap beads with other beaders - a fun way torefresh your bead stash! |
The
mission of the Beader's Resource Guide is simple. It was
born out my passion for creating handmade jewelry, and my
dream
in selling what I make. I
decided to take these 2 interests and put them together to form a
comprehensive online resource for bead related information of all
kinds. I've spent hundreds of hours scouring the web
looking
for
beading resources - from places to buy beads, to how I can make my own,
to how I can sell what I've made. This
website is a
compilation of all of the information I've found so far, made
available to every other beader and jewelry designer looking
for the same information.
Maybe I'll save you some time looking on your own!
About the Information on The Beader's Resource GuideWhat this site is: Number 1, it's definitely a work in progress that can only get better with input from you - all the other beaders out there who can help me add more and more to keep it growing! Number 2, I want it to be a useful resource for beaders, a one-stop hub for information on anything and everything a jewelry designer could possibly look for, and to become an online beader's community where we can network and learn from each other. I hope that it becomes everything I dream it can be! What it's not: Number 1, while I hope to help, meet, inspire, share and network with other bead addicts, this site is specifically designed as a beader's resource...and not to sell jewelry. I've come across other sites or groups on places such as Facebook, etc. where there are tons of people who have come together (which is a good thing) but they are also trying to market their jewelry (which yes, I of course want to do as well). But if you ask me, it's kind of like preaching to the choir! What we need to do is market to people looking to BUY jewelry, and buy OUR jewelry. Trying to sell it to each other to me seems pointless! With this in mind...I DO have an idea of something specific to selling jewelry. But I'm going to save that for another day and focus on beader's resources right now. But stay tuned.... Number 2, it's not necessarily a "how-to" make jewelry website per se. I'm not looking to reinvent the wheel here and repeat tips, tools or information that other beaders have so eloquently already put together. So what I'm doing instead is scouring the web for you and posting links to valuable resources and information on a variety of beading topics. Where I AM knowledeable or feel I have expert information to offer, I will give it! My Disclaimer: I am only responsible for the content on this site. I offer the links to you and the content provided by them is solely owned by the website you will travel to outside of the Beader's Resource Guide. I have no intention of stealing or plagerizing from any other beader or designer - on the contrary, I'm trying to highlight them by referring you to their websites since I consider them to be THE authority on the topic. Since this IS a work in progress, I will continue to add more categories to the menus below, so please check back often to see what else I've added. You can view my blog for a quick description of updates to see if anything is of interest to you. Otherwise, I've started a mailing list. If you'd like to join, fill out the form below and I'll send out updates as I continue to develop and improve the site (but I won't annoy you with daily emails either!Also - I am trying VERY hard to advertise this site, so if you could "vote" in the poll for how you came across this site I would really, really appreciate it!And I would love to hear from you on your thoughts about the site, any improvements, issues you've had with any of the features, links or pages, etc. Also please feel free to submit any ideas that I should incorporate or any pages I might be missing! I'm open to suggestions that will help improve the value of this site. To contact me, please Click here to submit your feedback and comments.
UPDATES I'm
trying to figure out a good
way to identify what has recently been updated. I constantly
upload revised pages as I work on them, so I know that makes it hard
for anyone returning to figure out what has changed! So, I'm
going to post updates on my blog at my Beader's Resource Guide Network.
I've also added an * on certain pages by items that are new,
so
doing a "find" on that page can help you identify new listings as well.
So, check out my blog
postings for a quick glance at
what has been updated! And
please feel
free to join the
network.....I'd love to be able to chat with other beaders!
About the Creator of this SiteI've been making and selling my creations for over 5 years now, and I'm hooked. Beading is definitely a hobby that you can fall in love with! Once you start you can't stop. (If you want to know more about who "I" am then just click here.) |
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