Well, bead work is usually for making jewelry, as in necklaces, bracelets, anklets and one can even get rings and earrings out of the deal if you are clever. :)

The tools vary for what you are doing. For example, if you want to make fun, inexpensive jewelry for children, you can use as little as fishing line, acrylic or wood beads, and a lighter. For this simple project, you use the lighter to seal your knots by melting them a little. This, part obviously requires a bit of parental guidance for young ones!

However, if you want to make rosary bead necklaces, for example, you need looping (rosary) pliers, wire cutters, jump rings (metal loops that open and close) and beads, as well as a metal clasp to hold it closed. You could make your own out of the wire, too!

For a woven necklace, you'd need the right kind of thread, the beads, beading needles, alligator clips for holding closed strands you are working on, and the right kind of terminators (ends) that are suitable for a multi-strand necklace. You'd also need a clasp and jumprings, just to connect the clasp to the terminators.

For a standard beaded necklace, you want to think of the following:

1. Does it have a clasp, or is it continuous?

If it is not continuous, you need a clasp.

2. what materials am I using to make this necklace?

If your beads are heavy, you need beading wire, or a very strong thick beading thread that will probably need crimps to hold it together. If you need crimps, you need well, the wire, (tigertail, or other) the crimps, a special crimping pliers, crimp ends (which allow you to attach stuff to the ends of your beaded area) optionally crimp covers (which look like metal beads when completed) or crimp spacers which stay in one place and allow for interestingly spaced designs.

If you don't use wire, and choose a beading thread, it is handy to use glue, the right kind of knot terminators, which again, like the crimp tips, allow you to attach your clasp to the end of your project.

3. Do I have a pendant I want to use?

If so, you sometimes need to get tiny spacer beads which will allow for the pendant to sit properly nestled amongst your other, larger beads. It will also lend stability to the pendant itself. It is helpful if these are the same color as your other metal parts, so it looks professional.

So... you do need your stringing material, hardware (clasps, jumprings, spacers, knot ends or crimps) pendants and beads. Handy to have include magnifiers for placing glue on knots or crimping tiny crimps, bead reamers to widen small bead holes, storage devices for beads and hardware,glue for strengthening knots or crimps, a caddy for holding tools, 2 sets of chain nose pliers for closing jumprings, bead counters and scoops for managing your bead supply, bead boards for laying out designs, trays for holding beads while picking them out, and round nose pliers for reshaping wire.

Frankly, you can get as much or as little stuff as you want... there's a whole industry out there just selling this stuff.

pink(not baby pink- rose pink or violet-pink

From large city to smaller towns there are numerous beading craft shops available. Hobby Shop, Michaels and other craft shops have them in stock although a more exotic selection is usually better found at a bead shop then at a general craft store. (Of course if you run across a troll while wandering in the Catskills they may have a limited stock with them.) Trollbeads are also sold in jewelry and gift stores.

Hama beads are the small beads that can be ironed together to form many different shapes. Sometimes they are used for dollhouses or as christmas ornaments.

Make a pink circle and two triangles on top of it! Then make eyes and a smile

You can only do this with certain types of beads, called Perler beads, or Hama beads. What you do is you put a piece of ironing paper (which comes with the beads) or wax paper, on top of your design. Then with the iron set at medium, you iron the design through the wax paper. Keep the iron there for 10-20 second, or until you have reached the desired effect.

Green is generally used to symbolize life, fertility, and wealth. Adversely it can also be paired with envy and sickness.

A bead board is a surface with a textured finish and grooves that is helpful in alligning beads. It is a very useful tool that makes the beader's task more enjoyable.

Yes, polystyrene beads are safe to use. One can learn more about polystyrene beads at popular on the web sources such as Tempo Foam, eHow, and Wise Geek.

There is a special ironing paper that you need that should come with your perler beads. Once you are done creating your design, you put the paper over it and you get an iron and move the iron around in circles so to melt the beads evenly. Then once they are melted, take the design off and put the paper on the side that hasn't been melted, then do the same thing.

Beads cost different prices depending on what beads you buy and where you buy them. You can spend $200 on one 14K gold bead or you can get a 1/2 mass (600) of beads for a few dollars. It all depends on what you want to make and what budget you set for yourself.

Buy a square board, go to Google images and search for a picture.

If you can't find it go to www.perlerlicious.weebly.com

Bath Oil Beads Can Be Purchased in Many Places. Including, but Not All Inclusive, Bath and Body Works, Herbal Stores, Walmart, and Other Various Boutiques.

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You did not specify which fruit you are looking to bead in crystal.

there's two link below that points you to one crystal apple and one strawberry tutorial (for the strawberry, just replace beads with crystal bicones) Hope this helps!

Well Brighton beads are NOT full sterling silver, so any that you find that are would be better - theoretically...

they used the hide of animals and used their blood to color the beads

Gunnar Knutsson in Vallingby, Stockholm

"How about adding clasps? A little tricky. You can tie off the warp against the beads, gather all the threads, string them through a clasp and knot them, then turn them under the piece and hide them with backing. The method I use the most often requires a bit of forethought. At the top of the piece, I weave about an inch of beads unrelated to my pattern. At the end, I weave the woof a bit, knot the ends and glue the knots, then turn under. Then I glue on a small square of hooked Velcro. (I later sew it to the piece for good measure.) At the end where I wove that extra inch of beads, I also knot and glue, but I lay the warp on top of the piece and secure the looped side of the Velcro."

For more on this technique, see the link to Beltana's beads

I couldn't figure how to answer, so i just edited.. this is my first time=).

What I usually do is add a crimp bead (4$ a pack at Jo-Anns) , then the clasp, go back through the crimp bead the way you came out, squish it, and trim end, then add a TINY amount of bead glue.

Works best with a toggle clasp=)

Pandora is a company originating in Denmark, whereas Soufeel has its orgins in UK. Both are high quality European beads, and collecting both will find you a very nice personalized variety. The Pandora beads are somewhat more artistic/abstract, whereas Soufeel tends toward more fashion styles and designs.Soufeel costs slightly less than Pandora, and is more collectible as a brand since they have already begun retiring their beads. Soufeel bracelets can be found on some celebrities.

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Excellent crafts for kids can be painting or modeling clay. With the clay they can use cookie cutters and have hand-eye coordination. Painting they can use their imagination.

It depends. I have seen many clay african beads