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 Where to find some neat things July 22, 2005 7:24 PM

I have looked around and here are a few I like. This one gives you ideas and products to make it yourself, or they can do it for you (ha! we are more talented than that). However, I can still learn a few things. http://www.findcustomjewelry.com/ This place sends you a catalogue with order and sell a lot of great crystals, beads, and accessories at decent prices: http://www.auntiesbeads.com I got some great butterflies in semi-precious stones here: http://giftsjoy.com/ I will post more as I find good sites. Share any info as well with us!  [ send green star]
 
I've been given a few more sites and they look awesome! July 25, 2005 12:49 PM

http://www.honeybeads.com/ http://www.jewelrysupply.com/index.html  [ send green star]
 
Uniting the World One Bead at a Time! August 01, 2005 2:55 AM

This company is great...I love their motto, don't you? Check them out here: http://www.firemountaingems.com/default.asp They have all kinds of things! ~Cathy~  [ send green star]  [ accepted]
 
Thank you Cathy August 01, 2005 10:57 AM

I thought I had added that one already.....it's a great website! Thanks for keeping me on my toes! Here are some sites I found in a few magazines......the stores in the pictures look MASSIVE: U Bead It (located in my hometown, boy do I miss it) www.ubeaditsacramento.com Gems stones of Africa www.gems-stones.com Wholesale to the Public www.nybead.com D&I Sales www.dibeads.com www.americanbeads.com www.outlawbeads.com This site is more for you to showcase your items www.nilecorp.com Beads Galore www.beadsgalore.com they have a color catalogue for $5.00 Really neat beads in the adds, glass with roses Lea Zinke www.leazinke.com Last but not least great looking stone pendants, 79 cents per gram Blake Brothers www.blakebros.com  [ send green star]
 
Vintage Crystal August 30, 2005 7:41 PM

If anyone is looking for vintage crystal , you might want to try www.NicePeople4U.com I buy from them whenever they are at a tradeshow near by. They sell retail as well as whole sale. Really nice quality crystal & glass. a little on the expensive side. If you buy $300.00 worth of beads they give you another $300.00 free. It's not hard to spend that much, Thank God for plastic!  

P.S. You might want to check for shows in your area many will sell retail two of them are, The intergalactic bead show & The whole bead show.  I Prefer to go & buy there because I can handpick what I want.

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I stumbled over this September 24, 2005 7:46 AM

while looking for the yellow chinese turquoise, and I think they have nice things in reasonable prizes
http://www.vitabeads.com/index.htm

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I looked at those links you found in the magazines. September 24, 2005 8:45 AM

www.ubeaditsacramento.com
the porcelain goddesses and totems were absolutely amazing! The wolf and the fox aren't that good, but the badger and the otter! WOW!! 14 dollars for those isn't too much, I think...

www.gems-stones.com
They don't seem to have fixed prizes and I can't figure out how to buy anything from there - it looks like they sell through shows, faires and so on.
Their new lampwork beads look very nice

The same goes with www.nybead.com. They don't even have a cataloque on-line, so it's hard to see what they offer.

www.dibeads.com
These have a lot of tools and such, cords, boxes, and such - and some pearls, but it's not very inspiring. They have what you know you need in reasonable prizes, I think.

www.beadsgalore.com
These are really nice - they seem to have all the pearls on site as well, so you don't need the catalogue
Very nice things of abalone and mother-of-pearl and I like the Indian glass beads as well.

I agree, Lea Zinke makes beautiful beads


And Blake Brothers seem to be interested in serving "proper customers" only...

http://wire-sculpture.com
have cloisonne pearls...

diy network offers ideas and tips and such
about jewelry and asseccories

Hugs,
Ket


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 September 24, 2005 10:36 AM

OMG Ketutar, you're absolutely right! Those porcelain Goddesses are unbelievably spectacular! I am in love with their Porcelain Totem - Small Owl.

Thank you for all those links! That's an amazing amount of information and resources for us to explore.
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WoW September 24, 2005 6:26 PM

I would go broke with those goddess and some of these sites!

FANTASTIC!

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my bookmarks list! September 26, 2005 7:36 PM

let's see... great gemstone deals: www.theearthbazaar.com fantastic silver pendants: www.artgemsinc.com basics: www.firemountaingems.com www.rings-things.com www.houseofgems.com displays/packaging: www.nilecorp.com www.jewelrysupply.com silver charms: www.silverenchantments.com gorgeous (premium) gemstones: www.migem.com  [ send green star]  [ accepted]
 
Thanks Juli September 27, 2005 4:58 AM

I like how you broke it down into categories!  [ send green star]
 
 July 18, 2008 12:12 AM

Wow ladies! thank you so much for the awesome web-sites! I do know of one that I didn't see on there www.limabeads.com I hope that you enjoy and I will keep you all posted if I learn of others as well...Thanks again! and I am glad to be in the group...if anyone wants to see some of the jewelry that I have made I put some pictures (the quality is not so great because I need to get a digital camera) on my page in an albumn...

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