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Thanks to everyone who called on us at a bead fair this autumn. See us today at our last bead fair this year, Saturday 19th October 2013, at the Big Bead Show - Sandown Park, West London. Very big show! Details here. We're Stand 67 - on entering, turn right and follow the wall down towards the end. Ask for your FREE gift & MrBead bag! To get to the show from London, take the A3 and follow signs to Sandown Park. From the M25 exit at Junction 10 and follow the A3 towards London; exit onto the A307 and follow Sandown Park signs. The car park is off the A307 Esher High Street, in front of the main entrance.
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Under 25% of the pearls in a strand may be the full size quoted. Nuggets, again being natural, will all be different to an average size listed in the sale. Strands of beads are usually 16-inches (400mm) long. Although pearls are normally sold in 15-inch strands and chips in 32-inch strands. A Choker necklace is 16-inches long, a Princess necklace 18-inches, a Matinee necklace 24-inches, Opera necklace 32-inches, and a Mala necklace of 108-beads can be of any length! A bracelet is usually 7-inches and an anklet 9-inches. To see our beautiful solid brass bead measure click MrBead.com or MrBead.co.uk.
To see how to measure your finger for it's ring size, click the HTML version of this newsletter to see our chart.
Seed beads range from size 1mm to 3mm or 11/0. The most common seed beads are Chinese, Czech, and Japanese. Czech beads are very traditional, sold on hanks, are mostly round and can be uneven. Japanese seed beads are more uniform, come in many different colors and are usually sold loose in bags or tubes. Remember that 1,000 (or even 4,000) seed beads will come in only a small bag – don’t expect them larger than they are! However, these tiny beads can be very tricky to make, so are only a little cheaper than bigger beads.
Larger beads are sold either loose or in strands. Buy strands if you want the best quality and uniformity of holes – they will hang better on a necklace. However, loose beads are great if you want a lot cheaply for a large project or for many different works. Invest in a bead measure, as the inexperienced can often overestimate bead sizes. If buying by the strand, just divide the length by the bead size to tell how many there will be. For example a (16-inch) 400mm strand will have about 50 beads of 8mm – 400 divided by 8. Beads over 14mm are considered large and can weigh a lot to post, so expect more shipping.
See a video of our 2012 September & October bead fairs here
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