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Beading Supplies

Find the supplies you need to create beaded jewelry from this list of vendors who sell seed beads, gemstone beads, crystals, metal beads, wire, findings, and all kinds of related supplies.

Thunderbird Supply

Thunderbird Supply offers all kinds of jewelry making supplies, tools, and equipment. It also has a number of free jewelry tip tutorials on its web site.

Natural Touch Beads

Natural Touch Beads offers resin beads of all shapes along with stone, wood, and glass beads. They sell both retail and wholesale for approved buyers.

Hempwork

At Hempwork you'll find supplies, kits, and "how-to" information, including video tutorials to get you started with macramé jewelry.

2Bead.com

This on-line bead store offers wide selection of beads such as Swarovski crystal, semi-precious, glass, seed, pearl beads, along with kits and related supplies.

A Bead Store

With a low minimum order of only $10, this company offers a large selection of beads and beading supplies.

B'Sue Boutiques

Along with the usual jewelry making supplies like beads, wire, and findings, this supplier also sells some more unique items such as Czech glass buttons, purse handles and frames, and stampings and charms.

Gems2Behold

While this site sells wholesale, no tax ID is required, so anyone can purchase from them. Wholesale prices kick when larger quantities are purchased. They sell: Murano glass jewelry, Venetian beads, Swarovski crystals, jewelry findings, pearls, gemstones, just about everything for jewelry makers.

Ambush Beads

Here's a list of wholesale beads available from Ambush Beads.

Arizona Bead Company

Beads and more beads including semi-precious, polymer clay, Bali silver, Czech glass, fiber optic, Austrian crystal, along with tools, findings, and kits can be found here.

Artbeads.com

Artbeads.com has a wide assortment of beads, of course, and lots of other supplies such as findings, wire, chain, and charms, for jewelry designers.

Artgems Inc.com

Tons of beads and findings are included on their site along with pictures and prices. Some of the types of beads they carry include pearls, Czech, Austrian crystals, Indian glass, and gemstone beads.

Auntie's Beads

She may turn be your favorite aunt because this retail beading supply company has a large selection of beads such as crystal, stone, silver letter beads, and even animal print beads, plus they beading wire, books, tools, and more.

BeadShop.com

It's easier than ever now to order from this bead shop on line. They have jewelry kits, tools, beads, and findings.

Bally Bead Company

This company offers a huge line of beads from seed to African trade beads along with charms and stringing supplies.

Beadalon

Well known for their coated wire beading cord, they also sell wire, findings, tools and books.

Bead Brains

This glass bead artist offers a wonderful supply of hand-crafted glass beads.

Beadcats

This is an excellent list and description of various types of beads from greasy to satin and more.

BeadFX.com

This on-line bead store offers glass, Czech pressed and seed beads, findings, stone beads, books, and videos. They also have a few other areas that they are developing such as Tips & Tricks and a gallery.

Pasternak Findings

While the word "findings" is included in this supplier's name, it also sells a lot of other jewelry supplies, from beads, to metal, to soldering materials.

The Beadin' Path

This company provides a large assortment of seed beads.

The Bead Merchant

The bead supplier has all the beader needs as far as stringing materials, beads, findings, and kits.

Beadroom.com

This site offers vintage, hand-made, Czech, and Japanese seed beads at great prices.

Snazzy Cat

Snazzy Cat sells various types of beads such as crystals and gemstone as well as findings.

Bead Peddler

This direct importer of beads offers chevrons, Czech crystals, Indian glass, and lampwork beads.

Beads and Pieces

Beads and Pieces is a wholesale mail order store featuring beads from the Philippines and Indonesia including horn, metal, amber, and bone.

Beads by Mail

Bead related supplies catalog, free bead newsletter, bead book reviews, a gallery, and instructions are just some of what you'll find on this site packed full of information for the bead worker.

The Bead Warehouse

Also known as Marvin Schwab, this supplier offers fine gems, jewelry, beads, findings and supplies.

Bid On Beads

Here's an auction site dedicated to bead and jewelry making supplies and finished handcrafted pieces.

Caravan Beads

Chain, books, findings, and lots and lots of beads such as delicas and seed beads available on this site.

CGM Inc.

This well known findings company has everything you need to connect up your beads and wire.

Cindy's Crafts

Cindy offers over 300 colors of Japanese seed beads, delicas, needles,thread, and books.

Copper Coyote

These company has a great supply of Japanese seed beads as well as pressed glass Czech beads. They sell wholesale and retail.

COY

This company offers purse frames, knitted purse kits, and other supplies for the beader.

Czechbeads.com

Offering firepolished beads, pressed beads, etc., this company imports supplies from the Czech Republic and Korea. They are wholesale and require a login password to check out their prices, but you can sign up for this for free.

Da Bead Babe

They claim to have the largest on-line selection of beads available on the web.

Electic Etc.

Bead and more bead can be found on this site: paper, metal, stone, glass, pony, and seed. They also sell books, wire, and findings.

Elegant Embellishments

Get your embellishing needs meet with this company's selection of Venetian glass, crystal, furnace glass, semi-precious beads, and pearls.

Embroidered Soul

Hand-made Greek ceramic beads and pendants in a dozen different colors and styles is available through their on-line catalog.

Enterprise Art

Huge selection of crafts items. They are retail, so there is no min order required. They also have great merchandise for kid's projects.

FineDings.com

As the name suggests, you'll find lots of jewelry findings available through this on line retailer, but they also carry an assortment of beads as well.

Fire Mountain Gems

This company has all kinds of jewelry supplies from beads to tools to displays for those who want to sell their jewelry. They have a huge catalog and also on-line ordering available as well. They sell both retail and wholesale so you don't need to be a business.

Creative Beadwork

You've probably seen Laura Jansen's beaded ornament books in your local bead store. You can also get them from her site as well as ornament kits and stands.

General Bead

Here is an alphabetical listing of the products they offer. Besides beads the offer a large selection of findings as well.

Guyot Brothers

Manufactures of decorative brass stampings and filigrees, this company has all kinds of charms and related stampings you can use as jewelry components.

HouseOfGemstones.com

Gemstones, metalized beads, porcelain beads, fiberoptic beads, and findings are available from this company.

The House of Orange

This company is located in Vancouver, Canada and has a long list of available supplies such as pendants, findings, seed beads, castings, and wire.

Jane's Fiber and Beads

If you've been to any bead show in the U.S., you have already been in their booth. You can also shop with them on line.

Jerry Smith Beads

Jerry sells a large selection of gem stones beads and also provides some interesting bead information on his site.

Mazel Tov! Jewelry Treasures

Cyndi Lavin makes her own glass beads. See her bicon, tabular, spirls, and swirl beads here.

Nina Designs

Nina sells Bali beads and findings on her site as well as hair clips, buttons, and just about anything else you can imagine that can be made from silver.

Klew Experessions

Karen Lewis has been featured in a number of magazines for her innovative polymer clay beads which have a look of glass. Her beads are sold through a number of bead shops and are also available on her site.

Land of Odds

Beads, findings, display and packaging material, jewelry, books, and posters are all availalbe from this bead store that also has a great web site.

Rings & Things

They have a great selection of findings, stone and glass beads, tools. This a great place for the jewelry crafter. Wholesale only.

Rio Grande

This company could probably claim to just about everything a jewelry maker needs: beads, wire, tools, findings, displays. I could go on and on.

Shipwreck Beads

You name it, they have it when it comes to beads. You can shop on-line or order their huge, color catalog.

South Pacific Wholesale Company

Rocks, beads, jewelry findings, and finished jewelry are available. They have a low min. order requirement and put out sales flyers on a regular basis.

Soft Flex Online

This site is packed with all kinds of information for the beader and wire wrapper including a way to sign up for a free sample.

Splendor In The Glass

Specializing in vintage beads, this company offers pre and post WWII vintage pieces from Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Germany-U.S. Zone, Occupied Japan, France, China, Austria, U.S.

Tatan Ka Beads

My favorite Florida bead store is now on-line. They sell Japanese, Czech, Delica beads, and more.

Texas Beads

This site offers semi-precious beads and lots of findings in both base and precious metal.

Venetian Bead Shop

Venetian and Murano Glass offers handmade beads with over 500 bead styles available including millefiori, fiorato, 24kt gold foils and .925 sterling silver foils, sommerso, miro, avventurina in hearts, crosses, disc and cabochons. They sell wholesale and retail and ship worldwide.

Wild Things

You'll go wild over the large selection of beads available from this supplier.

Bourget Brothers

They have a number of catalogs to choose from and everything from beads to soldering torches.

Bonton Beads

Bonton Beads is a retail supplier of all kinds of beads including crystal, gemstone, and metal. Along with beads you'll find wire and an ideas page that provides some jewelry design ideas for their customers.

Hippos Eating Alligators

Amy Bajorek Kappler is the artist behind the quirky glass jewelry and components company, Hippos Eating Alligators. Amy is a works at her craft full-time in her home-based studio in Texas.

Halstead Bead Company

A wholesale supplier of bead and beading supplies, this company offers and on line web catalog.

Jewelry Things Inc.

Located in Providence, Rhode Island, the heart of the jewelry making industry, this supplier offers a wide variety of findings, beads, and components.

Charm Factory

The Charm Factory has loads of charms for your jewelry needs. The carry sterling silver as well as 14kt charms and beads.

Santa Fe Jewelers Supply

Santa Fe Jewelers Supply offers a complete line of precious and base metal sheet, wire and casting grain, PMC products and tools, jewelry findings, jewelry tools, semi-precious stones and beads and display items. They also have an on-line catalog available.

Ornamental Tea

This company sells the traditional as well as the unusual when it comes to jewelry making supplies, including chain, wire, findings, beads, and more.

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