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Wholesale Supplies

If you are in business, then you need to buy your jewelry supplies at wholesale prices. From bead to wire, you'll find a list of jewelry suppliers that cater to those who need to buy at wholesale prices.

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.

Jewelry Supply

From beads and findings to tools and equipment for the metal worker, you'll find all kinds of jewelry making supplies available from this vendor.

African Accents

They only sell wholesale. They will allow you to see their price list only if you register with them, but they do allow you to look at their on-line catalog.

Ambush Beads

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

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.

The Bead Warehouse

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

Blake Brothers

This site is wholesale only. To even get to view their on-line jewelry, other than what's on the home page, you need to fax them a copy of your retail permit or tax id. However, if you can buy items wholesale, they have great prices on sterling chains that many of us jewelry makers use for our jewelry needs.

Bullseye Online

Bullseye glass is well known company in the glass industry. They offer torch and kiln glass.

CGM Inc.

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

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.

Custom Jewelry Supply

This wholesale jewelry vendor specializes in large gemstones for the jewelry designer or wire artist.

Copper Coyote

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

Fancy Beads

Fancy Beads has beads and related supplies from all over the world. They require either a minimum purchase or proof of a brick and mortar business in order to order from their warehouse.

Curious Designs

This wholesale website offers beads from Indonesia including glass, lampwork, recycled glass, silver, wood, terra cotta, buri nut, bone beads and more. They also sell other gift items like sarongs and folk art.

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.

Dichromagic

Take a look at their site for any of your dichroic glass needs.

Eastern Findings.

This company has lots and lots of findings. Their catalog costs $10, but they have only a $25 min. order and will refund the $10 with your first order.

Ed Hoy's International

A serious wholesale glass supplier, this company offers glass, tools, equipment, and molds for the fuser and lampwork artists.

Fire Mountain Gems

This company has all kinds of jewelry supplies. They sell both retail and wholesale so you don't need to be a business.

Gems2Behold

Gems 2 Behold features high quality glass beads from Venice, Murano and surrounds in gold and silver foil, Millefiori, Sommerso and Klimt styles. They carry handmade gifts, angels, candies, and decorative plates and exquisite selection of freshwater pearls unstrung and strung to your requirements.

John Mathieu Fashion Jewelry Components

This jewelry supplier offers all kinds of great vintage jewelry components.

Hands of the Hills

This company sells wholesale and retail specializing in beads, bead kits, folk art, and other merchandise.

Picard Beads

For wholesale purchase only, this company sells African trade beads along with a large selection of Czech glass beads. They have a $50 min. order and a $5 fee for their hard copy catalog. But, you can also view their beads on-line.

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

All kinds of wire, including patterned wire, along with sheet that they will cut to your specifications are available from this will known jewelry supplier.

Sara Creekmore Glass Inc.

This glass artist sells dichroic glass, coe 90, scrap and whole sheet, wholesale and retail to designers.

Shipwreck Beads

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

Soft Flex Online

This site is packed with all kinds of information for the beader and wire wrapper. If you buy in quantity, you can also get their beading wire for a lot less.

South Pacific Wholesale Company

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

Timewell Corporation

Because this is a wholesale web site, this company requires that you register with them in order to receive a username and password that will then allow you to shop on line. They have a wide selection of findings, beads, and tools for the jewelry maker.

Tripps MFG

Use Tripp's Easy Mount Pre-Notched Settings to quickly mount stones in rings, earrings, and necklaces.

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 retai and ship worldwide.

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.

Bali Beads and Silver Jewelry Shop

Along with a large variety of Bali beads and clasps, this site also has some interesting information about Bali and its culture.

2Bead.com

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

Halstead Bead Company

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

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.

Silver Planet Inc.

Along with finished jewelry, Silver Planet offers findings from Bali along with sterling silver and vermail. Shop on line, or contact them for a catalog.

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.

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.

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