Getting Started in Rock & Gemstone Jewelry

Video Transcript

"Hello there! On behalf of expertvillage.com my name is Candace Copeland. Thanks for joining me today. I'm going to give you a little bit of an idea if you're out on the road and you find that bead and you decide you really want to wear it that night, you'll find something. It could be string. Something as simple as this because you just really didn't want to wait till you had all your tools and all the right things. However, when you're using a string you're going to have to be pretty careful because you can only buy beads that have really large holes, which not too many do. Some of your more ____ beads will have bigger holes. Like these from Africa. They've got a pretty good size hole there, but you can find something to get you by until you can find what you really wanted. If you're in a metropolitan city, no problem. There's a bead store in every town. Beading has become a huge industry. Everybody wants to get on it. Everybody wants to do it. I find most of mine when I'm traveling. However, there is this great show in Tucson every year that I can buy beads from all over the world under one huge tent. Well not one huge tent. The whole town turns into nothing but beads. You lose your mind. You carry your big roller board suitcase because you know you're going to fill it up with all these exotic treasures. Here's a few examples of exotic treasures that you might find at a bead show or maybe even at bead store locally somewhere. And you can also contact me at my studio because I do sell some of my special beads and pendants. Obviously, I have quite an array here. "