Beadsmith Bead Board For Jewellery Making

I love accessories especially necklace and bracelets. I use to buy accessories every now and then especially from Accessorize. The necklaces and bracelets are so lovely and intricate, I am often wonder how are thes jewellery put together. Four years ago, I enrolled in a weekend jewellery making course in West Dean. It was very informative, helpful and hands on. Suddenly, all the amazement I had about how a piece of necklace is put together appear logical. I was so drawn into creating and designing jewellery, purchasing diiferent kind of beads, learning the jargon for beading and jewellery making, I even try to make some money out of it. Sorry for ...  Read the complete review

I make a lot of jewellery. It's my favourite hobby. Mostly I make glass necklaces and earrings. I also repair quite a lot for friends. I used to lay the beads out in the pattern I was going to string them, onto a folded towel. I would fold the towel so it had a ridge to hold the beads still, whilst I got them the way I wanted them. (All very high tech stuff!) This system worked after a fashion. However, I still spent more time than I wanted to, chasing beads around the table and floor. On one memorable occasion I managed to catch the towel in my bracelet when I stood up to answer the door. As you can imagine, the beads went everywhere! (The ...  Read the complete review

I've been making jewellery since I was about 14 or so, and when I was in my teens, my uncle made me a wooden tray that was about 3ft long, and had a slot along one edge and little dug out dips all the way along above that. Basically it was a home made bead tray because back then, this sort of thing wasn't available to buy. I gave up jewellery making when I was in my early 20's and only recently came back to it, of course my own wooden bead tray was something that was long gone by then, and I have to admit I've not replaced it having got more into other types of jewellery making. I have however just made a set up to start my niece on the way with her own ...  Read the complete review

If you're into making bead jewellery, I would seriously recommend that you get yourself one of these incredibly useful bead boards made by Beadsmith (if you can't find a beading supplies shop near you, try popping 'Beadsmith bead board' into a search engine, or eBay, it's usually pretty easy to find their stuff online). As any jewellery maker knows, it's really frustrating when all your carefully arranged beads and findings get knocked onto the floor (usually meaning you lose some in the process, which is annoying to put it mildly when you only just had enough to begin with, or they're tiny but expensive!). That's why you need a bead board. This ...  Read the complete review