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Summary: Learn about bead organization and how it benefits when making jewelry with expert wire jewelry making tips and advice in this free online crafting video clip.
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About the Expert
Marissa Weeks Marissa has been making jewelry since she was 13 years old. She was an apprentice with wire jewlery in Monterrey, Mexico in 2003. read more
Today we're going to talk about basic bead organization. Once you start getting into beading, you're going to find that you have more beads that you know what to do with and not enough projects to keep them all together. What you want to do is have the boxes and appropriate containers to keep them all organized. These boxes are great because you can keep all of your beads. You can organize them by color or by size or just kind of throw them all in there and sort it out later. I like to have a larger box like this with a secure snap. Also, I have a smaller container for smaller projects or current projects. These containers are great because they've got all the different corresponding colors together for one basic bead project. I also love this that I got at an Asian market and that I can do my current projects with. That's nice. The most essential part is how to transport all of this and that's a tackle box. I already have one bead thing in here, so that's got all my basic clasps and everything. I've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 different containers, my wire, and my pliers. We're ready to go.