| p>Do you know where to find the best prices for | | | | supply stores? I always try the auction sites, |
| your beads and other jewelry supplies? Like me, | | | | especially eBay since it is the biggest, to see if |
| I'm sure you have your favorite stores, both | | | | other jewelry artists are selling off any of their |
| offline and online. | | | | inventory. |
| In the online world, for beads and parts that are | | | | If you haven't used eBay before I recommend |
| fairly common, there are many wholesale jewelry | | | | that you head over there and check it out. There |
| supply stores where you can find what you are | | | | are a ton of beads and other jewelry making |
| looking for. | | | | supplies being offered at all times on eBay. And |
| However, there are times when you might want | | | | eBay can be fun (and a little addictive!) to use |
| to find something that is a little more unusual, or | | | | since you are bidding against others to try to win |
| not very popular. Remember that stores mostly | | | | what you want to buy. |
| focus on selling what is "hot." They need to sell in | | | | A word of caution. Make sure you have a good |
| volume to make money. That means that out of | | | | idea what the value is of the parts you are |
| all the possible beads available out there in the | | | | bidding on. Sometimes folks get so caught up in |
| world, they can only offer a small percentage of | | | | the emotion of the auction process that they lose |
| those. | | | | their common sense and pay way too much for |
| Where do you go to find the unusual stuff, or | | | | what they want. |
| beads that are no longer being sold by jewelry | | | | Happy searching! |