How to Become a Great Bead Designer

Bead making has become a wonderful means of creating wealth this days. When you attend occasions like traditional marriages, burials, and even corporate events, you will see that beads have become a trending part of nowadays fashion and lifestyle. Bead making in the last decade has experienced a market boom because of the paradigm shift in fashion style especially amongst ladies. They (beads) have gradually replaced silver and gold necklaces and bangles, and many more (bead) designs are created almost

everyday.

Bead making is a skill that can be learned without any difficulty. It does not involve too much stress. It is also easy to learn and less time consuming. The materials that are required in making beads are very cheap and very easy to get. One good thing about bead making is that, you can learn how to make beads on your own and still be very good at it without having to attend any special training class.

You can work or school and still do bead making along side whatever you are doing and use the returns from selling the beads to support yourself financially.

There is no specific location for making beads. This means that you can make the beads from the comfort of your home or even when you are less busy at work.

Here are the materials needed for making a good bead design: cutters, round nose pliers, scissors, hooks, stoppers, beads of various colors, strings, flexible beading wire and beading thread, needles, ruler, clasp, crimps, eye pins, head pins etc.

When all the materials above are acquired, the steps in designing a good bead are as follows:

• Decide on the length of the fishing line that you want to use for the bead. Measure the wire and cut it with the cutter. The length of the fishing line you will cut depends on the style of the necklace you are going to make. But, be sure to add a few inches for the clasp/hook.
• Start by holding the fishing line you have cut on your left and right hand (How you thread the beads and the number of beads you string per time depends on the design you are trying to make) and push one bead to the left and one bead to the right of the fishing line until it gets to the number of beads you desire. you can interchange the colors of the beads to create a unique design of your choice.
• After stringing the fishing line with the beads, add the stopper (two on the left and another two on the right side of the bead). Then fix the chain hook. don't pull the fishing line too tight. Leave a little space in between the beads so that the necklace will not look too rigid or triangular in shape, but it will have a round look instead. 
• When you are done threading the beads onto the fishing line, along with the stopper, and you've finished fixing the hook, push the remaining fishing line into the hole of a few number of beads through the hook and the stopper so that the beads can not easily fall off the line. 
• The final step is to clip the fishing line with your round nose pliers to hold the bead in place and your necklace bead is ready to wear.             

At the end of this practical tutorial your are now a certified bead designer with the hope that you will able to perfectly design anything bead.  

Things that can be made with beads are purse, bangles, crown, waist belts,      

flower vase, necklace, shoe, necklace, ear rings, play toys, rings, interior decorator etc.

 ********************* IMPORTANT NOTE**********************

 

Your greatest strength in being a fulfilled bead designer is your CREATIVE SKILL. Creativity is what distinguishes your design from other designs, the more creative you are the unique your design will be. In order words your package must be HOT.

 

The Extraordinary Woman