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Welcome to our free beading information pages. Perhaps as a beginner to beading you do not know a beading term? Well we will remove some of the mystery from these for you and you will find other interesting articles and facts on beads here,

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Beading articles

The history of Beads

Gemstone healing properties

Birthstones

What’s in a strand

Conversions

About Tiger tail

Hooked on earrings

Cleaning sterling silver

How to antique sterling silver

Bead guild of WA inc newsletters and application form

beading charityCharity fund raiser:
Read about a wonderful Australian beading initiative that took 12 months and many hours, raising funds for the cancer council of NSW, read more

how to antique silverHow to antique sterling silver:
A fun and safe way of giving your bright sterling silver beads and findings that antique look.... read more

bead maskThe history of Beads:
Beads are not just adornment! No, beads have been used by mankind for centuries, and not even just modern mankind.
An archeological site at La Quina France, found beads in the form of grooved animal teeth and bone pendants at a dig associated with Neanderthal man. These beads are...........read on (Image: Reuters/Aladin Abdel Naby)

blue lace agateGemstone healing properties:
If you are interested in the characteristics, crystal healing properties and benefits of gemstones then we have a brief outline here of the most popular gemstones. Please do remember that these..... more information

birthstaonesBirthstones:
Creating jewellery with birthstones and colour in mind can result in spectacular personalised designs that make wonderful gifts. Please note that birthstones and the other lists vary between cultures..... read on

strand sizeWhat’s in a strand:
Have you wondered about the different sizes of bead strands and how many beads you get on them? Often beads and pearls are sold on...... more

cleaning silverCleaning sterling silver:
There are a few ways to clean your sterling silver and some need not cost a lot as you may already have the ingredients sitting in your pantry or laundry cupboard... read on

Conversions:
It can be difficult when trying to work out beading wire length and bead wire size conversions. We have a few conversion guides here.... view tables

tiger tailAbout Tiger tail:
There are a few names for flexible beading wire, tiger tail being used as a generic one. You will also see brand names such as Soft Flex, Beadalon, Accu~flex, acculon and....... more

artearfindingsmallHooked on earrings:
There are a multitude of earrings findings for the jeweller and beader to put to good use. This said you will find they usually fall into one of a couple of categories..... more

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