Starting Over! Need Help

[KiraK26960]

I found this website and i absolutly LOVE LOVE her bouquets, but they cost a little more than i am willing to spend... so i want to give it a go and try to duplicate one of hers, but i cannot find these beads anywhere!!

Anyone have any idea where i can get these beads? i'm looking for Brown, and clear for sure... mabye a few others thrown in if i can find them at a decent price....

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/KiraK26960/untitled.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/KiraK26960/brid_bouquets_crystal_lg_04.jpg

[Danielle9608]

Have you tried here:

http://www.artbeads.com/

or

http://www.firemountaingems.com/

[KiraK26960]

yup i have checked out those ones already.... found some decently priced clear ones on there, but for the brown.. MAN they are expensive! lol

[Cassie'smom]

you might try fabric stores and look for beaded trim, you might find the color and can cut the beads off and string them on to the wire.

[Whitewater]

If you live anywhere near a big town or city, there will be a bead store and you can go there and get your beads.

Otherwise, I took a closer look at the pictures and I seem to recall that the Michael's near me had some like those in their wedding section, but I could be mistaken.


HTH,

Whitewater

[EarlyBird]

honestly, those look like necklace beads (the pear shaped ones- i will find a pic in a min) they look like she maybe put them on a big gauged wire so that they didnt move. Doesnt look terribly difficult- i know places like ac moore have 50% off sales all the time on beads.

http://www.acmoore.com/p-61878-blue-moon-natural-elegance-glass-shell-bead-mix-40-grams-black.aspx the ones that are pear shaped in black. those are what they look like.

another suggestion i have is since those are expensive (found a diff color for 3.49 for a 6 pack on ac moore) is maybe mix and match the look. Do these pear shaped beads, maybe one a stem and surround them by larger crystals that are differen shapes like squares or diamond shaped.

Good Luck

[Amanda&Jason]

Here are some:

http://www.firemountaingems.com/shopping.asp?skw=KWCRYSSWAROVPEARDROP

[Moon.Dust.]

They look like briolettes
Have you tried FireMountain Gems? That's where I do most of my jewelry making shopping.

briolettes: http://www.firemountaingems.com/shopping.asp?skw=KWCRYSSWAROVFLATBRIOLETTE

teardrops: http://www.firemountaingems.com/shopping.asp?skw=KWCRYSSWAROVTEARDROP

Polygon Drops: http://www.firemountaingems.com/shopping.asp?skw=KWCRYSSWAROVPOLYGONDROP

[keegans]

Walmart has the clear ones, 3 ft for like 7dollars. they are kinda back by the wedding stuff/cake stuff. they call it garland, I bought some and it works great

[chocawhit]

There may be some of those in art/floral shops. Michaels, Homegoods, Hobby Lobby may have some really pretty beads. You may want to look in the floral areas of these stores because they could have the wiring branching with stones on it and save you a bunch of time. My mom and I make Christmas decorations with stuff like that all the time.

[OnceABride]

I'd go with Moon Dust and check out www.firemountaingems.com (http://www.firemountaingems.com) They have quite a variety of beads that I'm sure would work, not to mention the wire you'll need for assembly and perhaps glue as well. Good luck with the project. Your goal looks beautiful and not too complicated to complete

[gwenshack]

I'd go with Moon Dust and check out www.firemountaingems.com (http://www.firemountaingems.com) They have quite a variety of beads that I'm sure would work, not to mention the wire you'll need for assembly and perhaps glue as well. Good luck with the project. Your goal looks beautiful and not too complicated to complete
This thread is actually about 2 years old and the OP isn't active on here anymore. Thanks for trying to help though!