PB - Admin Thread & Needles: One Beader’s Review (Part 2: Needle Types) In part 1 of this review, I focused on reviewing some of the more common threads available to beaders. Here, in Part 2, I will focus on the needles [1] . There was a time when I thought that all ne... Uncategorized Apr 14, 2018
PB - Admin Thread & Needles: One Beader’s Review (Part 1: Thread Types) When I first learned the technique of beadweaving, I learned from a friend who had her own needle and thread preferences. The overwhelming selection of threads and needles available, and an incomplet... Uncategorized Apr 11, 2018
PB - Admin Finding Inspiration through Travel As a fairly new beader and a very left brain, a-type personality, I struggle with figuring out what handmade jewelry to create, how I want to create it, and what bead colors I plan to use. After brow... Uncategorized Apr 4, 2018
PB - Admin 6 Color Theory Tips to Enhance Your Beading Designs We have had countless Potomac Bead [1] customers express their frustration with choosing colors for their jewelry projects. We hear things like “how to choose colors, it’s the hardest part of makin... Uncategorized Mar 28, 2018
PB - Admin What is the ideal necklace length? What is the ideal necklace length? This is a question that many of us who make jewelry may wonder. Sometimes a design lends itself to be long or choker style while other designs might have you perple... Uncategorized Mar 21, 2018
PB - Admin The Top 18 Beads of 2018 Potomac Bead Company discusses which brands and shapes of beads were most popular at the end of 2017, and beginning of 2018. Each year we are asked at www.PotomacBeads.com [1] “what are the most p... Beads Jewelry Making Countdown Multi Hole Beads Shapes Uncategorized Mar 18, 2018
PB - Admin Bead Weaving Supplies 101 You may be new to beading (jewelry-making) and wonder what you need to to start beading as a hobby. Perhaps you are an experienced beader but would like to share this knowledge with a friend… in eith... Uncategorized Mar 9, 2018
PB - Admin Seed Bead Sizing in the 21st Century Recently, in the Potomac Bead Company’s private Facebook group [1] , someone asked “What does the number mean when referencing seed beads?” So I set out to answer the sizing question in depth during ... Bead Sizes O Beads Seed Beads Shapes Uncategorized Mar 1, 2018
PB - Admin How to choose colours for your next jewellery-making project Sometimes I find myself having some limited amount of spare time where the best way to spend it is, of course, beading. But not every time I have any projects ready that I can continue working on, or ... Uncategorized Feb 18, 2018
PB - Admin Dealing with New Beads & Shapes How a jewelry-designer can sensibly manage the growth of new jewelry-making supplies* It is now 2018, and 6 years have passed since the launch of the Twin Bead & SuperDuo. In that time, multi-hole bea... Uncategorized Feb 10, 2018
PB - Admin New Multi-Hole Beads of 2015 Multi-hole beads of 2015! 2-hole beads, 4-hole beads… what is next? While we have a lot of new designs currently in production, we also carry nearly every other multi-hole bead available in our stor... Uncategorized Apr 27, 2015
PB - Admin RounDuo Beads: 2-Hole 5mm Round Beads None [1] RounDuo beads are Potomac Bead Company’s latest creation, and using these amazing new two-hole round pressed Czech glass beads, we are creating dozens of new classes, patterns, and tutorials.... Uncategorized Jan 10, 2015
