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New Beaded Bead Project by Shanna Steele
You guys are loving our projects - especially the beaded beads patterns - so we thought we would kick the long holiday weekend off with yet another fabulous FREE downloadable PDF. This...
Seeing Double by Shanna Steele
With the popularity of SuperDuos and your overwhelming response to our selection of free, downloadable SuperDuo projects and patterns, we are happy to announce that we are now carrying Preciosa Twin beads as well. Twin...
Silky and Pip Have Arrived by Shanna Steele
Hooray! Silky and Pip are here! Although they sound like characters from a children's book or people from some faraway land, Silky and Pip are really cool Czech glass beads!...
What on earth are True 2s? by Shanna Steele
If you have never heard of True 2s, you are probably not going to get too excited about my announcement that we are offering True 2s for sale. But if you have ever worked with Czech glass fire polish beads, you should get pretty excited about my announcement that True 2s have arrived. And here's why...
Chain That Saves You Time (and Money) by Shanna Steele
Have you ever spent hours wire wrapping individual links to create your own beaded chain? All those loops and hand fatigue and wire scraps everywhere... Ugh! Waste time no more! Our selection of wire wrapped beaded chain offers you the option to incorporate beaded links into your jewelry designs in an affordable and responsible way.
Look What We Have Been Growing! by Shanna Steele
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Seriously Psyched about Swarovski! by Shanna Steele
We have been busy, busy, busy working on adding about 1500 Swarovski favorties to Auntie's Beads Direct. We started with bicones, rounds, rivolis and pearls because those items go best with your favorite product: seed beads! Continue...
Spring is in the air... by Shanna Steele
I don't know about everyone else, but I am so ready for Spring, I have actually started thinking about what flowers I want where - both outdoors and in my...
Newly added O Beads - and FREE PDF projects!!!
Our line of Matubo beads is growing! We just added O beads and are getting ready to add size 7/0 Matubo seed beads to our already extensive product line. To commemorate and celebrate these...
Honeycombs, Nanos, Tipp Beads and More Now Available!
When you think about Czech glass beads, you typically think about round, faceted, fire polished beads in birthstone and jewel tone colors, right? Well, think again! Check out our new...
Remnants Cuff Bracelet
Here's a design idea to spark your imagination on the use of Tierracast leather and leather findings. Remnants Cuff Bracelet TierraCast Parts: 2 Leather 1/2 X 10" Strap 21-0010-17 1...