Beads - a new found passion!

One of the first things that caught my eye when I was paging through my Martha Stewart book, was beading. I instantly liked the look of it and thought the classic thought of "I can do that!".

So of course with any new idea or venture you need to go out and buy all the stuff, which, 'surprise, surprise', I did.

I have decided to start with seed beads, as they looked the least complicated of the whole lot.

I was amazed by the varieties in colour and finishes that are available, and had a hard time choosing only a few colours to start with. I naturally favoured the pinks and reds, and threw in a few creams and greens just to mix it up a bit.



I also bought this handy container to keep them all organised and easily accessible. As you can see, I've pretty much filled it up, so I will probably have to buy another one (maybe even larger ;-) ).

Each little compartment can open individually, and it has a really clever 'locking/unlocking' system that prevents you from opening more than one compartment at once and getting all your colours mixed up by mistake.



I've also bought 2 different kinds of beading wire. The main difference comes down to the thickness of the wire (or the guage as they say in America).



And of course I needed some wire working tools to complete the list of essentials. I found a handy little set of three on the Beadstore website and it came within their own "tidy it all away" case.



So now that I was all set to begin, I only needed to figure out what it was that I wanted to make... but more on that soon ;-).