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Hi! Today I'm just posting here a list of my favourite on-line bead shops. I have made purchases from each of them and I was happy with the items and the service, so I would recommend buying from them. I hope this list will be useful to you too, I know I'll be using it for future reference. I'm thinking about adding this list to the right side of the blog, but for now I'll pinned it to my Pinterest. Contas e Berloques   ( Portugal) An amazing range of Delica seed beads; magazines Happy Cristal   (Spain) Swaroski crystal, Delica seed beads, Czech fire polished beads, semiprecious stone beads, 925 silver findings, Fireline thread Helmiq   (Finland) Czech seed beads, Delica seed beads, mother-of-pearl beads, metal links, bead caps, clasps Perles And Co   (France) Swarovski crystals and pearls, Czech druks and firepolished beads, Toho and Czech seed beads, Czech pearls, Delica seed beads, Twins and Superduos, Rizo and Rulla beads, Miyuki drops, Fireline and Wildfire thre...

Hi, lovely readers!  Today I'd like to write about an amazing pattern by Deborah Roberti that I have been using a lot to make different colour combinations, and by doing that, the look of the finished product completely changes. Original pattern  This is the original pattern with Rizo beads that I've changed later because I think the Rizos (the spike beads) are loose, sometimes pointing to the front sometimes to the back.  This a free pattern that you can find HERE .  So, my change was replacing the Rizos by Mini Drops. You can see the difference in the below photo. Changed pattern Since I've made this replacement, I've been using this pattern a lot to make all kind of colour combinations. Two coloured design This is one of my favourite combinations.The superduos are just one colour and all the other beads are silver. The star is evident in this combination, more evident than in the combination above. Two coloured design with picasso blue superduos I love this one to...