You know how you are sitting before the television, and you look at an advertisement for a burger, and it is the greatest thing you could have ever seen? Then you go to the restaurant, and it doesn't look anything like what was shown on TV. Not to say it doesn't taste excellent, but it hardly looks the same. Same can be a fact when you buy beads online. I would say your possibilities are better with the beads than the burger.

It is quite common with beads, that the picture you see on the web, is blown up, to help you see color and detail much better. On that note it is also lit for the image with many bright, lights set up to achieve a perfect lighting effect. Reality is often times different than the commercial we are presented with.

Where size is involved, that is something you learn with experience. I would suggest having a ruler on hand. Don't laugh, here in America, although we are taught the metric system, it still isn't well known. Most, if not all beading measurements, are mentioned in millimeters. Millimeters can sound very small if you aren't used to them, but a ring with a five millimeter setting in it could be very big on the wrong hand. Keep the ruler handy at first so you can quickly check it to get a better sense of size when you buy beads online. It is just not a bad idea to take it with you, to measure beads in a shop, so you get a better understanding of what five millimeters represents in three dimensions.

Don't forget the lighting I pointed out either. A navy blue stone online might look pretty much great for your project, but once at home, and in the general lighting of your family room, it could be so dark as to appear to be black. Sparkle is the same way. Although it may be brilliant on the screen, it just might lose it's pizazz once it gets to your door.

I am not saying you not to buy beads online, quite the contrary. On line often allows you to get in bulk and reduced prices. But it will take some acclimation to acquiring your materials this way.

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