A place to find out more about the fascinating history and culture of beads.

read more | visit Bead Collector Network

An Internet beading community, focussed on the world of Japanese beadwork, with beading product reviews, tips and techniques, free projects and more.

read more | visit Atelier Suzuran

A site where you can not only shop for essential beading supplies, but also learn jewelry making tips as well as some bead history on the side.

read more | visit The BeadHub

Created by the Centre for Bead Research, this website offers an academic overview of beads and beadwork, including the archaeology, anthropology, history and geography of beads.

read more | visit TheBeadSite.com

Bead galleries, a bead newsletter, bead links, bead poetry - Suzanne Cooper's site has it all for those passionate about beads.

read more | visit Beads & Stained Glass - Suzanne Cooper

An adventure through the bead and fiber world: trying new artforms, combining old and new techniques, finding new materials and tools, discovering all the great bead and fiber ideas on the Internet and pushing the leading edge of the bead and fiber arts.

read more | visit Beadwrangler's Bead and Fiber Junction

Interesting background information about fire polished beads, as well as links to retailers of fire polished beads.

read more | visit Fire Polished Beads

Do you work at home? Or wish you did? This website provides a wealth of jewelry business information, from how to increase your sales to selling your products on eBay.

read more | visit The Home Jewelry Business Success Resource

A website is devoted to information about making jewelry, including free patterns and projects.

read more | visit All Info About Jewelry Making

The Creativity Portal is an inspirational how-to web resource for artists, writers, crafters, and other creativity enthusiasts. It features coaching perspectives, free projects, and insightful articles on several different forms of art and craft - including beading, of course!

read more | visit Creativity Portal - Beading and Jewelry Making