Jewellery Making & Beading Links
Beading links for companies, magazines, forums, societies and other craft resources that we at Big Bead Little Bead have found useful within the world of jewellery making, whilst also covering arts, crafts, design, history, and textiles.
If you would like to recommend a favourite link for our beading links page, or would like to set up a reciprocal link with us please use our Contact Us Form or E-mail. When offering a reciprocal link, as a rule, we only exchange links with sites that complement the categories and content of our Online Bead Shop, and wider interests in art, craft, design, history and textiles.
Social Media Pages
Bead Event Links
- Big Bead Show . . . organisers of the biggest all beading event in the UK
- Beadwork Fairs . . . organisers of UK bead fairs
- Gem and Bead Shows . . . organisers of UK bead and gemstone fairs
Beading Forum Links
- Bead Buddies . . . online forum for beading chat
- Frit Happens . . . online forum for glass bead makers
- UK Beaders . . . informative site for beading knowledge, news and events.
Jewellery Making & Beading Magazine Links
- Bead Magazine . . . the best selling UK bead magazine
- Beads & Beyond Magazine . . . the jewellery making magazine for the creative crafter
- Crafts Beautiful Magazine . . . broad crafting magazine
- Craft & Design Magazine . . . a bi-monthly magazine about British Crafts
- Craft Focus Magazine . . . a trade magazine focusing on craft retail
- Make & Sell Jewellery Magazine . . . beautiful jewellery projects and tutorials
- Making Jewellery Magazine . . . designs for beginners through to indepth techniques for advanced jewellers
Beading Society Links
- Bead Society of Great Britain . . . for beads ancient and modern, their techniques of manufacture and application
- Beadworkers Guild . . . for beading and beadworkers with an emphasis on creativity and sharing
- British Polymer Clay Guild . . . open to beginners through to polymer caly professionals
- Crafts Council . . . the national development agency for contemporary craft in the UK
Creative Beading Links
- Chinook Jewelry . . . maker of distinctive ceramic beads and a supplier of artist made ceramic pendants
- Continuum Designs . . . one of a kind jewellery and artisan polymer clay beads and one of our artist beadmakers
- Erika Davis Designs . . . jewellery maker using glass, gemstones, polymer clay, textiles and one of our artist beadmakers
- Gillian Horsup Vintage Jewellery . . . an eclectic mix of vintage jewellery and accessories at Grays Antiques in London
- Jo Verity Designs . . . beautiful strongly coloured jewellery featuring semi precious stones, vintage and hand rolled paper beads
- Juzs Jewellery . . . high gloss enamel finish paper beads and one of our artist beadmakers
- Maap Studio . . . organic ceramic jewellery and one of our artist beadmakers
- South Pacific Wholesale . . . 36 years in the wholesale trade and owner of the best bead web site url available!
Creative & Inspirational Links
These links are not necessarily bead or jewellery related but if you are looking to get fired up with creativity and have some browsing time take a look
- Bead Artists . . . online community for bead art
- Carrot Box . . . Canadian ring enthusiast who showcases fantastic modern designs across all mediums
- HatsnStuff . . . specialising in handcrafted designer fascinators, hair fascinators and feather fascinator hats
- Miriam Haskell . . . handmade costume jewellery. A contemporary of Coco Chanel, Miriam Haskell opening her first boutique shop in 1926
- Net-a-Porter . . . high end jewellery inspiration and shopping with clear images perfect for studying finishes and techniques
- Polymer Art Archive . . . abandon any preconceived ideas about polymer clay with this stunning body of work
- Polymer Clay Daily . . . showcasing all that is fine in polymer clay art
- Steampunk Workshop . . . taking this aesthetic well beyond jewellery
- UK Handmade . . . an online magazine supporting the best of handmade in the UK
- We Heart Vintage Blog & Directory . . . lovely site pulling together all things vintage including retro fashions, style, photography and cinema
Beading Resource Links
- Arts & Crafts Directory . . . a directory dedicated to arts and crafts shopping links
- Bead LInks . . . a worldwide directory of bead stores and beading blogs
- Bead Directory . . . a worldwide bead directory, great for holiday planning (just don’t tell the family!)
- CraftLinks . . . a directory site covering all aspects of crafting, including groups, suppliers and courses
- Craft-Search . . . a directory providing suppliers for the major crafting activities
- Craftseekers . . . your number one arts and craft directory
- Crafty Tips Arts & Crafts Directory . . . a source for arts and crafts websites with tips directly from the artists
- Find Beads . . . a portal and information resource for jewellery making
- Guide to Beadwork . . . the world’s most comprehensive bead store listing?
- ukcrafts-directory.co.uk . . . for arts and crafts supplies and services