You know how you are sitting in front of the TV, and you look at a commercial for a burger, and it is the best thing you would have ever seen? Then you go to the restaurant, and it doesn't look anything like what was on TV. Not to point out it doesn't taste great, but it rarely looks the same. Same can be true when you buy beads online. Maybe your probabilities are better with the beads compared to the burger.

It is very common with beads, that the visual you see online, is enlarged, to help you see color and detail better. On that point it is also lit for the visual with several bright, lights set up to get a perfect lighting effect. Real life is generally different than the ad we are shown.

Where size is involved, that is a thing you learn with experience. I would recommend that having a ruler handy. Don't laugh, here in America, though we are trained in the metric system, it still isn't widely used. Most, if not all beading dimensions, are mentioned in millimeters. Millimeters can seem very small if you aren't familiar with them, but a ring with a five millimeter setting in it will be quite big on the wrong hand. Keep the ruler on hand at first so that you can quickly look at it to get a better feel of size when you buy beads online. It might not be a bad idea to carry it with you, to measure beads in the store, so you get a better idea of what five millimeters translates into in three dimensions.

Don't forget the lights I mentioned either. A navy blue stone on the internet might look pretty much perfect for your project, but once at home, and in the regular lighting of your drawing room, it can be so dark as to appear to be black. Sparkle is the same way. Though it may be impressive on the screen, it very well may lose it's pizazz when it gets to your door.

I am not suggesting you not to buy beads online, quite the contrary. On line generally allows you to purchase in bulk and reduced costs. But it will take some acclimation to getting your materials this way.

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