How many times did you see a beautiful beadwork design, immediately bought a pattern and only later found out that it is hard to find all the beads to complete that project? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a mega-market for beads and components, so all of us could just stop by with a list and grab everything we need for our next creation?

I have many beading books with beautiful patterns and designs, but they are still waiting for me to find the time and gather all the necessary beads for each one of them. About 4 years ago I purchased expensive beads for one of the patterns, I am yet to find the rest of the beads… About 3 years ago I saw Swarovski crystals of color and size I needed for another pattern, I bought them. I am yet to find the rest of the beads for that particular design.
I love my books, and I am still dreaming of finishing all the lovely projects in them, but shopping for beads, whether online or by car, take lots of time, when I have a particular shopping list.

Beading Kit: The Crafter’s Solution

Once I went to a beading class and purchased a beading kit! This was a beginning of a whole new beading life!

Beading Kits Save Time

Intermediate and advanced beaders love complicated designs. Occasionally, these designs involve many different shapes and sizes of beads. Shopping for all of them in one place is practically impossible. Unless you just like shopping, of course! But at the end, shopping – all it is you get to accomplish.
Spending time in many different shops, trying to match prices and colors can easily distract you from actual beading!

Beading Kits Save Money

Everyone who tried shopping for a pattern knows that beaders never pay LESS for desired beads.
Not only because they cost more when you want to buy less, but also because you often end up buying more to stay on a safe side.
Add shipping or fuel charges.
And don’t forget to add beads that you didn’t plan to buy, but got them just because____ (I am sure you can fill the blank).

Solving Color Matching Problems

To some people, combining colors for a beading project is not an easy task. You can definitely, learn how to get better at creating color palettes, but it takes time. What if you want to learn how to bead and focus strictly on bead weaving techniques?
Beadwork designers do a perfect job selecting colors and beads for the project they know better than anybody else. Why not trust a professional?

Beading Kits for Traveling

I already mentioned how I purchased my first beading kit. Do you know how I fall in love with the second beading kit I bought?
I went on vacation! Since I wanted to spend some time beading during a trip abroad, I did not find a better solution, but to take a nicely packed beading kit with me.
It took a second to decide. And it took very little space in my luggage. Those who like to fly will appreciate kits more than any tube of beads in their bag.
Did you ever spill a tube of seed beads in a large traveling bag? I did. It took some time to decide whether I will vacuum the contents of it, or spend days collecting them and placing them back in a plastic tube.

Beading Kits for Social Events

Every time I need to pack for a local bead group meeting, I search through my bead mats, bags and project boxes to see what will be convenient to take with me. Each beading project takes time to prepare for a temporary relocation. A beading kit solves this problem.

Even though traveling by car lets you make more relaxed decision regarding unnecessary craft stash, a beading kit makes your outing much easier.

Beading Kits and Creativity

If you are like me and love to change things on the go, you might think of a beading kit as a supply limiting your creativity. However, I find it very easy to change one color of beads in a kit, rather than shopping around for all the items listed in a pattern.

Beading Kits for Students

Focusing on a technique or complicated beadwork design is much more critical for a beader, than hustle about the logistics.

Demonstrating the details of the beadwork is always better with beads that are ideally suited for that particular design.

After all, when a completed project looks strange, or even crooked because it was not easy to find the right beads, fewer spectators gather around, and fewer people care.

Beading Kits for Fun

After all, when you just want to have fun beading, why spend so much time preparing for fun?

How Beading Kits are Made

I would love to hear from hardworking beadwork designers, how hard it is to collect all the necessary part for a designer kit. Meanwhile, I can share several details about making new beading kits for my necklace tutorial.

I had to shop online in 5 different shops
It took three separate days to place orders
I shopped twice for some findings because when the first shipment arrived, I did not like the quality
I ordered two colors of some beads just in case the color tones won’t agree with my other choices
Hours of finding good prices
I also bought beads I didn’t plan to buy… because I liked the colors
After I finished packing kits, I was ready to buy a kit from any other designer because I felt I deserved it.
I will sleep well only if you enjoy using my kit

In the end, I can assure you, I thought of many ways how to speed up this process of making kits, make it easier and cheaper, but I still did not find all answers to these questions. Share your ideas and suggestion in comments or contact me directly, if you wish! I am always glad to hear from you!