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Buying Beads On The Internet: What You See Is Not Always What You Get
You know how you are sitting in front of the television, and you view 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 on TV. Not to say it doesn't taste great, but it hardly looks the same. This can be a fact when you buy beads online. I would say your possibilities are better with the beads than the burger.
It is very common with beads, that the picture you see online, is blown up, so that you see color and detail much better. On that note it is also lit for the image with several bright, lights set up to achieve a perfect lighting effect. Real life is often times different than the ad we are presented with.
Where size is involved, that is something you learn with experience. I would suggest having a ruler handy. Don't laugh, here in America, though we are taught the metric system, it still isn't widely used. Most, if not all beading measurements, are specified 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 quite big on the wrong hand. Keep the ruler on hand at first so you can quickly look at 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 translates into in three dimensions.
Don't forget the lighting I mentioned 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 can be so dark as to appear to be black. Sparkle is the same way. Though it may be brilliant on the screen, it very well may lose it's pizazz once it arrives at 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 costs. But it will take some acclimation to acquiring your materials this way.
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