About BeadTreat

For our new topic BeadTreat we would love to hear from you!

Do you own several similar beads from different brands or artists? Show us!
Are you looking for a specific kind of bead but can't find it? Ask us!
Ideas? Tell us!

Join in & enjoy!

I would love to see an about easter, eggs and bunnies!

I buy what I like , trollbeads are my favorite... Lots of new brans out there that have great beads to like Redbalifrong and Evolve...

I love the fantasy necklace and would like to see a new pendant on them rather than just the pearl or fairy... I have both...

I am always looking for stars beads. I know of Trollbeads, Red Bali Frog, Pandora and Ohm beads that have stars in thier collections, would love to know more

I already had good help for my linedance necklace with watch

Also I have been inspired to aquire a bead from Pandora to go with my Charlotte Borgen Design beads - similar design to some very ancient museum beads someone posted on here

I will post as soon as I have the bead in hand.

Just posted about Melinaworld's Greek-themed silver beads in the general chat topic about non-Troll locks. The ancient world is so rich with design ideas. I would love to see more beads with themes - mythological and scientific/mathematical - from India, Egypt and Persia.

I would love to find more sellers of artisan silver beads, like this shop. I have found quite a few online shops that sell artisan glasworkbeads (mostly on Etsy), but not alot of artisan silvers.

trollfinder wrote:I am always looking for stars beads. I know of Trollbeads, Red Bali Frog, Pandora and Ohm beads that have stars in thier collections, would love to know more

Lovelinks and Lovelink Petites have stars...silver and gold plated.

i would love to find some carved ivory..beads with 4mm hole...or carved bone beads..

like this:



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Clochard wrote:i would love to find some carved ivory..beads with 4mm hole...or carved bone beads..

like this:



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Those are stunning - I am definitely buying

Just be sure it's old pre-ban ivory. Or bone, preferably. Customs officials can get pretty nasty about banned ivory, and rightly so.

Clochard wrote:i would love to find some carved ivory..beads with 4mm hole...or carved bone beads..

like this:



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I would LOVE to have some of these! Any info on them...?

They look very much like Japanese netsuke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsuke

I would think there would be some source of new beads that copy this style, without destroying valuable antique netsuke.

I think that they make some netsuke in resin now so they probably make beads like that too.

The carved ivory beads are really stunning
Would like it very much to see more pictures of these and have some more information.

Those are stunning! I've been thinking that TB should make beads like that for a while now, they would go great with all the oriental beads. They could use bone or a modern resin too.

Gosh, these are all amazing!! I would love to see them in silver.

they are Japanese OJIME beads..

start first made in china´s HEIBEI Province during the mid-1980s





The beads are meant to work with the NETSUKE so the japanese people could hang items on a sash from their kimono..

today, they are carved from box wood in china..

i will be loved...someday, to wear thouse beads, as MOJO, on a tb bracelet..maybe from bones or silver..
i don´t like "plastic"..

aren´t they really wonderful?

Love them...have one ojime bead that's carved, it's the foo dog, I think it's called...I haven't made the hole big enough yet. I also have 3 metal ojime (real ones) that I put with my Japanese beads. 2 of the holes are drilled and one, the elephant, I am STILL trying to drill it...have no idea what it's made of, but it's HARD!!!

PIC`S PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

i wanna see them!!

please, trolldog..be a sweetheard..

Clochard wrote:PIC`S PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

i wanna see them!!

please, trolldog..be a sweetheard..

Ok, give me time to take a pic...BRB

Here you go Clochard...

The Foo Dog (I think) and the elephant that's not yet drilled:


The signature on the wood bead:


The doll:


The brass (?) with dragonflies:

Amazing beads, all of them!! thanks for sharing.

I am sure they must be available in resin and not ivory these days - hope so anyway.

wow! thank's for showing, trolldog!

neonfiller wrote:Gosh, these are all amazing!! I would love to see them in silver.

I can totally see this one in silver on my bracelet, would love it!