Stone Bead Strands and Facebook Marketplace - Great Deals!

I found the best deal on Facebook!

Facebook Marketplace is a new obsession and I have found some awesome deals, and even made a new friend :)

Wasting time in between jobs the other day, I stumbled upon a post of estate items, and in it were these 20 strands of stone beads!!!!!

There were a few pendants as well, but I wasn't as interested in them, and the post said bulk discount. I contacted her and asked if she would separate the pendants and the strands, and what her price was. She agreed and gave a tentative price, I followed up with $110 for all of it and she agreed!!!

That comes out to $5.50 per strand. 

Such a Deal!!!!

 Some of the strands are easily identified, lapis, fancy jasper, azurite, unakite, amethyst, picture jasper, etc. The strands are faceted, roundel and hesihi cut, just beautiful!

Other strands are a bit more difficult, is this really turquoise?

 These little faceted beauties I am fairly confident are emerald, but then again.......

Chrome diposide?

I did some poking online to compare some prices. 

The price strand on the lapis strand was $24, and I found them online between $5 and $24

The price tag on the maybe emerald strand was $16 and I found them online between $10 and $27

All and all, I am very happy with this find. 

Now I can't wait to get in the studio and make some awesome pieces!!

Where do you look for deals?

And remember, be peaceful and be kind!

I'll talk to you soon!

Art Beads Gift Certificat Give Away!!!

That's right kids, you heard me!



Art Beads has been so gracious as to offer me a $25.00 gift certificate to give away to one of my lucky readers! Art Beads offers such a vast variety of products, and incredibly low prices, and - get this - no shipping costs!!

Right from the get go, on their front page, you will see all their special offers and great deals. It is littered with with them! You can get lost in page after page of drool time looking through all their beads and components. Items like these, click on the picture, it will take you to ArtBeads.com and give you more information on the product!



Hill Tribe sterling beads





Charoite tumbled nuggets


Golden Shadow Swarovski Elements







Do yo see where I am going with this?

"But I don't make jewelry." I hear you say - not a problem. Have you wanted to learn? They offer jewelry making kits! You can learn to make this!!



They also have a great selection of pendants that are ready for your chain or cord!! Just slide them on and go! Look how beautiful this is.





Already have great pendants? Need a chain? They have them too!! I can't think of any reason not to shop at Art Beads, beader or not!

Here's how you enter, Visit Artbeads.com, poke around and see what you like. Leave me a comment on which item is your favorite. That's all it takes! I am offering this as well to my FaceBook fans. If you are not a fan of mine on FaceBook, stop by and become a fan of my page and get a second chance to enter the drawing! Everyones comment will be given a number and I'll use a random number generator to choose the winner. I'll be drawing the winner on Monday, January 4, 2010. This is a thank you from me and from ArtBeads. Thank you for stopping by, for leaving comments and for all your wonderful support.

If you don't know Art Beads you should.

*FTC compliance disclosure: the gift certificate mentioned in this post credited to ArtBeads. com and was provided as a promotional gift as part of the ArtBeads Blogging Outreach. These items are for review or design purposes. All other items are only examples of products listed on their site