Bead stores in Orlando

June 28, 8:10 PMOrlando Beading ExaminerRuby Bayan

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Purchasing beads, findings, and other beading elements from online stores is convenient and often cost-effective. With free shipping being offered by most online beading suppliers, you save gas and effort by ordering from your home PC. Everything you need is safely delivered to your front door.

However, the tactile artists that we beaders are, this convenience will never replace the pleasure of touching and admiring a Swarovski crystal, a lapis lazuli stone, or a hand-carved bead. Being able to physically compare bead colors and shapes, put various bead stands next to each other to visualize how they will harmonize in your next necklace project - these are what you would gladly drive out and spend precious time on.

When you feel the urge to run your hands through a dozen bead strands to see how they slide against the skin, or when you want to see if there's a new gemstone cut that you just have to include in your next bracelet, go ahead and take a trip to the brick and mortar bead store.

These are the bead stores in Orlando that I often visit:

Black Market Minerals
Festival Bay
5250 International Drive F-10
Orlando FL 32819
407-355-0420
* Their forte is gemstones. Countless types, sizes, and cuts. I go there when a customer asks for jewelry with natural stones and healing minerals.

Bead Time
9521 S. Orange Blossom Trail Suite 117B
Orlando FL 32837
407-854-2323
* It's like walking into a bead warehouse. I go there for sterling silver beads and clasps, which they sell by weight. I also go there just to see what's new.

 
 
Bead Dreams
849 Sand Lake Road
Orlando FL 32809
407-854-3515
* I like going there for focal beads and small quantity purchases of matching crystals and glass beads. I also go there for their huge shelf of seed beads.

Bead Bar
1319 Edgewater Dr.
Orlando FL 32804
407-426-8826
* I go there to see what they have on sale. I was able to grab several strands of freshwater pearls for the lowest price in all of Orlando and online.