Fire polished facetted beads
Make Art Monday!
I’ve been having a great time with these Czech facetted beads lately. Many people refer to them as crystals, and although I’ve been known to slip and write that from time to time, they are not really properly called that. True crystals have a high lead content, which gives them a brilliant shine not matched by these beads. Swarovski cut crystals are real crystal. Most Czech beads, at least the ones I know of, are not.
However, I don’t think that the bead police are going to come get you if you use the term wrong. I do think that if you are selling your work, you should definitely try to be as accurate as possible and at least call them Czech crystals so that your customers don’t think they’re getting Swarovski. Oh yes, there is a difference!
Back down off my soapbox now, and off to change all the places in my website descriptions where I used the wrong terms..LOL! Here’s what I made 
This is right angle weave around an optical lens. The other side is done with amber colored beads…two for the time it takes to do one!
This bracelet alternates large facetted beads with 2-holed jasper beads.
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