Beading has always been a favorite pastime by many who could no longer find anything to do during their extra time. If you have the knack for designing things, then beading might work for you. Who knows, somebody will like your product and will buy it. There are a lot beads to choose from but if you opt for a more unique set of beads you may need to travel away from where you live. Finding the beads may be either challenging or easy depending on where you live. If you choose to have beads that can be found locally in your area, you can still make use of them but some people who make a hobby out of beading travel abroad to find beads uniquely made in that specific place.
Most people go to Europe to find the best beads and buy directly from the factory but what they do not know is that buying beads from factories should be in large volumes, unlike in specific shops where you can only buy the specific amount that you need. You do not have to go to factories to buy the beads that you want. If you plan to go to Paris, there are 2 ways to buy the beads: at flea markets or bead district. You can find the bead district at the center of the city of Paris, eastern side at the arrondissement 3. This area is filled with both wholesale and retail stores of beads which are sprinkled over the clothing stores. Below are some of the stores you can find in Paris' bead district.
- Le Detail Quitue
- Perles Box
- Matiere Premiere
- Fried Freres
- Gudule
- Tout a Loisirs
- La Boite a Perles
- Montplaisir Creation
- Vernot wire
- La Drougerie
Most of them house a variety of stone and glass beads, trimmings, buttons and findings. You may find all the collections they have both exciting and boring. The beads that you will find here are not only produced locally but a number of them imported from foreign countries but as of lately they are produced locally now but still focuses on how they were made on where they originally come from. If flying to foreign countries or traveling far away does not suit your budget, you can find bead stores that may have what you want through searching in the internet.