I'm new to this community thing so please be patient with me. I've been beading for about 8yrs. now and I still love it. I've been doing children's birthday parties and  "Girls Night Out" Beading Parties.I go to all the  Bead Shows in West Springfield at The Big 'E' ( The Eastern States Exposition). Although I do order online; I also like to support the local bead stores.

Hi Gertrudy,

Welcome!  I'm new to this website and also new to beading.  You will LOVE this beading forum.  Anything and everything that you knew or thought you knew about beading is on here.  The people are terrific and very inspirational.  I've gotten so many terrific ideas and so much good advice, I'm kind of stymied on what to do with it all.  That's OK, I'm having a blast!

Laura Z. 

Thanks for the message and welcome. I'm still trying to figure out how to navigate the community & forums.  There's so much information to absorb. I'm sure I'm going to love this.