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Purchasing Beads On The Internet: The Pictures Shown Often Mislead You
You know how you are sitting before the television set, and you look at a commercial for a burger, and it is the best thing you have ever seen? Then you go to the restaurant, and it doesn't look anything like what was shown on TV. Not to point out it doesn't taste good, but it never looks the same. Same can be true when you buy beads online. Maybe your chances are better with the beads than the burger.
It is very common with beads, that the visual you see on the internet, is enlarged, to help you see color and detail better. On that point it is also lit for the picture with many bright, lights set up to achieve a perfect lighting effect. Reality is generally different than the advertisement we are shown.
Where size is involved, that is a thing you learn with experience. I would recommend that keeping a ruler on hand. Don't laugh, here in America, although we are trained in the metric system, it still isn't popular. Most, if not all beading dimensions, are mentioned in millimeters. Millimeters can seem very small if you aren't familiar with them, but a ring with a five millimeter setting in it can be very big on the wrong hand. Keep the ruler handy at first so that you can quickly see it to get a better idea of size when you buy beads online. It might not be a bad idea to carry it with you, to measure beads in a store, so you get a better understanding of what five millimeters represents in three dimensions.
Don't forget the lights I stated either. A navy blue stone on the web might look pretty much perfect for your project, but once at home, and in the regular lighting of your living room, it could be so dark as to appear to be black. Sparkle is the same way. Although it may be impressive on the screen, it very well could lose it's pizazz as it gets to your door.
I am not suggesting you not to buy beads online, quite the contrary. On line generally allows you to buy in bulk and reduced prices. But it will take some acclimation to acquiring your materials this way.
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