The survey in two thousand four also found that the United States had about two thousand independent bead supply stores.

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She decides which colors to work with, then places each bead on a board covered with cloth.

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For me,I walked into a bead store and the girl showed me how to put bead and chain together, worked a few wire techniques.

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Often the seagulls came very close and stared at the men with black bead-like eyes.

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For example, she says a group of students who met in her classes now get together two times a week to talk and to bead.

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They are also sold online and at jewelry shows called bead parties.

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Then,in September, beaders will gather in Oregon for Bead Fest Portland.

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The company also produces events around the country including Bead Fests.

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The Southern California artist started by making "love bead" necklaces.

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For example,this August in Pennsylvania is Bead Fest Philadelphia.

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You want to keep spinning your mandrel so that it doesn't melt off the rod and you're going to heat your bead so that it's tacky enough to roll onto the frit and pick up pieces of the glass."

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