To start, I want to review just a few things about the main ingredients of our "bead basics" tutorial. Glass Glitter No Hole Micro Beads – whew! That’s a mouthful for something so tiny! Let’s just call them micro beads from here on! And then, of course we have our PWA exclusive product - O’So Sticky Tape!
Micro beads are manufactured from recycled glass products – so when you are “Beading The World�?, with us, you are also helping to conserve its resources by making something new from something that was used!
If you have a bag of PWA clear micro beads handy – pick it up and look closely……
You may notice some little black specs mixed in with your clear beads. These are called “culls�? and are a natural occurrence in the recycling process. Many companies pay people to pick all the culls out – and then YOU pay for it in higher prices! At PWA, we do a basic sifting and grab out the bulk of the culls before we sit down to package them for shipping. But, we don’t spend a lot of time on that – since we want you to get the best deal you can on your beads! You may also find a few culls in your transclucent (see through) colored beads, but there won’t be any in the opaque beads because they are completely coated with color and will look like all the other beads in the package!
Currently we import all 20 of our colors from Mexico. (You can see them all on our website:
WWW.PennyWiseArts.Com )