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I have been selling Findings, threads and beads from my shop "Helen's Little Gems" in Derby for about Five years. I first began designing and making jewellery for friends and family when I was about 13. I have had a passion Gemstones, Minerals and Beads since an early age, leading me to complete my Degree in Earth Science (Geology) in 1995.

I found my friends loved the wide variety of jewellery designs I was making, and I loved making them, so I began looking around for suppliers of beads and Findings to expand my designs. As you have no doubt already discovered, bead and findings suppliers are few and far between!

Having started to stock a few findings beads for my own use, I soon found that customers and friends were begging me to sell them beads as well, and so Helen's Little Gems was born.

We are now supplying beads to customers worldwide.

We are constantly adding new and requested items to our range. If you have a particular interest in an item that is not listed, please contact us on adding it to our range. We thrive on your contribution and seek to build a long-term relationship with our customers as a one-stop shop for all your beading needs.

About Our Products

Findings, Beads and Their Uses

In the shop we are constantly amazed at the new uses customers find for beads. The first use that comes to mind is for making earrings and necklaces, but it doesn't end there. The uses include patchwork or embroidery, tapestry designs, dolls houses, even fly-fishing! The uses are never ending. We also supply beads and wire for the card making craft.

Rocailles are very useful little beads! Also known as seed beads, they are can be applied to embroidery, patchwork etc. Combined with bugles they make very attractive earrings. They also can be used for spacers and stopper beads on earrings.

We are now finding a need for tools to aid our customers in working with the fiddly findings! Our stock includes round nosed pliers, jewellery points and crimpers.

In the threading materials section you'll find beadalon, tiger tail, elastics. There's also leather and cotton thongs that are used for stringing large holed (2mm) beads for chokers. Chokers can have one special bead only if required, but my customers usually find three or five beads for a choker is satisfactory. Don't forget, it will look best made with an odd number; a large centre bead with smaller ones either side.

Clasps are listed for thonging and wires/elastics, feel free to email us if you need any help with the selection of clasps. We have also found that our customers enjoy working with our extensive range of semi-precious gemstone cabochons.

The majority of our metal findings and other beads comply with the directives Euro Nickel Directives EN1810, EN1811, EN12472.

Helens Little Gems Ltd

Enfield Road

Derby

DE22 4DG