Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Are you new to beading have you looked at seed beads online and felt like it was another language ? Well your not alone and its just the finishes that are most confusing there's really only 4 basic sizes and the larger the number the smaller the bead so starting with #15 the smallest #11 the most common #8 the inbetween and #6 the largest after that it is simply finding your size and figuring out which finish you like the best . The basic finishes are transparent , opaque, silver lined , color lined and then add a coating - aurora borealis , matte, are the most popular and the specialties are marble , Apollo, Picasso, luster, rococo, and baroque pearl its just the combinations that make it confusing once you learn the differences you will unlock the confusion and it will be easy to find what your looking for .
Time Stamps
:21 Basic Sizes
2:22 Bead Finishes
18:33 Grams vs Kilo
20:48 Delicas
23:28Cubes
27:46 Bugles
30:33 Drops
33:04 Magatomas
I have a lot more tutorials on my patreon page they are more detailed then my YouTube ones if your interested here is the link
patreon.com/Turtlesoupbeads
check out my facebook page facebook.com/turtlesoupbeads
my etsy store etsy.com/shop/turtlesoupbeads
Are you new to beading have you looked at seed beads online and felt like it was another language ? Well your not alone and its just the finishes that are most confusing there's really only 4 basic sizes and the larger the number the smaller the bead so starting with #15 the smallest #11 the most common #8 the inbetween and #6 the largest after that it is simply finding your size and figuring out which finish you like the best . The basic finishes are transparent , opaque, silver lined , color lined and then add a coating - aurora borealis , matte, are the most popular and the specialties are marble , Apollo, Picasso, luster, rococo, and baroque pearl its just the combinations that make it confusing once you learn the differences you will unlock the confusion and it will be easy to find what your looking for .
Time Stamps
:21 Basic Sizes
2:22 Bead Finishes
18:33 Grams vs Kilo
20:48 Delicas
23:28Cubes
27:46 Bugles
30:33 Drops
33:04 Magatomas
I have a lot more tutorials on my patreon page they are more detailed then my YouTube ones if your interested here is the link
patreon.com/Turtlesoupbeads
check out my facebook page facebook.com/turtlesoupbeads
my etsy store etsy.com/shop/turtlesoupbeads
