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Traversing The Waters Of Bead Shopping Online: A Few Key Considerations
When you buy beads online, you run the risk of not getting just what you thought you would. Not to say that a firm is trying to scan you, but they are going to present to you the best version of that item they have, and what you get may fall short of that.
This is not a new concept. We're used to it in other areas of advertising. That burger on the billboard looks way better than the one they hand me in the drive thru. But I never think anything off that. For some reason, when I began ordering my jewelry items this was a surprise to me.
Lighting. There is more concerned in photographing something that a camera with a flash. Especially when shooting something so small. The lighting for this little object has to be perfect, permitting you to see brilliant colors & shine, while not making a lot of dark shadows. The thing is, once in your possession, and without all that lighting, things can look quite different. That deep garnet red now looks black, and silver flecks in that navy piece can't even be seen in standard light. I tell you this only to make you conscious of some of the differences when you buy beads online.
Size. Most beads are measured in millimeters. In and of themselves those are quite little. But when you think that the average finger is 13 millimeters wide, than a six millimeter stone might be very big. Get a sense of what those sizes mean in real life. The ad you are watching likely has the image blown up, and nothing else there for a frame of reference as to size. You may even take a ruler with you into a shop that sells beads, just to get a familiarity with the topic.
Patterns. You might be looking at a lovely tiger eye bead. And you want a whole strand of them. Fine, not every bead on the strand will look exactly like the picture. Patterns & pigment may change from bead to bead. Now in my view, that is what you want. That is what makes a piece unique and so valuable. But the first time you buy beads online, this may come as a surprise.
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