Links of interest to our members. If you have additions to this page please send them to WebTeam
- Other Bead Groups
- About Beads
- About your Bead Business
- Bead Shows
- Bead History
- Directory of Stores
- Local Craft Groups
- Bead Education
- Bead Magazines
- West Toronto Beading Guild
www.westtorontobeadingguild.ca - East Toronto Beading Guild
sites.google.com/site/etbeadingguild - Gem and Mineral Club of Scarborough
www.scarbgemclub.ca - York Region Beaders Guild (based in north Toronto)
www.yorkregionbeadersguild.blogspot.com - Niagara Bead Society (St. Catharines, Ont.)
www.niagarabeadsociety.ca - Grand River Bead Society (Guelph, Ont.)
www.grandriverbeadsociety.com - Ottawa Bead Society
www.ottawabeadsociety.org - Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild (Royal Oak, Michigan)
www.greatlakesbeadworkersguild.org - Bead Society of Greater Washington (D.C.) and Bead Museum
www.bsgw.org - Chicago Bead Society
www.bsgc.org - Los Angeles Bead Society
www.beadsocietyla.org - Bead Society of Great Britain
www.beadsociety.org.uk - Bead Guild Directory for Canada and U.S.
www.fibreartsonline.com/fac/bead
- International Society of Glass Beadmakers
www.isgb.org - Toho beadmaking
www.tohobeads.net
- Information on starting and running your own jewellery business! Great Tips!
www.home-jewelry-business-success-tips.com - Tips for taking photos of your Jewellery
www.torontobeadsociety.org
- Toronto Bead Society - Bead shows in May and November
- The Gem Expo - Shows in Toronto, three times a year
- Ottawa Glass Bead and Jewellery Show - November
- Rockhound Gemboree - August show in Bancroft, Ontario
- Creativ Festival - Spring and Fall shows with many crafts including jewellery-making
- Fraser Valley Bead Show - Vancouver area in October
- The World on a String - DVD series produced by veteran film maker Diana Friedberg, supported by the Bead Society of Los Angeles.
www.worldonastringmovie.com - Textile Museum - Toronto
www.textilemuseum.ca - Gardiner Museum - Toronto - devoted to ceramic art
www.gardinermuseum.on.ca - Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto - fossil and gemstone galleries
www.rom.on.ca - Corning Museum of Glass, world's largest glass museum located in New York State, Finger Lakes area
www.cmog.org
- Bead Stores in Ontario
http://www.guidetobeadwork.com/category/canadian-bead-stores/ontario-bead-stores/ - The Needlework Pages - directory of shops, events, and supplies for many crafts including jewellery-making
www.theneedleworkpages.com
- Gem & Mineral Club of Scarborough
www.scarbgemclub.ca - Downtown Knit Collective
www.downtownknitcollective.ca - Southern Ontario Polymer Clay Guild
sopcg.blogspot.ca
- Haliburton School of the Arts - extensive selection of arts and crafts including jewellery-making classes
Full-time, part-time and summer sessions
www.flemingc.on.ca - George Brown - Jewellery Studies
www.georgebrown.ca/jewellery
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