One of the biggest problems when purchasing beads online is getting a feel for the size of the bead. More often than not people judge the size of a bead by what they see on their monitors. I am so GUILTY of this. "I thought it was bigger" or "it's bigger than I thought", when clearly the size of the bead was stated. I have the most trouble with the 2 mm to 5 mm range. Two millimeter beads are very tiny. I have a square piece of cardboard and I hot-glued every size bead I have and have the size written down under each bead. I keep it by my computer so that when I order beads on-line I can quickly see what size the bead is.
The number of beads per strand is a very close approximation.
The number of beads per strand is a very close approximation.