HiloBeads - natural beads

(http://www.hilobeads.com)

Beads

Semi-precious Gemstones
Crystals: Swarovski, Fire Polished, Preciosa (Czech Machine Cut)
Seed beads: mostly Jablonex Ornela Czech seed beads
Natural/Botanical Beads, like mgambo/weleweka seeds, Job's Tears, etc.
Fresh Water Pearls
Sea Glass

Findings

So far all findings are on one web page

Other things

Sometimes I come across things (they may be vintage or not). If I don't have immediate use for them they will go in here, as will tools and other things that people who make jewelry use.

Jewelry:

Sets
Necklaces and pendants
Bracelets
Earrings
Eyelash leis
Accessories, like eyelash scrunchies, key chains, phone charms, etc.

Order:

Please go to the Order page for more information.

Natural beads:

For your shopping convenience some items and package sizes are available in my my Artfire Studio and in my my Etsy shop. Some drilled Mgambo seeds and Job's Tears are also available at Island Edges Beads in Hilo and Royal Poinciana spacer beads are available at Kona Beads and Jewelry in Kailua Kona.

Mgambo Seeds:

These aren't home-grown yet, our trees are too small to bear but I managed to find some real local mgambo (Majidea Zanquebarica or Zanqueborica, also known as Hawaiian Pussy Willow, velvet seed or weleweka, the Hawaiian transliteration for velvet) seeds. Most of these are from the Big Island and some are from the Oahu.

The ones from the Big Island and are bigger than the ones from Oahu, and a bit lighter in color.
For the time being you can pick and choose between the smaller darker ones from Oahu and the bigger a bit lighter ones from the Big Island. Some of the Big Island ones are fresh enough for planting.

To order, please send email. Shipping is free for domestic (in the US) out of state (Hawaii) orders over $120.-.

Un-drilled, pack of 100: $35.-
Un-drilled, less than 100, each: $0.40
Drilled, pack of 100: $45.-
Drilled, under 100, each: $0.50

Job's Tears:

Update Oct. 20, 2011: Job's tears supplies are currently somewhat limited. I hope this won't last long :)

Most of our Job's tears get at least sorted and quite possibly cleaned as time goes on. Sorted means that anything chipped or with holes is thrown out, cleaned means that the strands in the middle are pulled out. There are usually somewhere between 1500 and 2000 Job's Tears per lb. These have natural holes and are ready for stringing when sorted.

Until the sorting is done we do have unsorted Job's Tears as well. They usually contain some chipped Job's Tears, some with holes, some that are unpollinated and didn't develop their shiny outer shell. You can throw those out, grow them or eat them, but I wouldn't use them as beads. However, most of them are just like the "sorted and cleaned" ones. As long as I have both it's your decision to make.

To order, please send email.

Shipping is free for sorted ones on web site orders of 1 lb and over within the US. This will be a priority mail flat rate envelope or box, and anything else that will fit in with the same order is shipped without extra charge.

Mixed Job's Tears, sorted, 1lb ................... $36.-
Mixed Job's Tears, sorted, 4oz ................... $10.-
Mixed Job's Tears, 1lb, really unsorted ... sold out for this year, sorry
Mixed Job's Tears, 4oz, really unsorted ... $6.-

Brown Job's Tears, sorted, 1lb .................... $40.-
Brown Jobs Tears, sorted, 4oz .................... $11.-

Light color gray Job's Tears, sorted, 1lb $40.-
Light color gray Job's Tears, sorted, 4oz $11.-

Royal Poinciana seeds:

these are not drilled. There's about 900 per lb (according to the USDA)
1 lb ........................................................... $45.-
4 oz ........................................................... $12.-