Creative Beading

Jewelry tools and basic kit for beginners?

I want to make my own jewelry, along the lines of gothic, unique, earrings and bracelets. I do not want anything related to exclusive beading. I am totally confused as to what I need or even how to begin. Is there a website for beginners in this, where I can get ALL the basic tools in one place??? Thank you in advance!
What I meant by exclusive beading, was I wanted to do more than string some beads on a string, lol. Thanks everyone, so helpful!!

Michael’s crafts on line have some video and instruction that might help. And Hobby Lobby is another place to go that would have all you need. Michael’s stores often have classes. And some privately owned bead stores have classes, too.
You will need a pair of cutters, the blades are offset because what you are cutting is offset, too. You need a pair of jewelry pliers, they are small and look like two cones. You will need a crimper, the instrument will squeeze a special crimp bead that holds the beads on.
You will need a board to lay the jewelry out on, I also bought some dense foam squares to work on.
For each necklace you will need jewelry wire, 2 crimp beads,2 crimp bead covers, and beads. And a clasp. There are other things, but this is the basic.
There are lots of kinds of earrings, the easiest is to buy a jewelry pin and a post or wire that goes into the ear. just load the pin with beads, make a loop around with the end without the head on it, put it into the loop on the post and make it look nice at the end. Voila one dangle earring in about two minutes.
For a necklace, figure out how long to make the necklace, lay out the beads, string them on the wire[Beadalon is a good brand of wire] leave a couple inches of wire to work with on both sides. Try it on before you cut the wire, the bigger the beads, the more it will hold the wire away from your neck and the longer the necklace will have to be to be as long as you want it. Be sure and try on the blouse/shirt you want to wear it with to be sure it won’t be hidden by a collar. . Cut the wire. On one end, put on a crimp bead, make a loop with the wire, put 1 side of the clasp on, feed the wire back down into the crimp bead and into the necklace, pull the wire until the clasp moves freely but there is not a lot of wire showing, and crimp the bead by squeezing. cut off the excess wire several beads down the necklace so it will be hidden and not poke you later. Do the same on the other side of the necklace, with greater care, because it is your only chance to get it right with out having to start over.
My friend taught me to bead in 20 minutes, and while I am not stupid, my IQ is not 180, either.
My recommendation it to go to Walmart, get one of those kits with the plastic beads in them that are already matched up, buy the 3 tools you need, and a board, and while you are there, buy a storage box for a couple bucks to keep your beads in.
You can sting beads on most anything, hemp, leather, plastic, there is special jewelry string, even plastic, and rigid but bendable wire. Go someplace like Michael’s and just look to see what they have. And go to the jewelry counter while you are there to see how good jewelry is made. The accessories you need to make the necklace are called findings, and you can find all kinds of things to make chandelier earrings, pins, pendants. All kinds of things.
PS: I started out with my Dad’s offset wire cutters and his pliers, and coped fine for awhile.
Sorry, I do not know what you mean by exclusive beading.

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