the rundown on how this site works

1. Select your beading patterns and beading projects using the drop down menus above; you can choose by bead designer, subject, or beading technique. If you're unfamiliar with a particular beading technique, please view our free beading tutorials, many animated, listed in the "Tutorials" drop down menu to the right.
2. Purchase your beading patterns and bead projects through our secure payment system using your credit card or PayPal. As soon as payment is complete, download links will be displayed on your receipt page from which you can download your purchased patterns to your computer. Patterns must be downloaded within 24 hours of purchase.
3. When given the option to "Run" or "Save" your beading patterns or bead projects, choose "Save." We recommend you decide in advance where you would like to save the bead pattern file. You may want to create a new folder on your computer for saving patterns.
4. Now that your file is saved on your computer, verify that your computer is running the proper version of Adobe Reader by clicking this test link. You may need to click the "Go" arrow or button next to the address bar in your browser to open the file. If the test is not successful, simply click the link below to download the latest version of Adobe Reader (a window will appear asking you to "Run" or "Save," choose "Run" and this free, safe reader (used by most major corporations and the U.S. government for all their data downloads) will automatically install itself on your computer.
   
   
5. Most patterns can be used while viewing them on your computer screen, but they can easily be printed.
6. Enjoy your patterns!

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