You may have just bought many beads, and now you are wondering what you can do with them. Or, perhaps you would like to purchase some beads, but are unsure of which ones might be the most helpful to you. Or maybe you are planning to start a collection of stones, and need some ideas on which ones you would like for your collection. Below are some common and simple uses for your beads.

Make Personal Stone Jewelry!

The most common use for beads is in the making of jewelry. Here are some ideas of jewelry you could make using beads:

Necklaces

Earrings

Bracelets

Anklets

Chokers

Beaded chains

Decorative pieces on clothes and bags

Beaded Bangles

Beaded Rosary

Use them around your home!

 

Put them on ends of Curtain Rods

Hang them on draperies

Use them on ceiling fan chains

Hang them from the rim of your plant pots and decorative bowls

Use beads to count your calories!

Use your beads as a calorie counting diet/bracelet that helps you count how many calories you consume. Each bead represents x number of calories and you slide the beads over as you eat that number of calories. When all the beads are on one side, you stop eating for the day!

Use your beads in healing!

Healers like to use flat beads for healing because they can lay flat on the body without rolling off during healing sessions.

Use your beads for prayer!

Make a strand of prayer beads - assign a particular prayer to each bead and use stones that represent the spirit of that prayer. For example a prayer for love would be represented with rose quartz, or a protection prayer might use a black stone such as onyx or obsidian.

Create a mandala bead for yourself. According to an old legend, the residents of a small remote village alongside a mysterious Crystal Mountain had discovered the secret of Happiness - playing 3 simple bead casting games with 5 colored beads. These simple but wise people had seemingly solved the main challenges facing all happiness seekers; how to calm the mind, access inner guidance and maintain meaning and purpose for living. These were called mandala beads.

Mandala beads can be used for meditation to help calm your mind; insight to discover what is really causing your problems and worries; and wisdom to guide you back to the path of Enlightenment.