This forum was highly recommended, so I am trying it out!

I have a specific mission/quest but would also like to learn to make better bead and wire jewelry.

OK, my problem:

I can't find forest print puffed oval Bali beads ANYWHERE on the web or in the local bead stores.

I DID find them recently when I needed them for a project and then like an idiot I did not keep a record of where they came from!  I only know that I ordered them online. None of the bead sites I have tried have this specific Bali bead.  I love them and they work with my design ideas because they are metal, oval, and have a beautiful print.

If anyone can help me find these beads, I would be so grateful!  (they are about 7mm, I think)

I am a jazz pianist/composer/college prof but I come from a family full of artists--my late mom made bead necklaces with macrame in the 60s and 70s.  I have great design ideas but not a lot of technique to execute them.  I'm taking bead classes and learning a lot.  Right now, I'm looking for a video that would show me how to connect three strands of beaded wire to a single strand.  Any ideas?

Hope to chat with some of you!