Brushed-Finish Beads for jewelry making include rounds, rondelles, saucers, puffed-coin beads, and the ever-popular "wavy disk" beads, which can be strung as-is, or dapped and domed into sweet bell shapes and bead caps. These beads have a nice weight -- not too heavy, but not too light -- and are excellent for earrings, necklaces and bracelets.
- Brushed-finish copper beads are handcrafted from solid copper, and then copper plated for a uniform color.
- Silver plate is a thin layer of actual silver, so it nicely matches the color of sterling silver.
- White is very similar to silver plate, but slightly grayer, and is more resistant to tarnishing.
- The brushed-finish gold beads are handcrafted from solid copper, and then gold plated.
- Brushed-finish brass beads are handcrafted from brass, and then some styles are brass plated for a uniform finish.