These tiny beads are called 'seed beads' and are easy to find. They are small, which means that you can get a lot of them for a cheap price. Their size, though, also means that some of them will be too small for your safety pin. If you are using pins larger than mine, you might need to graduate to a larger bead size.
The larger, in-between beads give you some breathing room in between pairs of safety pins. These are a valuable design component of the bracelet because they can add a secondary color, or a rainbow of colors. These really add more creativity to the design.
So, about 8-9 seed beads fit on each of my inch long pins. Sounds like a pretty tedious, job, eh? Even sitting in front of the TV, I get pretty tired of threading these beads onto each pin (and usually ended up stabbing myself). So, I came up with a better way...
