Picture frames made of beads look very chic and provide a lot of scope for experimentation with designs and colors. Indian craftsmen and manufacturers keep coming up with a medley of designs in beads that are available in an exotic panorama of colors. Beaded picture frames are beautiful additions to any decor.

Beaded picture frames are made from copper, brass, aluminum and steel wires and accented with glass, polished gemstone or metal beads. Beads may be glass beads, wood, ceramic or a variety of resin beads. Beaded picture frames may have single or double or any number of beaded metal strings.

Types of Beaded picture frames
Glass Beads picture frames: Colorful picture frames are hand made from glass beads. Glass beads are multi colored and are available in a plenty of shapes, sizes, and all imaginable colors. These days, powder glass beads or recycled glass beads are also being used. Glass Beads are joined by strong aluminum, copper or brass wire.
Metallic Beads picture frames: Metallic beads are strung over wires of different materials such as copper, aluminum, brass, plastic etc. Metallic beads are available in silver, copper, antique bronze and other other materials.
Gemstone Bead picture frames: Gemstone beads can be made of precious and semi-precious stones including hematite, snowflake obsidian, pearls, jasper, lapis etc. They are strung on metal or plastic wires.

Shapes
Different shapes may be carved out of beaded picture frames:

• Oval picture frames
• Heart picture frames
• Round picture frames

Usage
Beads may be used to manufacture a range of picture frames that are used for different purposes, such as:

• Wedding picture frames
• Valentine picture frames
• Baby picture frames