I haven’t delved into purchasing too many lampwork beads, but I’m really tempted to spend my next paycheck at The Venetian Beadshop!

These are some of the most amazing lampwork beads I’ve seen. These beads are actually made in Venice, Italy and imported here to the United States. They’re flashy and shiny and have thousands of variations of size and shape and color! You could spend hours just browsing around here… And the prices all seem reasonable if not downright affordable.

The entire company appears to be very much a family affair that grew out of a love of the Italian glass, culture and people. Brenda, one of the founders of the company, even has her own lampwork bead blog where she details some of hard work and adventures of traveling back and forth between countries.