Dazzled by the multitude of kandi seen at rave scenes, new ravers are constantly searching for different places to buy their kandi. Luckily, there are a number of excellent sources, both in real life and online, to ensure your kandi stands out at a rave and have other ravers asking if you would like to trade.
Kandi Bought Personally
Depending on location, there are a few steady suppliers of kandi with which every raver should become familiarized. Firstly, there almost isn’t an American raver without access to a Walmart or Target. While Walmart and Target will not allow for diverse kandi acquisition, it typically sells basic kandi a raver may need to get started or create jewelry on a budget. Also, a Walmart or Target will generally sells bracelet kits containing bracelet kits a limited supply of differing (typically including those resembling gem stones) kandi beads. Secondly, a raver should recognize that Michaels tends to sell more diverse kandi, both alphabetical and otherwise, because it is a crafts store. Moreover, the store’s specialty allows a raver to wonder into other sections and take a look at beads which are not necessarily kandi but may still work when added to jewlry mostly made of kandi beads. No one is going to be especially picky at a rave and a raver isn’t the type of person to reject a bracelet because it isn’t completely made of kandi. Lastly, fabric stores will generally also sell kandi beads, Joanne’s being one of them.
Kandi Bought Online
There are a number of websites exclusively selling kandi online. Of these sites, a raver may find The Beadery, BJ’s Craft Store, and the Berger Specialty Company most compelling.
Most ravers will fall in love with The Beadery for their adorable kandi beads in the shape of hearts, stars, butterflies, pets, trains, circus, sea animals, spools of thread, as well as novelty buttons. In addition to these, they also have a multitude of varying alphabet kandi (both monotone and rainbow), stone kandi, and brightly colored faceted, crystal, jelly, frosted, sparkly, pearl, and standard spaghetti, tri-bead, sunburst, and barrel kandi pony beads. While being a source of incredibly cute kandi beads, the beadery also offers neon, night-glow, and glow in the dark kandi. The Beadery offers mixed colored kandi, or in the case of barrel kandi, kandi is sometimes divided into color schemes and a large number of colors are also sold separately. Thus said, this kandi store is ideal for ravers wishing to create happy and childish kandi. Also, if you’re a raver looking to make some dress-up or special kandi, The Beadery also offers charms at an affordable price.
For kandi kids and ravers more interested in obscure or detailed kandi, as well as more control over the size, quantity of kandi made available (for example, many kandi beads may be bough individually and alphabet kandi may be purchased in 30 piece quanities) BJ’s Craft Suppliers is the right place to search. BJ’s Craft Suppliers is probably one of the best kandi resources for ravers interested in creating specialized kandi jewelry. Unlike other kandi sources, this kandi supplier also offers obscure shapes such as berry, feather, and word kandi. In terms of alphabet kandi, they also offer heart shaped, rainbow, glittery, and black with white lettering kandi beads. For ravers looking for something to help their kandi stand out without falling into another category, this could be the ideal kandi source.
For more specific kandi needs, a raver may pay a visit to the Berger Speciality Company offers a section with allows details or maintenance to be done to kandi beads. For example, the company sells a fray block solution, “Etch-All” which is a product with makes glass kandi appear frosted, and beeswax for tightening eleastic and figuring frayed ends. The store is ideal for any raver interested in supplies for further experimenting with kandi which may not be available in other sources.
