The article shares tips for making a trade bead necklace. It provides a brief history of beads as trade goods from Europe, its use as a currency, the common trade bead known as the White Heart or Cornaline d'Allepo named after the agate stone Carnelian, and its use by Native people in North America and native Africans in their traditional culture. It offers tips for determining fake from authentic trade beads and information on ways to create a trade bead necklace including stringing.