Each packaged Bead Soup Starter is an even measure of a Bead Gravy and mix of small pressed beads and a sprinkle of Miyuki triangles that will add to your embellishment pleasure in bead embroidery (think crazy quilting!), jewelry stringing, scrapbooking and more. The starter mix contains chubby rounds, flattened lentils (discs), embossed leafy ovals, and glass rings a.k.a. "Cherrios". Interesting how so many beads have food names, isn't it? Packaged in a clear plastic clamshell that allows storage as well as stringing straight from the package, you may string upwards of 36 inches or more. The Soup Starter functions well as a complement to your own focal beads, hence the title "soup starter".