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If you're not familiar with the Allegory Gallery Design Challenges, it's a fun and informal way to play, create, and challenge yourself with a pre-selected set of components. To participate, challengers must order a Design Kit. This kit features a selection of Electroplated Hematite, Czech Glass, AB-Finish Crystal, and Vintage Czech Glass. The kit also includes a Luxury Bead Blend. The Luxury Bead Blend consists of a mysterious blend of vintage Czech glass, stone, and glass. But wait... there's more! The pictures show a lovely mix of materials, but what isn't shown is the Mystery Component! Each kit will come...

Join us at Allegory Gallery for the next installment of The Great Bead Extravaganza! Save the date for our very special Tucson Experience on February 5th-7th! (Friday night will be a Preview Night and Saturday and Sunday will be two full days of presentations.) We have a lot of really wonderful things planned and we hope you’ll attend this virtual event including creative workshops, sales, product launches, and MORE!!!

For the past few years, we've done a month-long challenge every January to help kickstart your creativity in the New Year. We weren't sure if we were going to do it again this year, but decided after all that it might be fun. So here it is! This is the calendar of prompts. Creations are shared in an album in the Allegory Gallery Design Challenges group. You can challenge yourself day by day or you can pick and choose which ones pique your curiosity. Missed a day? No worries, add them at your convenience. We can't wait to see what...

Our very own Andrew Thornton and Sara Oehler of Soft Flex Company were chatting one day and came up with an idea to have a virtual event featuring some of our friends from the beading community! It grew into The Great Bead Extravaganza! Over the course of three days, there will be 17 presenters, giveaways, demos, coupons, and all kinds of really wonderful content! Want to play along? You have to join the group! This event takes place November 6th - 8th. Can’t make it live or can’t stay for over 25 hours of beady goodness? No worries! Much of...