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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...

A few weeks ago, we started a collection on our website called Andrew's Picks. These are beads, jewelry, pendants, charms, or anything that Andrew finds in the store that he really loves. As some of you know, Andrew runs the store on Tuesdays while William works his other job, so this gives him time to chose some new favorites nearly every week.  Once a new collection is chosen, the previous items disappear from the website and are restock on the store floor for in-store sales. So, these are items that have a limited lifespan on the website. We think our...

Junk Monkey Paint Company is now officially in stock here at Allegory Gallery! Come in to check out our current selection! Right now we have 27 different colors, three different glazes, two poly-acrylic sealers, Monkey Shine, brushes, and buffing cloths. And stop back frequently, as we'll be adding more paint colors and products on a regular basis. Be sure to keep your eye on our Facebook page, as we'll be doing periodic Facebook Live sessions demonstrating how to use the products. We're so excited to be included in the Banana Bunch and hope you'll "go bananas" with us!

Hello All! Have you heard the great news?! We're going to be a retailer for Junk Monkey Paint Company in the very (VERY) near future!  If you've not yet heard, Junk Monkey is closing their retail business here in Ligonier (don't worry, they are growing like crazy and the company itself isn't going anywhere but up, up, up!), but they didn't want to leave all their loyal, local customers out! So, we've partnered with them to be their retail space in Ligonier, PA!  We love Sonia and Matt, and we're so happy to help grow their business and help them to...

Hooray! Our laser-cut wooden pendants were featured on Page 6 of Interweave's August/September 2020 issue of Beadwork Magazine! See our pieces along with several others in the Cool Stuff section. Be sure to grab a copy or subscribe today! There are lots of great projects by Katie Hacker, Sandra Lupo, Anne Perry, Lena Gillespie, Tracy Proctor, Cameron’s Calabrese, Debora Hodoyer, Maryann Esters Mcalpin, Evelina Palmontova, Akiko Nomura, Leslie Pope, and Kim Leahy! Such a visual treat of beady goodness! CLICK HERE to take a look at all the Allegory Gallery laser-cut Wooden Pendants. CLICK HERE to get you copy of Beadwork...