News — beads

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...

If you missed the news on our Facebook Page, we're hosting a wonderful glass bead giveaway! Up for grabs is over $170 worth of glass and (mostly) Czech glass beads!  To enter, just comment on this post on Facebook and let us know why you'd like to win and what you would make with the beads if you won! Of course, you must also like our Page on Facebook!  We'll draw our winner on June 8th, 2020 and notify them using Facebook.  As a bonus, at the start of the contest we had 4796 likes on our page. For every 100...

MerMay was originally launched as a way to engage and challenge artists to create mermaid-themed artwork for the entire month of May. But it's also a celebration of all things mermaid and is a wonderful way to celebrate the start of summer. We decided to add some pieces from Green Girl Studios. Not familiar with Green Girl Studios? They are a metalsmith-based company based out of Asheville, NC. It is owned and operated by Greg Ogden and Cynthia Thornton. (Cynthia is Andrew's sister, if you were wondering.) Green Girl Studios produces fine pewter, sterling silver, bronze, and shibuichi (a copper...