Beadahs.....formerly Beadniks

The store you have known as Beadniks Santa Monica is changing its name to Beadahs. After 5 years with the franchise group, the two Beadahs -- mother-daughter duo: Ermie and Shannon -- are declaring independence and go at this business of beads on their own.

Allow us to wax poetic/literary: Puns, as you have indubitably noticed, are rampant in the bead business. "Beadahs" is a cross-lingual pun. In Tagalog, the main dialect of Ermie's home country, the Philippines, "bidas" means "heroes." Should you happen to be from Boston, you may pronounce "beaders" like "beadahs." Or maybe if you're Hawai'ian, our new name may sound familial like "bruddahs."We are abiding by Shakespeare’s words in “Romeo and Juliet,” “What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

We are in process of creating a website: www.beadahs.com. We are creating a Facebook page. We are ticking things off our to-do list one at a time. Bear with us in our transition. Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Exciting Week Ahead at your local bead store!

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As Monica mentioned previously, a number of theSCLBSA store owners are having a mini-retreat at Inspirations in Big Bear today (8/13/12) totest the waters, so to speak, for our future Bead Shop Hop grand prize winnerwho may be YOU!

It's going to be a fun and busy week with our storesraising funds for various worthy charities and a bead swap at select stores onSaturday, Aug. 18.

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The LA/Ventura region of the SCLBSA chose The Art of Giving Foundation, anewly formed charity that uses art to help teach children the importance ofcompassion, empathy and helping others. They encourage and assist children ofthe world in helping other children in need, through the use of free artprograms. Through their art, the children in the Art of Giving programs willlearn to use their skills to help not only themselves, but other groups ofdeserving children, both here in the U.S. and around the globe.

Resin & Leather Necklace Kit at Beadniks. 50% of proceeds go to Art of Giving Foundation.

Participatingstores in the LA/Ventura region:

Beads of Paradise (Ventura)

Beadiak(Agoura)

Beadniks (Santa Monica)

Beadtopia (El Segundo)

CreativeCastle (Newbury Park)

CT’s Beads and Things (Lancaster)

San Gabriel BeadCompany (Arcadia)

Contact your local store to seewhat they have planned for you.

Stretchy Bracelet Kit at Beadniks. 50% of proceeds go to Art of Giving Foundation.

We are raising money by selling kits, card-stockhands for you to write your name on and post throughout the store(s) and collectingloose change in a jar.

Beadniks will have a reception on Friday, Aug. 17 from 5to 8 p.m. where Art of Giving will sell some of the children's creations.

Call Beadniks at 310.395.0033 for more details.

Waxed Linen Charmy Bracelet Kit at Beadniks. 50% of proceeds go to Art of Giving Foundation.

Beadniks
203 Arizona Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: (310) 395-0033
www.beadniks.com/santamonica