Monica's Quilt and Bead Creations

We are so excited here at Monica's Quilt and Bead Creations! In January we announced that, after 20 years of being nominated, Better Homes & Gardens named us one of the top 10 shops in the country! I was beginning to feel like the Susan Lucci of the quilt world! Check us out in the Spring issue of Quilt Sampler, available May 7. In the meantime we are offering our customers a chance to pre-order kits for the quilt we designed for the article. Everyone is grinning from ear to ear as we plan a HUGE "Coming Out Party and Sale" for the weekend of May 10 -12! Here's the new logo we've added to our advertising.

Our bead classes are hummin' along these days--the hottest item? Wraps! We're making them with leather cord, waxed cotton or linen cord, and C-lon. Students incorporate all kinds of beads--anything with a hole large enough for the cord is fair game. We've been known to drill pearls to make them fit, but we are also adding lots of great beads and findings specifically for these projects. The lastest and greatest wrap designed by one of our teachers, Rose Mary Jameson, incorporates a watch face. She calls it the Watchful Band and we love it.

Here's a "Save the Date" for you--plan to spend an evening of jewelry-making fun at your local bead shop for Beader's Night Out on Friday, May 3. Reserve your spot--you'll a kit and free instruction.

We're also busy encouraging customers to enter the SCLBSA Jewelry Design Contest, "For the Love of Beads." Entries will be accepted until June 22. To see the complete contest rules and download an application, click here.

Since our last post, we've launched a new website--you can now sign up for our classes on line! And our Quarterly Newsletter is now in full color with photos of class projects. We've had a great response to these improvements. As my staff says, it's about time I joined the 21st century!

Monica's Quilt and Bead Creations

77-780 Country Club Dr., Ste. C

Palm Desert, CA  92211

(760) 772-2400

www.monicasquiltandbead.com

There are so many new things happening at Beads and More these days it makes me happy to be the owner of a bead store and a member of the SCLBSA .   Beads and More is located in Pacific Beach on the coast of San Diego.  Our store will be celebrating 21 years of business on April 1st of this year.  I am the second owner of the store and have owned it now for almost 15 years.  I love beading today just as much if not more as I did the first time I made a piece of jewelry.  One thing that I love about owning a bead store by the beach is "having to" purchase seashells, pearls, coral, and ocean themed beads and findings.  Oh darn!

I just got back from shopping at The Tucson Gem and Mineral show where I was on a hunt for four days for items that would stun and "wow" our customers.  Finding new ocean themed products can sometimes be a challenge but I think that I accomplished my mission.   I bought beautiful new Abalone shell pendants in the shape of Plumeria flowers.  Perfect for a day at the beach.  I also found stunning Mother of Pearl flower shaped pendants in two different sizes.  Great for earrings and necklaces. 

Next I purchased semi-precious and natural stones that may remind one of their trip to the beach with stunning colors of aqua blue and turquoise.  My favorite of these purchases are the stands of Apatite and Peruvian Opals..  Both are beautifully cut and are clear like the water of the Pacific Ocean.  I love them and I know that you will too.  Simply stunning!

There are so many new products I could go on and on but now I have the undaunting task of getting them all out on the floor for purchase. So the next time you are in Pacific Beach, stop by and say hello.  My name is Julia and I would be happy to help you make a beautiful piece of jewelry.  There is always something to new to show you and I would be happy to do so!


Julia Armfield

owner of.....
Beads and more
4150 mission Blvd., ste 111
San Diego, Ca 92109

Holiday Party at Oskadusa!

Please join us for OSKADUSA's 3rd Annual Holiday Open House!  We'll be open from 6:30 to 9 PM on Thursday, November 29 to celebrate the season. 

Some of the best jewelry artists in San Diego will be on hand to offer their fabulous hand crafted pieces, including:

Sarah Benelli~ trendy, stackable macramé and ball chain bracelets, sterling and gold filled earrings, fabric bags perfects for tools or cosmetics

Susan Blessinger~ Steampunk industrial chic and beaded jewelry; Susan was a finalist in the Bead and Button Bead Dreams 2010 competition.

Liz Burke~  luminous necklaces and bracelets using rhinestones, vintage elements, pearls, and sparkling pyrite

Phyllis Fogel~ sophisticated seed bead work, Chain Maille, and PMC;   Phyllis is an accomplished beader who has been published in both Bead and Button and Beadwork Magazines.

Lana Johns~ pearl and wire crochet jewelry and her fabulous signature needlewoven necklaces

Sandra Younger~ ethnic, knotted waxed linen and leather jewelry.  Sandra is the inventor of the Knotty Do~It~All~Board, a must-have tool for endless knotting possibilities.

See a preview of the artists' work on the Oskadusa Events Page or on our Facebook Page. 

This is no ordinary trunk show; these are truly one-of-a-kind designer pieces you won't see anywhere else.  You'll want to shop for holiday gifts for all the women on your list, yourself included.  Of course we'll be serving all kinds of treats and libations; we'll have ourselves a time.

JUST ADDED! A trunk show brimming with high quality bronze, copper, and white bronze beads, cones, ear wires and clasps. Here for 1 Week Only; making their debut on Thursday night. Shop early for the best selection!

Also, ALL seed beads will be 30% off~ it's a great opportunity to stock up!

To thank you for stopping by, you'll be automatically entered into our raffle to win a Free beading workshop!

Please RSVP by November 26th so we'll know just how many people will join the party.  Bring your friends too; everyone is welcome. 

We'll see you here!

Love,
Lauren and the beadgirls

Dancing Bear Thanksgiving Sale and Holiday Hit List Craft Show

 On behalf of the

Southern California Local Bead Store Association,
we wish everyone a safe and filling Thanksgiving Holiday.

Blog topics:

Dancing Bear Thanksgiving Sale

Shop Small Saturday, Nov 24

6th Annual Holiday Hit List-Craft Show

Dancing Bear Thanksgiving Sale, November 23-25, 2012

Dancing Bear Indian Trader will have a Thanksgiving Sale. We will be announcing on our website on Thanksgiving Day all of the items on sale, and the gift with purchase promotion that will go on all weekend.
Coffee and Doughnuts to early birds on Friday. We will be giving away glow in the dark bracelet kits to the kiddies that come along. We will have special hours: Friday-Saturday 9am-7pm and Sunday 11am-6pm.

 Shop Small on Saturday, November 24, 2012

Don't forget to Shop Small Business on Saturday with American Express. We do accept AMEX so you could get the $25 credit on your statement! Here's a link for more information:
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/Shop-Small/?pmt=p&pkw=american+express+shop+small&pcrid=15844197894

 Last but not least! The 6th Annual Holiday Hit List!

The 6th annual Holiday Hit List is organized and hosted by the San Diego North Park Craft Mafia and offers a great way to shop local and handmade. Come out December 2nd for this holiday social and shopping experience – best part it's a FREE, all ages event. You can take a break from the holiday hustle and listen to some live music from Ivan Cheong from SobiTV.com as he sings for toys to benefit the families of the Troops 1-18 PH Calvary RSTA. Please bring a new toy donation and get an extra free door ticket

to our Craft Mafia Drawing with awesome prizes from all the amazing vendors you will find at the event. We will start drawing winners at 2pm, but don’t wait come early because the first 100 families will receive a free swag bag, one per family. Then get crafty with us as you choose if you are a Grinch or a Santa this year and make a mask to show your true colors. The fun starts at 12 noon Sunday December 2nd and runs until 6pm at the Barracks 17 Event Center in the historic NTC Promenade at Liberty Station, 2710 Historic Decatur Rd San Diego 92106. Free parking and tasty treats offered nearby and throughout the Promenade. Avoid the mall crowd and give your friends and family handmade and unique gifts this holiday season.

Have a great weekend! 

Svea
Dancing Bear Indian Trader
1016 West Valley Parkway
Escondido, CA 92025
760-747-2323
http://www.dancingbearindiantrader.com

Garden of Beaden Anniversary Sale

                                                                                                                                                                         

Garden of Beaden
Anniversary Sale

Saturday Nov. 17th

Celebrating 14 Years!!!!

We really want to thank everyone that has come into our store to share their positive energy and time creating, laughing, listening and dreaming with our family. Our customers are simply the best! We look forward to serving you for many years to come.
This Sat. 17th we will have lots going on. Discounts, drawings, free demos and much more!

Please join us.

Sincerely,

The Sanchez Family

 Website Announcement

We have been unable to get into

our website for a while, so it is real out of date.

I will do my best to keep you updated through our e-mails. We our working on this problem.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Garden of Beaden
313 N. Second Ave
Upland Ca. 91786
(909) 949-7107 

 

For daily updates you can

 

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!

Beadology Bead Company!

We had so much fun this year with the Bead Shop Hop!  It was so much fun we can hardly wait until next year's hop.  Since the hop ended, we've been slowly adding to our ever growing lucite flower collection.  We have a colorful wall of flowers in an array of sizes and colors and shapes...

We've also been busy creating a few new kits using the flowers.  They are so much fun!  And they come in a cute little package with some pretty colored baker's twine! 

 

Hope to see you soon! 

Erin D

Beadology Bead Company

16085 Goldenwest St

Huntington Beach, CA 92647

(714) 841-8242