Polymer Clay Toggles, Pendants, & Beads

Porcelain Cabochons and Pendants

Stained Glass & Sterling Silver Pressed Flower Pendants

Pewter and Bronze Pendants and Toggles

Semi-Precious Stones

Independence Day Sale 2010

Fri., 07/02/10 - Sat., 07/03/10 

20% off of everything 

Classes, labor, clearance items, net-priced merchandise, and gift certificates will not be discounted and discounted sales will not earn Busy Beader points.  If you need further clarification, please ask.

Lapis lazuli

Chrysophase (aka chrysoprase)

Teal impression jasper (dyed)

Purple impression jasper (dyed)

Pink impression jasper (dyed)

Magnesite brown (dyed)

Aqua terra jasper (dyed)

I am hot on the trail of artisan-crafted beads and can't wait to show you the goodies when I return.  So far, I've gotten new pewter beads and clasps, fun polymer clay beads and toggles, and some really cool new porcelain pendants and cabochons.  I will let everyone know when the new products are available.

If anyone is looking for something special, please email me at erica@ reeds-beads.com (omit the space after the @ sign, please) and I will try to get your request for you.  Off now to soak my swollen piggies!

So anyway, I bought a whole lot of interesting shapes of cultured freshwater pearls including coin, keshi, faceted, potatoes, rice, etc., in amazing colors.  See below.  Ahhhhh.....  Now to make something with them.  When is that going to happen?  Have to tag the new stones, glass, silver, etc.  Hopefully soon.

I hope everyone is enjoying the weather and making a bit of time for themselves to be outside.  Maybe we'll see you soon!

I am also looking forward to helping out next door tomorrow at Sweet Bytes.  They're also hosting a fundraiser for Haiti tomorrow from 9-3.  They inspired me to host our fundraiser.  Their event is breakfast ($8) and a tax-deductible donation to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund in your name ($5) for a total $13.  I get to run the cash register!!  Woo hoo!  You can be glad I'm not cooking.  Just ask my husband. 

Hopefully we'll see you tomorrow!  It's also the last day for all of us to ogle and drool over Nancy Tobey's beautiful beads.  Boo hiss.  Have a great weekend everyone.

We got in a bunch of new and restocked pearls, semi-precious, and glass strands.  The pictures below show the semi-precious and pearls.

The jewelry I have been making was a custom order for two 48" wirewrapped 3mm rondelle necklaces.  The stones' holes selected were so small that 26 gauge and 28 gauge wire were needed to get through the stones.   The necklace on the left is sterling silver wire with apatite, smoky ]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:48:04 -0500 http://www.reeds-beads.com/blog?blog_entry_id=777 http://www.reeds-beads.com/blog?blog_entry_id=763 Okay - so now you know the new website is up, so, what do you think?  It has taken awhile and I'm not nearly done, but I am happy with how it's coming along.  Did you ever clean a window, and the more you clean it, the more smears you see?  This whole process was sort of like that...  Yikes.

We have gotten some new inventory recently.  Some new stones, some new and restocked seed beads, sticky bead mats, the new Step by Step Wire Jewelry, and a few Thai silver restocks.

I've had a few people ask me about ordering or re-ordering some things for them for the holidays.  If I can do it, I will.  Send me an email of what you're interested in, and I'll see what I can do.  Or you can call.  Truthfully, it's easier to get me via email right now.

If you haven't been in lately, we've marked all clearance items down to 40% off of the marked retail price.  We've partnered with several other Ambler businesses to offer coupons good through the holidays at www.amblercoupons.com.

I am in the midst of scheduling a lot of things right now.  I would recommend checking the Events link frequently!  We have a couple of trunk shows through the end of the year - any updated info will appear on the Events link. 

Thanks again for checking in with us and stay warm!

Erica