Garry's blog

New Class: Bead Knotting - £20 for two hours (includes materials)

Learn to make a Shamballa or surfer style bracelet. You'll learn three basic knotting techniques in the first hour and spend the second hour making a bracelet in your favorite style. Included in the price is a pack of beads and all threading materials and a gift bag to take your bracelet home in. No experience necessary.
Saturday 5th May 10.30am
Tuesday 8th May 10.30am
Thursday 24th May 10.30am
Other dates available in June or July or scheduled to suit you - just ask.

20% off sale
Our sale starts today and runs until the end of the month. There is 20% off everything* online and in the shop. Prices are discounted at checkout.

New Glass beads
If you havn't been in the shop recently you should definitely pop in and see our glorious rainbow of colour. The front half of the shop is now packed full of new, mainly Czech glass beads both on strands and loose in bowls.

New Class: Bead Knotting - £20 for two hours (includes materials)

Jubilee Joy
We're getting ready for the Jubilee celebrations with some delicious red, white and blue beads like these lovely Capri Blue glass pearls in 2 different sizes.

Lampwork/Art Beads
Donna's been very busy over the last few weeks with a new range of Groovy Lampwork Beads. They are available on the website, priced per bead and will soon be joined by other colours.

Lampwork Supplies

The first signs of spring have appeared in the shop. Lovely spring blossom beads, pretty coloured miracle beads and brightly coloured heishi beads all add a welcome splash of colour.

Wooden Beads
We have added to our natural wooden beads and also added coloured wooden beads to our range. Find them under natural beads.

Miracle Beads

We're in the top 10...

We're really proud to have made the Beads and Beyond Magazine Top 10 best bead shops, Woo Hoo... we don't know exactly where we sit as they have listed them in alphabetical order. So a big thank you to all of you who voted for us, we really appreciate you taking the time to do so.

Well Valentines is over and we are getting ready for Spring, with Mother's Day coming up we have been busy ordering new stock for you to make that special gift. We will be updating our website with this new stock soon so keep an eye out. We have just placed a massive advert with Bead Magazine (April, May issue), so watch out for it as there is a great discount to be had if you order from our website using the voucher code from the magazine.

Hello and welcome to first blog of 2012.

Fingerprint Jewellery Class

We're adding new classes and first up is our fingerprint jewellery class where you'll learn to make an imprint of a loved one's fingerprint and how to transfer it into a beautiful fine-silver charm, necklace, bracelet or earrings.
Prior to the class you will be given an easy to use and reusable mould. You can use it again and again to get the pefect print.
We'll make a permanent mould for you which is yours to keep after the class.

Hello and welcome to our last Blog before Christmas.
We would like to thank all our customers for their loyalty and custom throughout the year. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas.

Christmas Opening Hours
Sunday 18th 11am - 3pm
Monday 19th,Tuesday 20th, Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd, Friday 23rd 9-5pm
Christmas Eve 9am-4pm
Christmas Day, Boxing Day and 27th December Closed
Wednesday 10am-4pm
Thursday 10am-4pm
Friday 10am-4pm
New Years Eve Closed
New Years Day Closed
January 2nd, Tuesday 3rd Closed

We will be open on the last Sunday before Christmas (18th Dec).

Autumn Frost Mix is a selection of beautiful glass beads in an organza bag. Our seasonal bundle of beads includes: Large Crystal Rondelle, Crackle glass beads, Fire Polish glass beads, Czech glass beads, Glass pearl beads, Czech stars and Toho seed beads. Post a picture of your jewellery made with these beads on Facebook to be entered into our prize draw to win a set of handmade lampwork beads of your choice. Full competition details available on request. Good Luck

Over the coming weeks and months we hope to bring you more exciting beads and related products, news and tips about the world of beading. Keep an eye on our blog for the latest bead news and tips, check out our Bead Of The Week for inspiration and join our Facebook Bead Group for all things beady and more!