Archive for June, 2009

Vintage Czech Seed Beads!!!

Thursday, June 25th, 2009
First, take a look:
Just look at these colors
Just look at these colors
Vintage Czech seed beads
Vintage Czech seed beads

OK Campers – do you SEE those colors???  These babies are Czech seed beads (look like 10’s and 11’s) made for the Walbead company in the 1960’s, in ORIGINAL PACKAGING.  Walbeads did a lot of French beaded flower kits and books.  So we have a lot of nice flower colors. 

We looked online for other vintage beads like these, but we couldn’t find a thing as wonderful.  They have been sitting in a box in a warehouse for nearly 40 years.  The cards are mostly in perfect shape.  The beads are wonderful colors, bright shades and some wonderful color-lined greens and pinks that we haven’t ever seen anywhere else.   Oranges and yellows – just LOOK at them!!!!  (sorry, drooled)

And it was awfully hard, but after a lot of agonizing reflection we finally realized that the Bead Goddess would smack us down hard if we kept them all to ourselves.   We can’t hoard them, we can’t pretend nobody else would love them, we have to let them go to their Forever Homes. 

So we split them between the two stores – half to Fort Worth, half to Carrollton (the pictures are of the Carrollton share – yes, that’s all there is.)  And we’re selling them for the unbelievable price of $6.00 a hank.

If you have a Thing for vintage seed beads, or if you just love beautiful beads, come in soon!!

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Real Pattern Beadweaving

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

If you’ve seen the brown peyote bracelet with gold spirals that we have at the Carrollton store, you’ve seen one example of Eleonore Pieper’s skill.  We recently found her again, and she sent us a link to her beadwork gallery – http://tinyurl.com/ljkrde .

Chickens – this is AMAZING!!!  Go ahead and look, we won’t wait around for you (we’ll be here later, promise).  I warn you, though, I had to put my head between my knees a couple of times, there are several designs in here that make me woozy.  Luna Moths?  aaaaahhhhh – too wondiferous for words!!!!!  Old Tapestry – knees get weak!  I can’t look at them now, I MUST finish this.

Anyway, we are working on getting some of Eleonore’s patterns for sale in the store.  We’ll let you know when we have them.  And we might see if we can get some of her newer patterns too. 

The Gecko bracelet!!  I NEED that!!!

My Gecko by =Ellygator on deviantART

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We’re asking for your help

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

We need help and some honest feedback.  We did a google search for the terms Beads + Dallas and guess what? We didn’t show up on the
Google map and we weren’t even listed on the first page.

Please help us out by going to this address and adding an honest review of the Artful Bead.

http://tinyurl.com/qr9muq

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The picture frame pendants are in!

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Just look at these cuties!

Picture Frame Pendants

Picture Frame Pendants

They range in size down from an inch and a half,  (the copper and silver big squares) and have a little latch on the side.  You can put in fabric, paper, pictures, flowers, you name it!

And they have nice large loops, so you can slide them onto premade necklaces or cord.  Quick and personal, right?

Oh, also, all of the 3mm Miyuki cubes are now 33% off.  Yes, that’s ALL of the 3mm cube seed beads are one -third off.  So hurry.

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