March 2010
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Spring Has Sprung Sale
This week’s promotion at abeadstore.com includes a little bit of everything “springy”. You’ll find more than 200+ items, with lots of spring colors and themes. Green, red, pink, violet, light blue items made from glass, gemstone, crystal and pearl beads are abundant. You’ll find leaves, pendant beads, rounds, and faceted shapes. There are even some metal beads,...
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New Copper Beads & Findings
We bought a LOT of copper beads and findings in Tucson in February. We added a few items earlier and are adding more again this week. Copper has been popular for a few years now and seems to still be going strong on the demand side. The supply of solid copper items varies greatly as most are hand made in India. The consistency of the supply chain from India is not really very good, so we end up...
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Frequently Asked Questions about Pearls
What’s the difference between a saltwater pearl and a freshwater pearl? What are some of the popular pearl shapes? How do you determine the quality of a pearl? These are some questions we get asked frequently. Here are some very brief answers to each question. More detailed information is also available in our All About Pearls.
About Saltwater and Freshwater Pearls
Freshwater and salt...
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Beading Tips - Stranded Wire
Which type of stranded wire should you use for your beading project? Beadalon® and Acculon® are probably the two best-known brands of this strong, flexible beading wire. It’s made of 7, 19, or 49 strands of stainless steel twisted together and coated with nylon.
The more strands used, the more flexible and threadlike the wire becomes. While even the 7-strand wire is flexible enough to tie...
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Spring Break on Metal Beads!
Wow, it’s already spring break here in Boulder and many other cities and colleges. We decided to give our customers a $$$$ Break on metal beads & charms. Through March 26, you will save 15% on more than 150 Sterling Silver, Gold Filled, Solid Copper & Pewter beads and charms during our Spring Break Sale @ChoiceJewelrySupplies.com.
You’ll find the basics, round and such, as...
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Sale on Gemstone Focal Pendants
This week’s big promotion is on Gemstone Focal Beads & Pendants at abeadstore.com. You’ll save 15% on more than 150 different selections ranging from tiny briolettes to much larger, organic focal beads. All items are sold by the individual bead, so prices are kept to a minimum!
With many big events coming up like Easter, graduations, wedding season, proms, etc, its a great time to...
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Spring?
It’s 55 degrees here in Boulder! Only 5 or 6 more snowstorms to go, but we enjoy our spring breaks when they are here. This is our snowiest month of the year. I think of March in Colorado as schizophrenic. But, there are only a few other places where you can ski and play golf all the same day without driving more than 35 minutes between destinations!
On to more relevant things like...
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New Mobile Website
The world of eCommerce is all abuzz about mobile applications for shopping. We see more and more visitors to our stores each month on iPhones and Blackberrys. But, I’ve never been convinced that anyone would want to shop for jewelry supplies online for many different reasons, not the least of which is they are tiny and there are thousands of them.
But, we want to continue to meet your...
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Spectacular Sale on New Beads & Pendants
We know from experience that many of you have been waiting and hoping we would put our new beads and pendants from Tucson on sale. It’s time! Save 15% on all new gemstone, pearl, glass, and metal beads in the What’s New in Beads? category at abeadstore.com through March 17.
You’ll find more than 115 new items including the lovely Emerald Faceted Rondelles pictured below (just...
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Higher End Gemstone Products
As promised, we’ve been adding a LOT Of new faceted gemstone beads and pendants we picked up at the Tucson Gem Shows. We are shooting for a wide diversity of items and a wider range of quality than we have carried in the past.
For those of you familiar with buying gemstones, it is rather challenging. In any given shape, size and cut for a given stone, lets say Labradorite, there may 5 or...
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Shortening a Long Pearl Necklace
We added a Sterling Silver Pearl Shortener Clasp to our stores about a year ago and have been amazed at the success we’ve had selling the product. We have not been able to keep it in stock because of the demand. We did not realize there were that many long pearl necklaces out there!
For those of you not famliar with these functional clasps, here is a brief explanation of why you may want a...