April 2010
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New Large Hole Copper Beads
We sell a lot of Greek Leather cord and associated findings during the spring and summer months. Our guess is that people are making simple necklaces with a focal pendant and a few beads to wear at the beach and casual summer parties. We’ve added more Solid Copper Large Hole Beads to make that easier and ad some more pizazz to your designs!
You’ll find all our copper beads included...
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New Focal Beads @abeadstore.com
We added many new gemstone focal beads last week. These are some particularly nice ones that we picked up in Tucson. You’ll find some unusual cuts as well as some high quality stones we don’t often find at such a great value.
The Charoite Spiral Faceted Rectangles are especially nice. You usually see dyed jasper sold as “charoite” rather than finding the real thing....
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Mother's Day Idea Sale
Yep, we’re selling ideas this week! Just kidding, but if want to make the “moms” in your life a gift of handmade jewelry and don’t have any idea where to start, visit our Beading Tutorials. We just posted 3 new ideas including the matching Prehnite Copper earring and necklace set pictured below.
Many of the items used in these projects are on sale this week during our...
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Spring Leaves!
Spring has sprung and we now have so many leaf beads that we created a second category on abeadstore.com. You can now browse by Small and Large Leaf Beads. These are made in the Czech Republic and most are simply spectacular.
Here’s a couple pictures of different styles. There are many, many more styles and colors to choose from! Click on any image for details.
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Chance to Win $100 Gift Certificate
Every order we receive of $100 or more at abeadstore.com and ChoiceJewelrySupplies.com from April 14-30 will be entered into a random drawing for a $100 Gift Certificate to be selected on May 3. The winner will be notified via email and announced in our mid-week newsletter.
This is our way of encouraging you to stock up some beading supplies for the busy summer season and thanking you for your...
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2 Hole Beads
We just posted several new 2 hole beads in an alblum on our Facebook Fan page and many people seemed to like them. So, here’s a bit more detail and some links to more 2 hole beads.
Most of our customers who purchase 2 hole beads (also called double drilled) are making bracelets. Obviously, they can also be used for necklaces and other projects as well. The necklace pictured above was...
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Shades of Orange!
I’ve seen a lot more orange clothes around town lately. Maybe its because its spring and people are thinking “bright” colors? Or, could be a fashion trend or a bunch of Oklahoma State fans here in Boulder. (not likely)
Truthfully, it’s not my color, but it looks great on many people. Carnelian Agate is one of the few “orange” semi-precious gemstones on the...
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See the Difference?
We’ve talked about the difficulty in displaying and articulating the difference in gemstone and pearl quality for an online store. Here’s an example of “good” and “better” quality in freshwater pearls that really does jump out at you. Click on either image to learn more about them.
The 9mm coin pearls on the left are very popular. They have very good...
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