The Move

It's DONE!!!!! We are finally in our beautiful new space. For anyone who has moved before you know what an adventure it can be. Having two moves in the space of three months is all the adventure I want for a very long time. Meanwhile in the middle of the two shop moves Ticia moved her household to Fredericksburg. She is now a Frdericksburgian. I think she may qualify as a moving expert althougth I get the feeling she will not be moving again any time soon. LOL

Our usually sweet manager Boscoe was not happy with the move at all. He handled the first one pretty well but this one, Ticia got the cold kitty shoulder for a few days. She was the one to carry him down to the new space. He is now settling in and seems to like his new shop. We knew all would be right when he started greeting customers and eating his Fancy Feast again.

Well, I am off to continue to unpack boxes and wait for the phone company.
I look forward to seeing you all.

Beckie

I'm Back

Wow, does time ever seem to fly. Today is the last day of April. I can hardly believe it. I guess it seems like the month went quickly because I have spent most of April down in Staunton Virginia at the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center. If you ever need any type of physical or occupational therapy THAT is the place to go. They have a wonderful program and I am amazed at how hard they work. After a few weeks of very hard work I have better balance, except when I am tired, I can walk correctly, except when I am tired. I can even talk... OK speaking is still a bit of an issue but it is better. LOL

On to the shop. I will have to post a new picture on the web page. It is amazing!!! They have done a beautiful job, the painting is done, a beautiful warm yellow, lights are installed, wow is it going to be bright and the carpet will be in soon. I will probably be able to give tours this weekend. YEAH!!!!

Gee, maybe tours of the new space will help quell the goofy rumor that I am "going out of business". I have heard where it's coming from and I find it hilarious that someone would try to start a silly rumor like that when all you have to do is check my website or stop by the shop to see the new space being finished. Makes you wonder what folks are afraid of to start a rumor like that. Hmmm.....

Talk to you soon. Take time to enjoy the spring. May you find inspiration everywhere you go!!!

Happy Beading,
Beckie

Bead Sale

Hello,

Just thought I would stop by and blog a bit. Life in the beading world is going great. The new shop continues to make progress, althought it seems VERY slow. I am ready to move.

If you haven't been by the store we will be having a Bountiful Bead Sale, May 2nd and third. A guest vendor is coming in LOADED with merchandise. We will also be having demonstrations and a special After Hours sale on Friday night. You won't want to miss this!!!

We are also going to be having a Soldering instructor and a guest lampwork instructor coming in later in May. Stay tuned for details.

Beckie

Spring Fever

Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day!!! WOW, what a day for spring beading fever. Things are hoping here a BeadL*Jewlz, everyday we are a step closer to our new space. The walls are going up, the retail space is lighter, brighter and bigger!! One of my favorite places to watch be built is the glass studio. Lampworking classes, lampworking play days, studio time, I keep imagining all the possibilities. Wait until you see the guest instructors we have lined up.

Personally I am excited that I will have the opportunity to get creative with glass during the day, I have so many ideas but by the time I get home in the evening I am not always up to going out into my studio, now when an idea pops into my head I can go into the glass studio and get creative.

I hope you are enjoying this spring like weather and ideas are blooming in your world. Stop by and check out all the hot new items for spring. We have new wood beads, anodized aluminum jump rings, and all sorts of new fun items to get creative with!!

Change is great!!!

OK, so I had these great intentions of blogging regularly, I was going to be so great at keeping on top of things but a UPS truck sorta derailed my plans!! It's called being broadsided, yikes!!! I'm fine, slightly cracked, but it did shut down my world for a few months. Thank heaven for wonderful friends who stepped in, help run, MOVE my shop, brought me food, and provided 24 hour care. They really kept my world going.

During all this excitement, my planned shop move was bumped up a month. We are now in our temporary location and things are going great! Everything is on track to get us in our new space in a few weeks. We are so excited at the great changes headed our way. With a dedicated glass studio, large classroom and more retail space we are expanding our selection of beads and beading supplies and classes. We will be offering more a larger variety of classes, including expanded glass classes, and guest instructors. The possiblities are endless!!

I will try hard to keep on blogging and let everyone know what's going on in our beading world.

Beckie

Holiday Beading

OH, it's beginng to look alot like Christmas.....Don't you love this time of year? Despite the fact that I haven't finished my shopping, I have wrapped nothing and I have baking to do, I seem to be overflowing with joy and excitement this year. The shop has been busy with folks brimming with holiday ideas. I am constantly amazed at all the incredibly creative projects that everyone is working on, we have so many wonderful artist in the Fredericksburg area. Meeting everyone and seeing how creative you all are is very inspiring for me. Christmas is almost here but there is still time to work on holiday projects, stop by and let us help you fill your beading needs.

I hope everyone finds a quiet moment to truly enjoy this beautiful season. I have so much to be grateful for this year.

Beckie

HAVE YOU HEARD?!?!

BeadL*Jewlz is moving!

We have found a wonderful space over on Route 3 between Ukrops and Sakura. It's the old Silver building. The owners have done a wonderful job of renovating the building and we can hardly wait to move in. We are very excited to have a larger retail space, this means more beads and more supplies.
Our gallery space will also be expanded and we will be hosting gallery evenings. This will be a big help in supporting our local artists.
One of the most exciting aspects of our new move is our DEDICATED GLASS STUDIO!!! We can expand our glass classes, have more guest instructors, offer studio time and we will have lampworking stations for rent so emerging artists without their own studios can rent a station and work whenever they want during store hours.
Lots and lots of new things happening, be sure to check back here, on our website and at the store to keep up with all these exciting changes.