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Bead Cruise Etsy Treasury

Just for fun, a Bead Cruise treasury on Etsy.  These are items that remind me our fun adventure!

Bead Cruise Instructor, Beverly Herman, has kits listed on Etsy.  Here is her shop.

Shipwreck Beads

Need a bead?  Shipwreck Beads probably has it.  With a catalog that has over 900 pages, they have your beading needs covered!  They also have an online shop that is just as impressive.  Their website has a great online gallery featuring their customers beaded creations along with some very helpful resources, like this seed bead chart.  The bead mixtures look like fun and could spark some creativity.

 

We are glad to have Shipwreck Beads as one of our newest sponsors.

Amaco

Another wonderful sponsor has joined the Bead Cruise!  AMACO is the American Art Clay Company. They have been modeling imagination since 1919.  They offer an impressive array of clays, including polymer clay in Fimo Classic and Soft.  You can find polymer clay books and tools along with a great selection of sculpting and craft supplies. 

I love the bead rollers.  Want perfectly shaped polymer clay beads every time? Then you'll need a few of these! 

 

YoMama Beads

Our latest Bead Cruise Sponsor is one of our cruise members from last year.  Lynn Scheerhorn is the owner of YoMama Beads!  A nicely stocked eBay store with lots of beading goodies. 

YoMama Beads carries everything from glass to gemstones and specializes in color magnetic beads.  There is a fun $2.99 sale going on now, so stop on over and tell her you can't to see her again on the cruise!

Cindy's Crafts

Have you ever been on vacation, wandering through the streets and found a little shop tucked away in the corner?  In this hidden oasis you find books you've been searching for, discover little treasures that you know are perfect for your next beading project and prices that make you want to get one of everything? 

Well, welcome to Cindy's Crafts and her book and bead sale on her Picture Trail site.  I think Cindy carries just about every beading book out there, and if she doesn't have it, she'll get it for you! Seed beads, findings and tools are also to be find on both her sites.  Cindy offers a newsletter at Yahoo with weekly sales on books and beading supplies.  Sign up to keep up with all her great deals.  You guessed it, we are proud to have Cindy join us as another one of our generous Bead Cruise sponsors!

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Foxden Designs

 

Foxden Designs carries the full line of Miyuki Delica Beads, all 989 colors!  I'd say it's a Miyuki paradise with every size and shape of seed bead available in a large range of colors.  They also offer basic supplies, like needles and a rainbow of C-Lon Thread. 

They have a Delica Durablity Chart that I found very useful.  And being the customer service friendly bead supplier that they are, Foxden also offers their beads in larger quantities for those of us who need to buy our beads in bulk! 

Ahoy there Foxden, welcome to the Bead Cruise Sponsor list!

Sova-Enterprises

How to store all those wonderful beads?  The good folks at Sova-Enterpise have come up with a creative and visually appealing bead storage system.  The Bead Pavilion is quickly becoming a favorite among beaders.

You can read all about how much Beverly (one of our Bead Cruise instructors) is enjoying her system.  The Pavilion is my favorite from Sova, but they also have products for beaders on the go, such as the Bead N' Go Trays. You can find a full range of beading and crafting supplies on their site. Welcome aboard Sova-Enterprises, we appreciate you as your latest Bead Cruise sponsor!

Creative Impressions In Clay

Bright and funky, to subtle and sophisticated, Tari Sasser of Creative Impressions in Clay is an artist with many voices.   Her buttons were recently featured in Belle Armoire Magazine. A little exploring on her website and you'll soon discover why.  Tari's work is featured in fine fiber shops across the county and will be available at Bead & Button this year.

No matter what wearable art project you are creating you'll find something to fit your style at Creative Impressions in clay.  Here are a few of my favorites from Tari's collection:

We are so happy to have Tari as one of our newest Bead Cruise Sponsors!

Lori Greenberg

Our latest Bead Cruise sponsor is the truly one-of-a-kind Lori Greenberg. 

Lori is a glass bead and jewelry artist that creates pieces that defy the ordinary.  Always striving to be one step ahead, Lori is continually pushing her own envelope and coming up with designs geared toward other discerning jewelry designers and collectors who also desire to be set apart from the crowd. 

Lori's beads are gracing the cover of this month's Step by Step Beads!  You can find her beads on her website, ebay and justbeads.com.  She also has a fun blog where you can get a behind the scenes peek at this talented artist's musings.  Welcome aboard Lori!

Beadecked and Beadaddicted!

Elegant and sophisticated is a good way to describe knitting with wire.  Sharon Hessoun, from Beadecked and Beadaddicted has written and published a concise how-to book entitled "Wire Knitting...On a Spool."  Learn to create unique pieces of art jewelry using her simple tools and 28 gauge artistic wire..  Sharon offers the book, 28 gauge wire and tools on her site and is our latest Bead Cruise sponsor.  Sharon will also be teaching at Lapidary Journal's Jewelry Arts Expo 2006 on April 21-23 in Fort Washington, PA.  Visit her site to learn more.