JOIN US SATURDAY DECEMBER 4TH!

Come join us this Saturday for our Holiday Open House! There'll be lots of refreshments, a sale on our giftable jewelry, new beads, a raffle and giveaways with your purchase. And general beading fever to whirl you in to the Season of Beading!

In December, the shop is open SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

Big Gemstone Strand Sale Starting Tuesday 11/16/10

Hello Everyone:

Welcome back to the blog! Please join our Google Group (Lucindasbeadfriends) by entering your email into the box on the sidebar at the right. You'll be advised of new class schedules and store events.

This week, we're starting the pre-Thanksgiving season of bounty with a sale of 8" (and longer) gemstone strands. These gorgeous stones will inspire you to get thinking of gift-giving and partywear. Come see and scoop some up!

Starting December, we'll be open 7 days a week for all your beading needs.

An Idea for the Holidays at Home

Well, the bustle is almost over, and you're probably thinking about settling in for those festive times at home with family and friends gathered close. Whether you have young family members around fidgeting for something to do or not, think what a nice change of pace it would be to bring out the beads and string some simple bracelets or necklaces together?

You can make earrings with a few simple beads that will be special gifts to remember the holidays, made even more special when the recipients pick out their favorite beads. A handmade gift is something special from the heart, made even more memorable by the gift of collaboration.

It's Year's End and We're Open Late...

If you haven't noticed yet, Lucinda's is open 7 days a week until December 24th. That means you can come by on a Sunday afternoon (avoiding football maybe?) to find the perfect gift!

Our lights are on late, and the shop is full of unique gifts: snowflake ornament forms you can bead yourself, beaded book marks, tiny crystal Christmas tree earrings, beaded bags and marvelous handmade jewelry. Give a handmade gift to someone you treasure!

Come Join Us This Sunday!

This Sunday, December 6th, we're kicking off the Holiday Gift-Making season and just generally having a great time from 11-5 with goodies to nibble on while you shop. Plus if you enter our raffle, you'll have a chance to win a $100. Lucinda's Beads Gift Certificate. Wouldn't that be nice to have (or give)?

All jewelry will be 10% off on Sunday- with many special handmade earrings, bracelets and necklaces to choose from, you could finish up your gift list without ever picking up a pair of pliers!

But we know you'd like to make something for those special friends and family members, so come in, warm up, and let's get down to beading some presents!

Something Special for the First Week of December

In addition to being open EVERY DAY in the month of December (check out the December shop hours here on the blog on the left of the posts<-), we have lots of gorgeous lampworked beads in a special trunk show from Unicorne Beads. Starting SATURDAY 11/28, the sale runs through SATURDAY 12/5. Have you seen Banana beads, or Crisscross, Rotini, Pretzel, Duplex, Saddle, Vortex, Yo yo beads? No? Well, then you have to come by and scoop up some of these treasures- in beautiful durable borosilicate class, some sprinkled with dichroic or metallic flecks in colors that will work into enchanting gifts for the season!

Mixing things up...

Well, fall is here (sometimes it's felt like Winter was here)...and now it's time to get seriously beading. Our beads of the month are a great new selection of very special Czech beads in many more shapes, sizes and colors than you've seen before. And just to inspire you, if you check our Bead of the Month album (here on the blog, below left) we're going to show you some combinations of these amazingly versatile beads with semiprecious strands. You'll find that the Czech beads of the month blend beautifully with earth-grown stones, and even rival them in natural appearance. But there's more than earthiness: some sport vibrant colors and funky shapes that spice up even the simplest designs. Simple to extravagant, you can enhance any strand you string with these versatile beads of the month!