Coming down the home Stretch. Beadapalooza is almost here!

Yes it gets bigger and bigger every year.  We will have 3000 square feet of beautiful Gemstones, beads and findings all under one roof and one really large tent.  This year we have a tent that is 30×80 in size.  And it will have a wonderful selection
from all over the world.

Below is a rundown of vendors and supplies that will be available as of Sunday Aug 18th. Keep looking for more updates as the week goes along

Da Beads:  Czech glass strands, firepolish, pewter strands, hand dyed silk strands, Czech beaded chain, and so much more.  They are bringing a Big van full of beautiful goodies for us to choose from.  2010-04-17 13.25.57

Oriental Crest:
Wilson will have 8 tables of gorgeous gemstones and pearls for you choosing.  Along with sideways crosses and big hole pearls too.  I requested for him to load up on Druzys and Big gemstones and the new Titanium Treated Crystal point strands.  They are really yummy.oriental crest

Nirvana Beads:
Shelly will be here again with lots of short strand gemstones, czech glass and Base metal stampings, findings and cool clasps in the vintage bronze and brass colors.

nirvana

 

C Koop:  Sue will be sending her great enameled copper beads, cones and findings.  Her cool components were a big hit last years and she is sending lots of colorful gears and flowers.

ckoop

Cherry Tree Beads:                                                                                                            They will have a variety of big hole gemstones and pearls.  Along with some really cool lockets and prayer boxes.  Their short strands of metals will be here along with lots of little bags of cool metal charms.  Plus so much more.cherry tree

 

Cha Cha Seed Beads:
Our usual amount of Trunk show selection from Cha Cha will be 3 times as much for Beadapalooza.  Lots of 15s, 11s, 8s,and 6s.  Plus Super Duos, Cubes and Tilas too. So be sure and stock up they are great prices.

cha cha

 

Beautiful Cabachons and Some Slabs too! Our friend Joy has got her rockhound friends from out west to send us a great selection of quality gemstone Cabachons and Druzys too.druzyslabs

 

Voyager Beads:  Phil is bringing a van full of great shell, bone and wood beads from the Philippians.  The inlay ed shell with mother of pearl and abalone are beautiful beads and pendants.  Also he will have some cool talismans and wood beads from exotic countries.  phil

Kazuri Bead East:                                                                                                              They have sent us a couple of trays of really cool hand made ceramic beads from Africa.  They are fair trade  and Kazuri Beads East is an authorized distributor of these love beads.  This years selection has lots of bright colors to choose from and they make great focal beads.

kazuri

Set in Glass:                                                                                                                           Shawn Turner Lampwork and Boro bead artist will be here with a table of her creations ready for you to purchase and incorporate in to your new designs.shawn turner glass

Crooked Creek Studio: Local  Pottery Artist Sharon Ivy will be be here with her Raku pottery beads and pendants.  Also she will be bringing lots of pretty mugs, Knitting bowls and vases.sharon ivy

The Blue Building from Alabaster and The Yellow Building from McCalla  will be decorating the “Hot Lady Hang Out” area with up-cycled and re-purposed finds for sale.

Plus we will have food vendors:
 Pizza Hut of Helena and Donut Chef

Music to entertain:  Steve Norris on Saturday and Linda Speir on Sunday

Tribal Belly Dancers,  Devyani, will preform for us before we open Saturday Morning bellydance

$1.00 a minute Chair Massages on Sunday afternoon from our favorite masseuse Terri Ray.

Don’t forget the Free Valet Parking on Saturday.

And the first 50 customers that spend $15.00 will get some great goodie Swag Bags!

And get a free Raffle ticket for a raffle every hour on the hour.  Must be present to win! (and the raffle is gonna be some really good stuff)

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,