Bargains for Beaders...

Sorry I've been neglecting this blog thing for the past month or so. We've been a little busy here because I got a job offer with the government and the amount of paperwork involved is just as bad as it was when I was searching and applying for jobs. The other part of it is that we're doing some wedding planning on the fly. And the baby is fairly mobile. Needless to say, I haven't actually done a whole lot of beading in the past few weeks, other than a few hours at the local bead store last week.

However, I do get these great emails with deals on bead sales and whatnot and thought I'd pass them along for anyone wanting to build up their stash. :)

The first one is the Dollar Days Sale at Artbeads. It starts on April 21 and runs for a week. (If you click this before the sale goes active tomorrow, it'll say it's over.) Artbeads has a large variety of things in manageable quantities at reasonable prices. I use them to stock up on seed beads and smaller Czech beads which I use for spirals and embroidery projects. They also have a decent selection of findings and a great deal on shipping... free, even to Hawaii! I would definitely check this out first thing tomorrow morning!

Not to be outdone, Fire Mountain Gems is also having a week long dollar sale on select beads and components. Fire Mountain Gems does tiered pricing so bulk orders get the best deals. I frequently find a lot of their products hanging in the local bead stores. Shipping isn't free, but it's still pretty reasonable, and the service is great. They do have other ongoing specials, but I always try to consolidate orders to get better pricing.

And last, but not least, for those of you on Oahu, today is the last day for 50% off of crystal and 25% off of chain at Bead It locations, island wide.