The wearing of the green...beads

We look around the stores now and everything Easter on sale, but we have to ask what about St. Patrick's Day? The notion of planning ahead for holidays is nice if you are busy, but we shouldn't forget to take every opportunity for a holiday beading project. The Bead Shak offers this nice free pattern for a St. Patrick's Day mini banner. And, if you're interested in something more involved, you can browse our selection of green beads. From bugle beads to Czech seed beads, Sworvoski bicone crystal beads, even green cat's eye beads, our selection guarantees a beautiful project for you. Don't be caught not wearing the green on St. Patty's Day, or we'll give you such a pinch!

Valentine's Day Bead Patterns

Holidays are often a busy time at The Bead Cottage, with many of our regular customers creating wonderful gifts. Valentine's Day is no exception, and you can be sure we offer a great number of red, pink, white, and clear glass beads to suit any heart-shaped project.

If you're looking for Valentine specific bead patterns, About: Family Crafts has a number of Valentine pin projects to try, to create a lovely gift for your valentine.

Beadage, fun for any age

We had some time today to take a more detailed look at Beadage.net, and we like what we see there. The tutorials for making wire and hemp jewelry, and special tin cup and floating heart necklaces are simple to follow and very thorough. The galleries of completed earrings, bracelets, and other jewelry are beautiful, and we like especially how bead crafters can submit pictures of their own handiwork. We hope soon to see photos of items made by some of our own regular customers.

Best of all, everything shown on the site, every bead and accessory, can be found on our site for purchase. Beadage.net offers the inspiration, let us offer the supplies.