Sturee Tribal Village is ethnic and tribal textiles, carvings, beads, jewelry, carpets and other crafts. Most of the collection comes from Afghanistan and the region, but other areas of the world, especially Africa, are also represented. The core of our business are the beads we bring in from Afghanistan. Hand-carved by artisans in Pakistan and […]
Great Vendor Line up this year! 1. Soul of Somanya African Glass Trade Beads findings from Ghana Africa 2. Voyager Beads Pewter metal beads and findings in bags. $5.00 each or 10 for $40.00 3. Sparkle Lounge Jewels Kim will be back with Handmade soldered components to add to your jewelry designs. 4. Nirvana […]
Dale “Cougar” Armstrong is the Education Consultant emeritus for Wire-Sculpture.com. A die-hard rockhound, lapidary, and wire jewelry designer, instructor and author, Dale credits her mom for spurring the main interest that led to Dale`s chosen career. Her mother was an avid rockhound and many, weekend family adventures involved traipsing through the White Mountains of […]
Melody McDuffee Soul of Somanya Melody is back with all her great African Bead Strands and African Metal Beads and Findings Melody will also be teaching some classes that weekend so be sure and click on the black bar above and check out Melody’s classes and all the others too. Check out […]
It’s that time of the year. It’s Beadapalooza time!!! Mark your calendars. We have lots of vendors new and old coming for the event. We are happy to have the event at the Helena Sports Complex just down the road from The Bead Biz. Just put Ruffin Road in Helena into your GPS or Google […]
Thank you for your support last weekend at Beadapalooza. Now it’s time to get the Store back together. We will be closed Tuesday March 17th to unpack and tidy up the store. Wednesday March 18th Is Hump Day Discount day. Spin the Camel Wheel of Discounts you can get 10%to 50% off your total […]
We will not have Hot Flash Friday Sale this Friday but we will be open. Remember the store will be closed March 14th and 15th but we will have plenty of store supplies down at Beadapalooza. List of Vendors for the March 14-15 show A Grain of Sand Beautiful unusual sterling, silver filled and […]
Vendor Spotlight: Sparkle Lounge Jewels. Artisan components by Kim Ouellette. This will be Kim’s first Beadapaloosa as a vendor! Kim has added a line of components to her handmade business. Kim has been working steadily soldering pendants, forging clasps, creating links, bitty bottles and making etched metal dangles. These are great handmade components to enhance […]
Be sure and read past post about Beadapalooza to get all the details about the event. Save the Date March 14th 10am-6pm and March 15th 10am-6pm Vendor Spot light DaBeads Dave and Deb are coming again with a whole truck load of goodies straight from the warehouse in Chicago. Some of the items they will […]
Check with us everyday for more updates. New Vendors Added: Ckoop Beads Enameled copper beads and components. Cherry Tree Beads Lots of great Big hole beads gemstone beads in Matte and faceted finishes Lots of Great classes are listed in our class section for Beadapalooza too. Remember if you sign up for a Beadapalooza […]
Exciting classes are being posted in our class section for March Beadapalooza. http://www.thebeadbiz.com/product-category/classes/ Keep checking the link above periodically for more classes. Reserve your spot and sign up on line or in the store. Remember all classes will be held at the new Beadapalooza location and not at the Bead Biz. Samples of the classes […]
Save the date Beadapalooza 2015 March 14th and 15th 2015 August 22nd and 23rd 2015 10-6 both days Preview Party Friday night March 13th 7-9pm for anyone who signs up for Beadapalooza Classes. Beadapalooza is now twice a year!! The event has gotten to big that we have move the event down the street […]
Been busy today folks. More shipments are coming in daily so we have been busy checking them in. Don’t forget to use our Free Professional Valet Parking Saturday. We will have them from the time we open til at least 4 pm. So be sure and Tip your Valet when he pulls your car up […]
Countdown….. We are down to the wire and I still have more vendors to post. Sorry about not posting yesterday but Michael’s Grandmother past and we had a funeral to go to. So today I am hitting the ground running.. Andrea’s Vintage Our old friend Andrea is coming up from Pensacola with lots of Vintage […]
Everyone that has been coming into the store this week has heard nothing but, Beadapalooza, Beadapalooza, and more Beadapalooza. I have been spinning in circles working extra hard to make this years event the best ever. If you have not already, be sure and go back and read the updates in the last few days […]
Friday August 15th, 2014 Well, I been so busy with all the preparations that Time is just flying by. The Goodie/Swag bags are shaping up nicely this year. Looks like we are really gonna have some great ones this year. I have been lining up the items for the bags, and we have some nice […]
Friday August 14th 2014 We have some very talented craftsman and artist this year and even some demos too Ben Johnston from Iron Valley Forge Ben started blacksmithing at an early age, then in 2009 he began to learn the art of horseshoeing. In 2011 Ben attended Chris Gregory’s Hartland Horseshoeing School (HHS) located in […]
Well Folks this years event is looking great! Looks like we have 15 to 16 vendors coming for Beadapalooza August 23rd and 24th. Here is an update with some of our new vendors this year Cha Cha Seed Beads- Gina will be coming in person this year and we are so excited. That means that […]
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 […]