Sunday Slash

I'm going to slash prices on the clearance items that are left in the store sometime after 2pm EST today. I don't want any of the clearance items hanging around. So make sure you take a look, there will be some great deals!

Weekend Sale Eye Candy and Customer Service

Weekend sale today and tomorrow!

I'll be adding beads all weekend so check back to see what I've added.

Sale opens at 1pm EST today (Saturday) and closes at tomorrow (Sunday) at 6pm EST. So if you see something you like, best to grab it while you can. I take any leftover clearance beads off the site after the sale.

I'm cleaning out my stash along with my handmade beads. I'm really trying to hoard less and use more. So, if I haven't used the beads I bought within a year, it's time to let them go to a good home and that would be you!

If you have any questions about the sale, please leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

If you are charged sales tax and have already been approved tax exempt, please leave your tax exempt number in the comments section and I'll refund the sales tax to you.

Thank you to all my wonderful customers!

Get Ready, Studio Sale Saturday, January 15th...The Neverending Battle of Too Many Beads!

Earlier in the week, I said I'd host my annual studio sale this Saturday. Since I am fighting the neverending battle of too many beads, I need extra time to photograph all of them. So, the Annual Studio Sale will be Saturday, January 15th from 1pm-4pm Eastern Standard Time.

I hosted a Studio Sale last year and this year's sale will be even bigger. I'll be selling off stash beads too. So this will be a good time to catch great deals not only on my handmade glass beads but also on Czech pressed glass, pearls, seed beads, etc.

If you visited last year, you know I was online the whole time answering questions. I'll be giving away free beads hourly here on the blog. I've also got some other giveaways planned so stay tuned as I'll be letting you in on the surprise next week before the sale. 

Gotta Wash Those Beads Right Outta My Studio!

Yes, I am signing a musical number as I clear the beads out and give myself some more room. I've put them up on my website but they won't stay there forever, just through to Saturday, September 11th. Then they'll be gone and sent on their way!

Well, my studio ain't South Pacific and now I got a hankering to see that red lipped 1950's Mitzi Gaynor get those beads...errr man right outta her hair!

Sale and Links

More beads from the Clearance/Seconds Sale that starts at 6:30 am (EST) on my website tomorrow morning. You can window shop, but you can't buy until then!



Check out what the Bead Peeps are up to....

A Bead A Day
If you are looking for some unique findings to use in your valentine jewelry (or Twilight jewelry), Lisa uses some interesting domed filligree pieces to house a bright red mysterious bead.

About.com Jewelry Making
Artfire, Zibbet, Etsy, which of these is the right selling venue for your jewelry?

Art Bead Scene
ABS Rewind: Art Bead Scene isn't just about art beads, it's about artist made buttons too!

Carmi's Art/Life World
Demon Monkeys appear in Carmi's projects this week.

Cindy Gimbrone aka Lampwork Diva
Cindy's made a New Year's resolution to clean out the studio with a January clearance sale!

Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Melanie starts the new year with a new source of inspiration... a project she calls Song Lore.

Jean Campbell
Jean is sharing stories and images this week about her stops in CA. Monterey brought the most creative inspiration of all.

Jewelry & Beading
Cyndi has started a new series, called "What would you do" to discuss some of the sticky dilemmas we face in jewelry making.

Lorelei's Blog: Inside the Studio
Looking for just the right clasp? Lorelei reviews a few from Artbeads.com.

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
Jean meets a cool new friend who offers us a great jewelry teaching site!

Strands of Beads
Melissa is the author of Softflex Company's Spotlight On...Article for January 2010

The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton
A luminous Golden Cloud Series Basha Bead inspires Andrew to create a bracelet ready to take flight!

Unpredictable Coral and Sale Preview

Due to weather, I had to call off my shift as a video relay interpreter (VI) yesterday. I took advantage of the time to continue to organize for the clearance/seconds sale on Saturday.

I've got so many handmade beads, I've decided to organize and sell the majority of them by color. Here are a few small bead sets I had left over from shows. They're matched up for earring pairs.




The Orange/Coral glass color is varied and striated as you can see from the pictures of the glass rods below. When you make beads from the same glass rod, the beads will sometimes be slightly different in color. I like that, makes someone look twice and adds to the richness.





See what I mean? Love the coral, it ranges from pinky to orangey - very unpredictable! Do you have a material you work with that you consider unpredictable?

New Year's Resolution: Clear Out the Studio Sale

It's time for me to admit it, my studio and jewelry designing area is a mess. My New Year's resolution is to clean it out and I mean REALLY clean it out!

I have alot of old inventory and one of a kind art beads just sitting here waiting to be used in a lovely design. I need to release them into the jewelry making environment! You know what that means....



I'll be having a HUGE inventory clearance and seconds sale on Saturday, January 9th, 2010 from 12am-12pm.

I'll also be online LIVE from 1pm-4pm on Saturday, January 9th.

And to entince you even more, my beady colleague, Melanie Brooks of Earthenwood Studio will be having a seconds sale and be online too! It's going to be so much fun!

I've set up a separate page one the website and have started stocking it. You can visit but you can't buy yet. I'll be re-stocking the ArtFire and Etsy shops too.

I'll be previewing items available for sale next week and explaining more about the sale, so stop by, take a look and make your list!

Sale at all my online shops November 25-30, 2009

Pre-holiday sale on all Cindy Gimbrone online shops!

Cindy Gimbrone Beads for art beads, charms and findings - use coupon code: NovemberSale

Cindy's Studio at Art Fire for meaningful jewelry ready to wrap as gifts!

the bleeding heart on etsy for ready to ship edgey jewelry and beads.