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4.8 (52 reviews)
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Faceted rondell ruby beads

This was a great bead shop! Julia and her husband own it and she was oh so friendly and very helpful and knowledgeable. They have a wide variety of Czech glass beads, shells/pearls and semi precious stones. I went for the semiprecious stones and the amount they had and the sheer quality of the beads were amazing. Julia showed me the super high end beads and the arusha sunstone faceted oval beads were the most amazing quality I have ever seen, and I work in the crystal business. Although they were out of my price range, they were priced as they should be, along with all their other beads. I found some stuff that I didn't even know could be in a bead form!!! Definitely recommend checking out this place if you want quality!!! The last picture I posted was what I made from some of the beads I got mixed with beads I already had!

Xenia D.

Wow! I had been here before but did not purchase however was aware of all the goodies. With several gift giving events happening for folks I care about, I wanted to give something custom and special but still affordable! Found it! They have everything to make your special custom gift, fair prices and amazing service! Thank you so much! Life customer!

Sarah W.

I have been shopping at this store for 20 years when Julia first bought the shop. It started with my 11th Birthday party- fast forward to today and I have a small hobby jewelry business. I've taken multiple classes there- the main 2 was the wire wrapping/ earrings class and the second is the birds nest class. I love that they are set up to bead and take classes! This small business feels like my 2nd home (I spend quite a bit of time beading there) My nieces who are 8 and 10 also love hanging out at this spot- its a great place to bring kids to get them doing some things hands on. If anyone could use your business during this uncertain pandemic era it is Juan and Julia and their beautiful shop.

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2 years ago

Great product, great quality and value. Very nice and helpful owners. Would definitely recommend

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They are always so friendly and helpful. They have a great selection of beads and materials to get started on something special right away.

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Wonderful selection of beads and nicely displayed. Friendly and helpful staff/owners. Came during shop hop and had a wonderful time.

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6 years ago

I love this place, the owners, the selection and the price is all great. My favorite bead store for sure!!!

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Good place to go if you're just starting to learn beadwork. Their selection is decent, some of the stuff seems to be overpriced.

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I know nothing about beads, etc., but came here with work colleagues who are. They are quite nice and welcoming here.

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Every year when we came back we were always greeted warmly by the helpful and kind owners, Julia and Juan.

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We go in every year to celebrate birthdays. Plenty of items to choose from, super friendly staff…read morewilling to help even if you have never done this before. They are super patient and will teach you all the basics needed to create some beautiful items. Our youngest kid loves this place and now has the whole family going to create and just have fun away from all digital noise. They fire everything for you and take great care to ensure you get a good looking piece back. Can't say enough or share the appropriate nice things about these folks. Walking distance to great restaurants and shopping so really easy to plan a great day that includes a stop at this location. Parking is out front or across the street.

We were in SD for my birthday weekend getaway. We had reservations for a restaurant at dinner time…read moreso we had time during the day to do something so we decided to give pottery another go. We took a class at a pottery place in Laguna Beach last year so we wanted to give it a try again because it was pretty fun! We did the one time class pottery wheel try it class. It was $80 per person. Which is on the pricier side, compared to the other class we took last time. I will say this class was more informative than our last class. Our instructor taught us how to start working with our clay, demonstrated how to do it, worked with us, helped us out, showed us different techniques and steps on how to form our pottery. It's was definitely more challenging this time around because I think we didn't have to do as much in our last class we did. My boyfriend said he didn't like the pace of the class and having to work with a whole class. Our last class had less people so it was more intimate and slower, as for this class it was a little bit more of a faster pace. In the end we made 2 pieces. First one was like a practice piece and the second one was when you kind of got the hang of it and the final product looked better. We were only able to take one piece home. Our instructor said she typically does 2 pieces because she teaches faster but we are only able to take one. Honestly, I didn't like my first one too much so I was okay with that but I know some other people in the class wanted to take both. After you are done you have to clean up everything and put everything away. Then you chose the color glaze you want from a choice of 4 or 5. They glaze it for you then they tell you when it's ready for pick up. We are not from SD but it's an excuse to come back down to pick up our pottery.

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I love this LNS! I've never seen so much thread in my life, and their canvas selection is…read moreincredible. They actually have two separate stores, one dedicated to canvas and one just for thread. Everyone there is helpful and kind, and the owner, Vicky, is especially knowledgeable. I think she may be misunderstood in some reviews. She's not overly bubbly, but she is absolutely not unkind, just straightforward and very good at what she does. The only downside is that they're only open on weekdays with pretty limited hours. Otherwise, I truly think this LNS should be on everyone's list to visit!

I'm new to needlepoint and only my second time in a store. I went into the "canvas" store and let…read morethem know which I thought I'd like to do for a project and was told "you can just get it off the wall". After that I went to pick threads next door and when I got them all I asked if they are honoring the same price as their website for the canvas and was told "I don't know what it is online". It was about $30 cheaper so I set about finding it on the website and was told "you came knowing what you want" and after I as on the website for a few minutes suddenly she was able to figure out the online price. It's no small amount of money for needlepointing and to feel like your bothering someone when spending your money is offensive at best. I'll go to Navy Noo in San Marcos moving forward, it was a night and day experience there

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