Elegant Notions


	Welcome! LATEST STORE NEWS Current Store information: We are Located at: 239 W 19th Street Houston, TX 77008 Our current shop hours are: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. For further information please call us on either 713-864-0992 or 832-423-0374. THANK YOU!! Class Schedule: We are currently working on our class schedules and getting instructors signed up. Please bear with us and accept our apologies for the delay. THANK YOU!! Beginning Beading Cancelled - NEW Date to be Announced! This class will last approximately 2 hours and will take place at the shop. This class will start promptly at 8:00 am and attendees are asked to arrive a few minutes early to make sure everyone is ready to start on time. While this class is offered free of charge, there is a refundable class reservation fee of $25 taken at the time of reserving your place. This can be made in the form of a check which will be returned to you on the morning of the class. Also, there is a list of tools you will be required to have to take this class (see below for full details). You can either bring these tools with you or they can be purchased on the morning of the class. In no case will tools be available for loan and each attendee must have their own tools. Beginning beader's class course outline: Basic Beading Techniques This 2 hour course starting at 8:00 am on Saturday mornings, will cover basic jewelry making techniques including: Basic tools & their uses Jewelry Findings – Basic types and uses. Beading media – types of wire, string and cord used in beading. Beading needles. Using memory wire. Using beading wire & crimp beads. Using head pins, eye pins, jump rings & split rings. The following tools will be required – all of which can be purchased on the morning of the course: Crimp pliers Diagonal Cutters Basic tool kit – Flat nose pliers, Round nose pliers. Wire cutters, Chain nose pliers & Bent chain nose pliers. Also, if you do not wear glasses, safety glasses are recommended but not required. There is no fee for this course. You will be required to provide a $25 deposit when you register which will be refunded when you attend the class. Call (713-864-0992) for further details and class availability. Bead & Jewelry Making Resources We continue to expand the scope of our bead resources section. We have been adding more and more link to our new links page. We have had links submitted by a number of people for various resources including beading sites, discussion groups and message boards. If you have a link you would like to share, please send it to us. Work continue work on our project dedicated to promoting the extensive bead research done by the late Peter Francis Jr. We will be continually expanding this section in the coming months in an effort to turn it into a premiere source of information for beaders and jewelry makers. In addition, if you have anything you would like to share or would be of interest to your fellow beaders, please drop us a line and tell us about it. Bead Societies and Clubs We are currently updating our database on bead societies and clubs. Please take a moment to look at our listings and check to see if the information for your club or organization is correct and current. Also, if you are in a bead group we have an offer for you that you can't refuse. We are offering all beading organizations a free web page on this site to use as you wish. You can use it to advertise your organization, announce upcoming events or classes or basically anything you want - as long as it is related to beads. This is entirely free - all we ask is that you provide a link to our site from yours (if you have one, otherwise there is no requirement) which we assume you would want to do anyway so that your members can find your page. If you are interested please let us know. Finally, if your group has a regular printed newsletter and you accept paid advertisers, please contact us concerning advertising rates and deadlines. Customer Feedback We are still feeling our way through this, so your feed back will be greatly appreciated. If there is anything you want that you can't find, something you would like to have added, a helpful suggestion, something not working right on the site or you just want to say 'Hello', please contact us Free African Trade Bead Contest! Somewhere on our website - outside of the store - is a 'hot-spot'. There is still 1 strand of our very nice Handmade African Brass Bicone Trade Beads available (congratulations to Jeannette Spencer and Jen Szczublewski for being the first two to find the secret code). All you have to do is click on the hotspot, make a note of the prize code and send us an email. Be one of the first and we will send you your free beads.
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Welcome to Elegant Notions. We specialize in the sales of beads and jewelry items. We have the best prices anywhere. Most of our items sell for less than wholesale and we offer them at retail quantities. Among our bead offerings we have African Beads, Bone Beads, Copper Beads, Brass Beads, Silver Beads, Bali Silver, Crystal Beads, Swarovski Beads, Swarovski Crystal, Fiber Optic Beads, Cat’s Eye Beads, Glass Beads, Porcelain Beads, Semiprecious Beads, Semi-precious Beads, Shell Beads, Coral Beads, Mother of Pearl Beads, Bead Assortments, Assorted Beads, Atlas Beads, Aztec Beads, Colored Core Beads, Crackle Glass Beads, Cross Beads, Czech Beads, Czech Glass Beads, Czech Crystal Beads, Iris Glass Beads, Mirror Finished Beads, Kanji Beads, Lamp Work Beads, Lampwork Beads, Marbled Beads, Marbled Glass Beads, Rainbow Beads, Satin Beads, Tube Beads, Two Colored Beads, Turquoise Beads, African Turquoise Beads, Agate Beads, Amethyst, Agate Beads, Turquoise Beads, Amethyst Beads, Aventurine, Aventurine Beads, Carnelian, Carnelian Beads, Chinese Turquoise, Chinese Turquoise Beads, Citrine, Citrine Beads, Fluorite, Fluorite Beads, Garnet. Garnet Beads, Goldstone, Gold Stone, Goldstone Beads, Gold Stone Beads, Howlite, Howlite Beads, Jasper, Jasper Beads, Labradorite, Labradorite Beads, Lapis Lazuli, Lapis Lazuli Beads, Malachite, Malachite Beads, Moonstone, Moonstone Beads, Obsidian, Obsidian Beads, Peridot, Peridot Beads, Quartz, Quartz Beads, Rhyolite, Rhyolite Beads, Tigereye, Tiger Eye, Tigereye Beads, Tiger Eye Beads, Topaz, Topaz Beads, Tourmaline, Tourmaline Beads, Yellow Turquoise, Yellow Turquoise Beads.

We also sell Bells, Brass Bells, Brass Windchimes, Crystals, Dichroic Glass, Dichroic Glass Bracelets, Dichroic Glass Cabochons, Dichroic Glass Pendants, Dichroic Glass Necklaces, Dichroic Glass Pins, Other Necklaces, Semiprecious Necklaces, Semiprecious Jewelry Sets, Semiprecious Pendants, Watches, Silver & Turquoise Pendants, Other Bracelets, Earrings, Swarovski Crystal Bracelets.

We are the best source for cheap beads at wholesale prices. We have the lowest prices on handmade jewelry and jewelry findings.

We also have a new line of beaded crafts and beaded gifts. We have beaded fan pulls, beaded light pulls, beaded lamp pulls, beaded windchimes, beaded wind chimes, beaded suncatchers, beaded sun catchers, beaded witches balls, beaded hummingbird feeders, beaded blown glass, beaded friendship balls, beaded bells, beaded planters, beaded bird feeders, beaded candle holders, beaded cloisonné figurines, beaded gazing balls, beaded crackle balls, beaded Glass Eye Studio glassware, beaded angels, beaded stained glass, beaded crystals and beaded ceramic hearts.