Bead shopping!

Where do you like to shop for beads? What interesting finds have you found recently?

While visiting my in-laws a few weeks ago, I went on-line to hunt down any bead shops in their area and found this fun shop in Media called Blue Santa beads. We had fun taking in the rows and drawers of beads with the kids and my parents. Some great discoveries were made, especially in the wire department.

Our Blue Santa Bead store finds!

Shortly after exploring the Blue Santa shop, we went on vacation to Texas. Before arriving I did some research to find a bead shop in Austin, TX and discovered Sea Of Beads. This shop was nice and the kids had fun crawling under the table to make creations with pipe cleaners and beads. I also was able to do some tinkering with my sister-in-laws earrings I had made her for Christmas, so she could wear them. But alas we didn't find to many things to bring home with us. I was specifically looking for something Texan but nothing struck my fancy.

Do you look for bead shops when you travel? Tell me about your bead shop experiences.

Our Sea of Beads Finds!

Here I am tinkering with my Sister-in-laws earrings.

The earrings I had made my Sister-in-law.

My kids working on projects under a table at Sea of Beads!