Beadfest Philadelphia

Anyone who knows us knows how much we love Beadfest!!!! It's coming up again in August in King of Prussia, PA (right outside of Philly). It's an awesome event with tons of classes, vendors and crazy jewelry and bead makers all over the place (which includes us - ha ha). Chad will be teaching 2 glass classes and 2 chainmaille classes up there. (I will, of course, be the very important teacher's assistant.) Go to www.beadfest.com to check out the event. Let us know if you are going to be heading up there.

Marble Flame-Off

Okay, I have to brag on Chad a little bit. The Carlisle School of Glass Art (NJ) held a marble flame-off competition this past weekend. This was Chad's first competition and he competed against marble makers across the country. He won first place in the vortex marble category!!!! He won a great prize, but I think he's just more excited to have won. :) You can see pictures from the competition on his web site www.cosmoglassworks.com.

His marbles have been selling like crazy and he is currently making more for sale on his site (which will be in the store, of course). Come check them out!!!

New things going on at Soleil Et Lune!

We've been busy...but I feel like we always say that. ha ha

We've been remodeling our store over the last couple of weeks. Our bead business has been growing so we had to remodel to make more room for beads. We're planning a remodeling party for the end of the month, so stay tuned...

Speaking of beads, we have lots of new beads in stock. We have many styles of wooden beads that are great for summer and have just added some really cool imitation cinnabar beads. Our Swarovski crystal selection is growing and we just added the new Deep Coral color to our stock. In addition to our ever expanding selection of seed beads, we have a lot of seed bead supplies including over 15 colors of Nymo D and several colors of S-Lon. We've also started carrying beading tools and supplies (including Soft Flex wire, Sunshine Polishing cloths, Beadstoppers and more!).

As always we have a wide selection of glass rods and tools. We are in the process of switching over to new torches, so we have a couple of used ones in the shop at a great, discounted price.

We just updated our class list for the next couple of months including PMC, chainmaille, wire rings, lots of glass classes and that wire bangle everyone asks about. Be sure to check out our class listings and make sure you sign up early. Don't see a class that you'd like to take? Make sure you ask us about it. If we don't know how to teach it, we'll find someone great who does.

Our store is growing and we're making every effort to get what you want in stock. If you don't see beads, glass, tools or classes that you want, let us know and we'll do our best to offer it.

Thank you to all of our customers. We couldn't do it without your support and constant encouragement.

Hope to see you soon!!!!