http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog Making jewelry - bracelets, necklaces & earrings - with Great Beads, Findings & Components Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:13:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ohio Beads and Gems is now OhioBeads.com and exclusively online. You can shop for bulk jewelry chain, jewelry findings, jewelry-making tools and other products 24x7 from the comfort of your home or office. Save your gas for critical transportation. We'll ship orders over $50 for free. (United States ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2008/05/23/now-exclusively-online-only-at-ohiobeadscom/ You're best chance to save on beads and jewelry supplies is now -- Tues 04/08 through Sat 04/12/08. Save 50% on seed beads. Save 50% on stone and pearl strands and loose stone pendants. Save 30% select sterling silver. Save 30% on Czech glass. Save 50% on select lampwork beads. Save 20% on select jewelry chains. Save ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2008/04/08/5-days-for-savings-your-best-chance-is-now/ Today is another repeat of yesterday -- Ohio Beads and Gems is closed for snow. (I know that the situation here would really make you laugh if you're from Chicago, Buffalo, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Rochester...but we are where we are.) You can still order 24x7 at OhioBeads.com. Regards Paul Ohio Beads and Gems Mason, ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2008/03/08/weather-closing-ohio-beads-and-gems/ Today is Friday, March 7th. Outside, snow is falling. Gently falling, right now. The Cincinnati metro area is expecting about 10 inches of snow between Friday and Saturday. Over in the Cincinnati-Dayton corridor, there were apparently about 300 wrecks by noon. We're staying at home today, Please check in tomorrow to see ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2008/03/07/shop-24x7/ Read these posts at ohiobeads.com/blog to see what's going on with bar-and-link chain (continued): http://ohiobeads.com/blog/2008/02/20/bar-and-link-chain-2/ That's it for now. Regards, Paul Ohio Beads and Gems http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2008/02/21/bar-and-link-chain-2/ Read these posts at ohiobeads.com/blog to see what's going on with bar-and-link chain: http://ohiobeads.com/blog/2008/02/18/bar-and-link-chains/ http://ohiobeads.com/blog/2008/02/19/bar-and-link-chain/ That's it for now. Regards, Paul Ohio Beads and Gems http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2008/02/19/bar-and-link-chain/ Well, we've been back a week now. Ready to get back to jewelry-making after the Holidays. Wondering if this WordPress software will work after the upgrade. (The other blog didn't!) Regards, Paul Ohio Beads & Gems 105 E. Main St., Ste. 102 Mason, OH 45040 513-770-5564 Hours: Tuesday - Friday 11 - 6, Saturday 11 - 5, ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2008/01/12/ohio-beads-and-gems-back-to-jewelry-making-after-the-holidays/ Happy New Year! We're back from Holiday and ready to start a new beading year. How about you? With the new year comes some new store hours: Tues - Fri 11 - 6 Sat 11 - 5 Sun, Mon Closed If you are looking to learn a new beading skill, maybe you could forward us ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2008/01/05/ohio-beads-and-gems-happy-new-year-new-store-hours/ Sorry you missed us! We'd really like to help you find quality beading supplies. However, we're on Holiday until January 4th, 2008. Stay safe this Holiday season. We hope to see you in another ten days. Best Wishes, Cynthia & Paul Ohio Beads & Gems 105 E. Main St., Ste. 102 Mason, OH 45040 sales@ohiobeadsandgems.com http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/12/21/ohio-beads-gems-on-holiday-until-january-4th/ December 14th Swarovski Y-Necklace: Cubist Pendant on Gunmetal Chain You have a chance to save on Swarovski Crystal. In spite of the dollar's decline against the Euro and Swarovski's standard annual price increase, we're marking down ALL Swarovski Crystal by 20% between now and end-of-day Friday, December 21st. This includes ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/12/14/your-chance-to-save-on-swarovski-crystal-at-ohio-beads-gems/ We have front tables loaded up with a variety of items at $0.99 per item. They include: Bags of Indian Glass Bags of Chinese Lampwork Bags of stone beads Chinese silk bags with zippers Other low-priced beading supplies include: pewter charms being discontinued at $0.75/ea limited silver-plated charms at 0.97 or less discontinued nymo and c-lon bead ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/11/24/front-table-specials-at-ohio-beads-and-gems/ Happy Thanksgiving! The Thanksgiving Holiday is Thursday, but we'll be closing early on Wednesday at 2 PM. We'll open again on Black Friday: 10 AM to 6 PM and on Saturday: 10 AM to 5 PM. Stay tuned for further announcements. By the way of thought-provoking questions: Many people are asking, "What are you thankful ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/11/21/happy-thanksgiving-store-hours-on-wednesday-nov-21st/ http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/11/03/jewelry-sample-with-swarovski-twist-pendant/ Those of you who have been in the shop recently may have heard us talk about how Antique Copper metals are selling briskly. What we didn't realize is that we would have to create many of the products ourselves. We've received our first shipment of Antique Copper Ox Charms and Filigrees ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/10/17/new-antique-copper-ox-filigrees-and-charms-at-ohio-beads-and-gems/ Dichroic Glass Medallion for Beading Set in Fine Silver Clay Class at Ohio Beads and Gems Add rich Fine Silver to your beaded one-of-a-kind jewelry designs. Create a medallion with a dichroic cabochon to bead into a unique heirloom bracelet or pendant. Trish will guide you through the process of using Fine Silver Clay and ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/10/13/fine-silver-clay-class/ Who?: Those who want to learn general design principles for an attractive necklace/bracelet pattern that can use lots of color, shape, texture, including those orphan beads from your bead bin. Use beading cord and beading wire together. What?: Bead Soup Class at Ohio Beads and Gems When?: Thursday Night, October 4th, ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/10/04/last-chance-for-bead-soup-class-thur-oct-4th-6-pm-at-ohio-beads-and-gems/ Last Call for Kumihimo Japanese Bead Weaving Class at Ohio Beads and Gems in 2007. The class will be held Sat. Sept 29th. You can read more about this class and other beading classes in the class schedule at http://www.ohiobeadsandgems.com/currentschedule.pdf Cynthia Ohio Beads and Gems: Your Cincinnati-metro source for Jewelry Chain, Beads, Beading Supplies, ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/09/22/kumihimo-japanese-bead-weaving-at-ohio-beads-and-gems-sat-sept-29th/ Hey folks! Our class schedule has been updated for most class dates up to early November. You need to see the different techniques, colors and textures available to be learned. The class schedule is here. Paul Ohio Beads and Gems: Your Ohio Source for Beading Supplies, Bulk Jewelry Chain, Tools, Stringing Materials, Classes and Instruction For ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/09/18/ohio-beads-and-gems-updated-class-schedule-available/  We have some new Gunmetal jewelry chains in the store for you to look at: Gunmetal Textured 1/1 Figaro Chain Gunmetal Round Wire Small Bar Link Chain(You can see a product detail of a necklace and earrings made with this bar link chain here   Gunmetal Round ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/09/10/gunmetal-jewelry-chain/ Ohio Beads and Gems, your bead shop in downtown Mason, Ohio will be closed on Monday, September 3rd and Tuesday, September 4th for the Labor Day Holiday. So our bead store hours for these few days are: Friday Aug 31: 10 - 6 Sat Sept 1: 10 - 5 Sun Sept 2: Always Closed Mon ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/08/31/ohio-beads-and-gems/ Hey all! We have updated the Fall Class Schedule (Adobe PDF format). You might notice that we're still working on the description for the Peyote Cuff Bead Weaving and Silver Medallion classes. We'll have pictures and descriptions soon. Paul Ohio Beads and Gems   Shop online at http://www.ohiobeads.com http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/08/30/updated-class-schedule/ Have you looked at Ohio Beads and Gems' Gallery Page yet? You can see some of the latest jewelry samples there. The pictures are in a "lightbox". If you click on a picture, you can see a bigger picture in the gallery along with "previous", "next" and "close" buttons. The ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/08/22/ohio-beads-gallery-page/ On August 9th Tracy was here to teach another round of wire crochet. Everyone had great fun! All the creations turned out unique and so attractive, we thought we would share these pictures with you. Gina's Wire Crochet Necklace Harriet's Wire Crochet Necklace Missy's Wire Crochet Necklace Pat's Wire Crochet Necklace Tracy's Wire Crochet ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/08/21/wire-crochet-3/ Learn to turn cabochons into great jewelry centerpieces. Wire-Wrapped Cabochons Date: Thur Aug 23rd, 2007, 6 PM Cost: $30 + You can read about the details of this and other classes at Current Schedule Cynthia www.ohiobeadsandgems.com: your Ohio bead source Shop for beading supplies nationwide at www.OhioBeads.com http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/08/15/wire-wrapped-cabochons/ Bead Weaving Spiral Weave Bracelets can be easy and fast-paced when you learn from an expert. Spiral Weave Date: Sat Aug 18th, 10:30 AM Cost: $28 + materials Hope to see you there! You can read about the details of this and other classes at Current Schedule Cynthia www.ohiobeadsandgems.com: your Ohio beading source Shop for Beading Supplies online ... http://ohiobeadsandgems.com/blog/2007/08/14/spiral-weave-instructions/