For All Your Beading Needs!

We are celebrating our 4th year Anniversary at Bead Shak! We are randomly issuing vouchers daily throughout the month of March so hurry on over as its almost over! Watch your mail you might be chosen! Thanks for your continued support! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We have everything on one site for all your beading needs! From the Bead Patterns, the Hanging Rods, the Vinyl End Caps to the Beads! With one click of the button your shopping is done when you shop with us! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We also have a Free Monthly Pattern Drawing! Each month one person's name will be drawn from all the entries to receive a free pattern of our choice from the Bead Shak site! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your Beading Needs come and visit with us at Bead Shak! .·:*¨♥ ♥¨*:·. .·:*¨♥ Happy Beading Everyone ♥¨*:·. .·:*¨♥ Jenny and Jan ♥¨*:·.

Organizing Your Ribbon!

With Spring comes along spring cleaning and organizing, which it seems everyone is doing and with the weather outside just not quite warm enough yet to be outside this is the perfect time to get organized. The other day when I was putting away my beads and embellishments I came upon a box full of ribbon, very unorganized and some even right off the roll. I wanted to share with you how I got my ribbon organized. Supply List : Metal Coat Hangers Pliers Tape Take your pliers as shown and carefully untwist the metal coat hanger. When its untwisted it will look like the coat hanger on the right. Take the ribbon you want to organize and put them on the hanger as shown in the picture on the left, filling the bottom of the hanger only. When you have the bottom of the hanger filled, you now have to put the hanger back together again. You can either carefully twist the hanger together by hand or you can use your pliers as shown. You now have your ribbon organized and in one place! You can hang your ribbon in a closet or on the back of a door or anywhere you choose to. Tips : To keep the ribbon from unrolling take a piece of scotch tape or masking tape and put over the end of the ribbon on the roll. On each coat hanger I filled with ribbon, I tried to keep the rolls about the same size. I also sorted out all the colors I had and kept the ribbon of the same color on one hanger together so I know what I have. One more hint is to take a piece of clear plastic and put it over your hanger, this will keep the ribbon dust free while hanging in your closet or on the back of a door. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any organizing hints and tips we would love to hear about them so that we can include them here for everyone to enjoy! Send them to us at : Customerservice Please replace the AT with @ when emailing us! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- .·:*¨♥ Happy Beading Everyone ♥¨*:·. .·:*¨♥ Jenny and Jan ♥¨*:·. Technorati tags: bead patterns, beaded banners, beaded banner patterns, crafts, hobbies, hints and tips, online shopping, organizing, advertising, internet IceRocket tags: bead patterns, beaded banners, beaded banner patterns, crafts, hobbies, hints and tips, online shopping, organizing, advertising, internet

17 Days Until Easter!

Easter is right around the corner and coming up fast! Are you ready to welcome your Easter guests this year? We can help make your Easter decorating a breeze with our Easter beaded banner projects! Below are samples of just some of the Easter Beaded Banners at Bead Shak! Check out all our Easter Beaded Banners! While we are visiting with us don't forget to check out our Easter Coasters and Door Hangers to! -::-Happy Beading Everyone-::- -::-Jenny & Jan-::- Technorati tags: Easter, holidays, beaded banner patterns, peyote, beaded coasters, beaded door hangers, beading projects, bead patterns, online shopping, advertising, internet, creativity, hobbies, crafts, gifts, easter patterns IceRocket tags: Easter, holidays, beaded banner patterns, peyote, beaded coasters, beaded door hangers, beading projects, bead patterns, online shopping, advertising, internet, creativity, hobbies, crafts, gifts, easter patterns

March Is National Craft Month - Celebrate With Us!

March is National Craft Month - what a great time it is to discover a new craft or perhaps finish that work in progress, or start a new project in the craft that you already do. If you don't do any crafts but would like to find something to do there are so many possibilities, like scrap booking, crocheting, sewing, cross-stitch, knitting, painting and beading and these are just a very small list of what crafts are available to you. To celebrate National Craft Month look to your local craft store or community centre for any events that might be available to attend or surf the internet for activities and free on-line instructions and offers. This is also a fantastic time to introduce your kids to crafting! Crafting of any kind is a great creative outlet for kids, is fun, with projects available so that the whole family can participate and is something they will carry with them throughout their lives. We have some great beading projects on the Bead Shak site! Check out our free pattern section for some quick and easy projects to get you started plus our free instructions to introduce you to how to do beaded banners. Beading is fun for everyone! Whether you are a beginner or experienced we have ton of patterns for every Holiday and Season! We hope you visit with us during National Craft Month to discover how fun and easy it is to start beading with us! We are always just an email away for any help or information that you might need with any beading project you are trying to do. Have a great day! -::-Happy Beading Everyone-::- -::- Jenny & Jan-::- IceRocket tags: National Craft Month, beading, peyote, beaded banners, beaded banner kits, knitting, sewing, scrap booking, crocheting, creativity, holiday, hobbies, crafts, on line shopping, advertising, gifs, painting, cross stitch, beaded banner patterns Technorati tags: National Craft Month, beading, peyote, beaded banners, beaded banner kits, knitting, sewing, scrap booking, crocheting, creativity, holiday, hobbies, crafts, on line shopping, advertising, gifs, painting, cross stitch, beaded banner patterns

Happy St. Patrick's Day From Bead Shak!

~Happy St. Patrick's Day to Everyone!~ To help you celebrate St. Patrick's Day - below are 2 great recipes! Leprechaun Shake 2 scoops vanilla ice cream 1 cup milk 3 or 4 drops green food coloring Chocolate syrup Put ice cream, milk and food coloring into blender. Blend until smooth and green. Pour into glass. Drizzle with chocolate syrup and give one quick stir. Bailey's Irish Cream 1 cup whiskey 1 can Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk 3 eggs 1 tablespoon Hershey's chocolate 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Blend and refrigerate. Serve in coffee or over ice! Enjoy your day whatever you are doing! Stop by and visit with us we are still celebrating at Bead Shak our 4th Anniversary throughout the month of March! Come by and see what its all about! -::- Jenny & Jan -::- Technorati tags: St. Patricks's Day, recipes, on line shopping, advertising, internet, holiday, hobbies, creativity, crafts, bead patterns, beaded banners, gifts, banner patterns, special occasions IceRocket tags: St. Patricks's Day, recipes, on line shopping, advertising, internet, holiday, hobbies, creativity, crafts, bead patterns, beaded banners, gifts, banner patterns, special occasions

Bead Shak's 4th Anniversary - Celebrate With Us!

We are celebrating at Bead Shak our 4th Anniversary! To show our appreciation for your support over these last 4 years, we will be randomly issuing gift vouchers everyday through the month! So watch your email you might be chosen! Thanks for your continued support! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Come and visit with us! While you are checking us out why not take a look at our Bead Shak Pattern Club! Its the best Bead Pattern Club on the net. Our members get a minimum monthly 10 bead patterns, never less and usually more! We have a variety of patterns each month for our members! For the cost of the membership it works out to about .40 cents per pattern or less depending on how many patterns we put into the members each month! ~This is what is in the Bead Shak Pattern Club right now for the Month of March~ See what you have been missing: Samples of Previous Months Members Patterns Register for the Bead Shak Pattern Club Here We would love to have you join us! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- We continually add New Patterns at Bead Shak! We just added : St. Patrick's Day Beaded Banner Pattern Gotta Scrap Beaded Banner Pattern April Sampler Beaded Banner Pattern Hippity Hoppity Beaded Banner Pattern Also added new: Windy Day Tissue Box Cover Windy Day Door Hanger Windy Day Coaster To see all our newest additions click - Newest Patterns -------------------------------------------------------------------------- We also have on the Bead Shak site some free patterns for you to try, free instructions to help you get started and some great hints and tips! All these are accessible from the main page of the Bead Shak site! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its been a great 4 years, we have had an awesome time! We hope that you have enjoyed the Bead Shak site as much as we have had doing it! On a personal note, Jenny is the Designer and Owner of the Bead Shak, she is a fantastic person, who has the ideas and enthusiasm to make all these things come to life in her designs! Jenny is a multi talented person who has had an impact on my life and others that know her and continually inspires me and everyone around her! I have known Jenny for about 10 years now and I am very proud to call her my best friend! ~Jan~ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Happy Beading Everyone~ Jenny and Jan Posted By : The Bead Shak IceRocket tags: special occasions, St. Patricks's Day, banner patterns, Pattern Club, peyote, beaded banner, on line shopping, advertising, internet, holiday, gift, free beading instructions, free bead patterns, creativity, crafts, hobbies, bead patterns, beading tips, beading hints, beading Technorati tags: special occasions, St. Patricks's Day, banner patterns, Pattern Club, peyote, beaded banner, on line shopping, advertising, internet, holiday, gift, free beading instructions, free bead patterns, creativity, crafts, hobbies, bead patterns, beading tips, beading hints, beading

Daylight Saving Time - Clocks Ahead!

Daylight Saving Time starts 3 weeks early this year so don't forget to set your clocks ahead tonight before you go to bed ! Besides loosing that one hours sleep which we all hate to miss, being 3 weeks earlier this year can affect our computers if the proper updates haven't been installed yet. If you have the new Vista on your computer then you don't need to do anything it will take care of itself. But if you run Windows XP and older then you will have to download a patch from the Windows Update page. But if your settings for installing updates from Windows is set to automatic then it should have been taken care of! Daylight Saving Time Will end this year November 4, 2007! ~Happy Beading Everyone~ -::- Jenny & Jan -::- Copyright© 2003-2007 The Bead Shak All Rights Reserved Posted By : The Bead Shak IceRocket tags: Daylight Saving Time, computers, internet, hobbies, crafts, advertising, on line shopping, home decor, beading patterns, beaded banner patterns, peyote Technorati tags: Daylight Saving Time, computers, internet, hobbies, crafts, advertising, on line shopping, home decor, beading patterns, beaded banner patterns, peyote

Using Hemp In Your Beading Projects - Bead Shak

In previous posts, we discussed other types of cording - today we would like share with you another type of cording that you can use for your beading projects! The use of natural fiber cording or Hemp (twine, cord and yarn) as its popularly known seems to be making a come back and is being used in anything from beadie critters to bracelets, necklaces, and macramé projects. Hemp is a very durable cording, is available in a variety of weights, colors, and package sizes. It is extremely uniform, fray resistant, knots easily and it maintains it shape fairly well. Hemp also comes in natural, polished, and waxed. This type of cording can be purchased in small quantities for that one time only project you may decide to do, all the way up to 200 foot spools which in the long run is more economical if you are going to do more projects over time. If you do decide to purchase the larger quantity of this type of cording it might be best to plan out what kinds of projects you might want to do as all weights and thickness of hemp won't do for all projects. Here is a guideline for buying this kind of cording: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thin and Medium Twine, which is the natural, rougher feeling cording, is perfect for jewelry making, beading, beadies, candle wicking, and macramé. This twine is not waxed or polished but is in its natural state and may not be preferred by everyone especially for jewelry making. Hemp Cord is polished and has a nice sheen to it and is used mostly for bracelets, necklaces, belts and some kinds of beading. Again, it's a preference on how and where you use this polished cording. If your doing a necklace or bracelet and don't want the rough texture of the twine then this is your best choice. This will give your project a more finished look as well. Hemp yarn is mostly used for wearable hemp garments, woven, knit or crocheted is soft so it doesn't cause any itchiness like it would if you used the twine for this purpose. Also used for macramé jewelry. It washes up well, maintains it shape, and lasts forever. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The bottom line for using this type of cording is personal preference, style of pattern, type of pattern, lots of imagination, and the most important thing of all is have fun doing it! This is just a basic guideline to this type of cording as hemp is one of those cordings that can be used in a wide range of beading and craft projects, its natural state, or waxed and polished is definitely a personal preference. Try different types of hemp in your projects to see what kinds of effects you get and which one you like working with the best. Just a reminder that St Patrick's Day is only 8 days away! There is still time to make one of our beaded banner projects! We have projects for all ages and experience levels! Click on the Lucky Leprechaun to see all our St Patricks Day beaded banner projects! While you are visiting with us, why not check out the Bead Shak Pattern Club! Its the best Pattern Club on the internet! We give our Members monthly a minimum of 10 bead patterns, never less and usually much more! Register Here for the Bead Shak Pattern Club! or Click Here To See Samples of Previous Months and What You Have Been Missing! We hope to see you there! Have a great weekend everyone! ~Happy Beading~ Jenny and Jan Copyright © 2003-2007 The Bead Shak All Rights Reserved Posted By : The Bead Shak IceRocket tags: St. Patricks's Day, beaded banner patterns, advertising, on line shopping, gifts, holiday, home decor, Irish, bead patterns, peyote, creativity, crafts, hobbies, internet, beading tips, blogging, wall hangings Technorati tags: St. Patricks's Day, beaded banner patterns, advertising, on line shopping, gifts, holiday, home decor, Irish, bead patterns, peyote, creativity, crafts, hobbies, internet, beading tips, blogging, wall hangings