BABE! 2011













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Bay Area Bead Extravaganza! 2011


Please join us at BABE! 2011

Thanks to the support of the exhibitors, artist instructors and all of you bead enthusiasts, this will be the most exciting show to date.

This year there is an exceptional group of vendors, offering exquisite silver beads and findings from Thailand, India, Bali and Peru. There are stone vendors who seek out the truly unusual beads – made from cross slices of Watermelon Tourmaline or Ruby Matrix. Your favorite seed beads, Czech, Swarovski, and Venetian bead vendors will be here. We've also added a "Featured Exhibitor" page to showcase some vendors that should not be missed.

In addition, there will be the largest variety and number of studio bead artists for any two day show on the West Coast – featuring glass, silver, Raku, polymer clay, PMC and Art Silver Clay and stone artists. Each of their beads a unique and miniature masterpiece just waiting for you to include it in your dazzling creation.

Here is a list of vendors so far for BABE! 2011. Please browse through the list of exhibitors before the show – to discover old friends who are returning and new vendors, whose stock you will want to explore.

African Fashions, Gifts & Crafts
Alacarte Clasps & WireLace
Clasps, wirelace, findings, kits & jewelry supplies
Allene's Beads
Self-representing artists beads, leather & silk cording
Amulete Gems
Anantara
Thai hill-tribe jewelry, ethnic jewelry, exotic & silver beads
Anil Kumar
Beads: gold, silver, semiprecious, precious, tribal, etc.
Anne E. Mitchell
Tools, chainmaille kits, jewlery, books
Arrowsprings
Artrade
Hand carved bone & wood beads, pendants
B S I Love You
Dichroic glass, cabachons & pieces
Barbara Steffen
Llampwork beads
Baubles and Beads
Beads, tools, books, stringing supplies
Bead Artistry
Bead kits
Bead Inspirations
Vintaj nickel-free brass beads & findings, beading kits, picture frame pendants, metal stamping supplies, beads and local classes
Bead Palace
The Beaded Turtle
Central Asian textiles, ethnigraphic components
The Beadin' Path
lLucite & plastics beads and baubles, new & vintage, vintage metals in the raw brass & copper, as well as a custom line of plated matte sterling & matte 24k gold components.
The Beading Place
Contemporary, lucite, acrylic flower beads
Beads and Etc.
Beads
Beads on Main
Czech glass beads
Beads That Work
Necklaces, bracelets, earrings, eyeglass holders, lanyards
Beaducation
Wirework & metal tools & supplies
Benecia Bead  
Bone, lucite, Czech, metal beads and beading supplies
Bob Burkett  
Handmade silver beads
Bondi Beads  
Lampwork glass beads, cabochons and jewelry designs
Bonita Creations
One of a kind gemstone beads
Bullfrog & I-Ching Beads
Flamework and furnace beads, steampunk beads (metal beads made with repurposed gears and other found objects)
Button Lady
Vintage buttons and buckles
Cave Dweller Beads
Lampworked beads
CF Originals
Chaos Glassworks
Lampworked beads, slumped pendants & earrings, finished necklaces, glass flowers& pumpkins
Cindy Pankopf
Bead kits, Cindy's two books, findings for large hole beads
C-Koop Beads
Enameled beads, buttons, pendants, components
Clasp On-Clasp Off
Clasps
Cottage Jewel Antiques
Vintage & antique beads & bits; victorian scrap, original antique jewelry, cameos, sash pins, old buttons, etc.
Craft Fantastic
Create heirloom resin-free jewelry from family photos, collage and paper emhemera
CraftOptics
CraftOptics telescopes for detailed vision and DreamBeam, the high intensity light
East West Best Trading Co
Eclectic freshwater pearls, abalone, stone beads
E'lan
Unique & unusual gemstone beads
Elemental Adornments
Elle of California (South)
Vintage, antique beads
Empyrean Beads
Vintage beads
enVision
Lampwork glass beads, metal clay work, artisan jewelry
Ethnography Bead
Evolving Creations Lampwork
Hollow blown boro beads, pendants, vessels & bling beads
Fireweed Beads.com  
Close-out sale of vintage glass beads, Czech seed beads, new Czech glass beads  
Gail Crosman Moore
Borosilicate beads, felt, findings, jewelry
Garden of Beadin'
Seed beads, glass beads, & beading supplies, books. "Your one stop bead shop."
Gary B Wilson
Cabochons and focal beads, semi-precious stones, fossils & vintage matetials
Gemini Gems
Precious and semi-precious beads
Glass Garden Beads
Bottlecap beads & charms, tumbled glass, kits, and bead mixes
Glass Whimz
Handmade lampwork beads, murrini, paperwights and marbles
Glasscapes-Mingo and Asho
Furnace glass beads, pendants, handblown glass, wood items and finished jewelry
Global Marketplace
Kazuri beads, wire baskets, ceramic buttons
Goddess
Grace Lampwork Beads
Lampwork beads, porcelain beads, Itlaian mesh ribbon
Gravity Hill Art Glass
Handmade art glass beads
Green Girl Studios
Original Green Girl designs
HandFast Design by Kim Fox
American made clasps and components
Hands of the Hills
Hilltribe silver, brass, new & old glass beads
HarlanGlass.com
Flamework & fused glass, beads, jewelry, jewelry made with same
Harold Williams Cooney
Contemporary glass trade beads
Harper Designs
Beads, beads and more beads!
Heart Works Beads
Handmade artisan glass beads
Hip Chick Beads.com
Hopefully Yours  
Handmade glass beads and precious metal clay beads
Indoarts, Inc
Antique and contemporary glass beads
J.M. Imports
Beads, wires
Jaret's Amazing Old Beads 
JC Herrell 
Lampwork glass beads, findings and jewelry
Jess Imports
Clasps, pendants
Jewelry By Kia
Jewlery by Shama
Artisan jewelry, beads, charms
Jiley's Studio
JP Imported
Ceramic beads, glass beads, bamboo beads
JP Pearl & Jewelry Inc  
Freshwater pearls
Jujee Beads
Glass beads and jewelry
Juliet Anderson
Kabela Design
Kabela Design, gilders paste
Kahn-Fagan
Contemporary & vintage European glass beads, crystals, jewelry, buttons & stones. American & European handmade beads & pendants, natural pearls, etc.
Kamol
Ethnic beads & jewelry
Karen Nan Designs
Fused glass hearts & beads, cabs,wire wrapping kits
Kathy Getty-Beads
Kathy Perras
Glass lampwork artisan beads
Kilim Rug Co.
Klews Gallery
"Wearable Art" in modeling clay
Laura Liska  
Color coordinated beads & fiber mixes
Leah Fairbanks
Handmade lampworked glass beads
The Lillian Todaro Collections
Bead sculpture, books and kits
Lillypilly Designs
Engraved shell, bone, horn, wood & semi-precious stone,  WE also have a new line of patina copper & patterned aluminum.
Lisa Kan Designs
Handmade glass beads, findings, tools & books
Little Windows ® brilliant resin & photo jewelry
Safe & brilliant resin, kits and tools for photo jewelry, bead making and lots more
The Lipstick Ranch
Rusted iron pendants and alc findings & chain
Liza Wataghani
Loot!
Colorful, one of a kind, handmade on a torch, recycled blown glass art beads and pendants made in Seattle, WA
Lori and Kim
Lmurrini, frit & handmade lampwork beads
Love Harmony Inc
Exotic freeform designer cabochons (specializing in natural mineral druzi), jewelry grade crystals, custome gemstone beads, gem American turquoise
M Tarara Designs
Lampwork glass beads, jewelry with silver & glass beads
McDuck Creations
Changeable bead findings in sterling silver, solid copper and stainless steel. The Sirus System, an advanced lampwork bead system with findings
The Mandrel/Prima Donna Beads
Lampwork beads & jewelry
Marion Jewels in Fiber
Fiber jewelry supplies, micro macrame, kumihimo, bead crochet plus more & finished fiber jewelry
Mike Silverman World Arts
Antique tribal beads
Monica's Jewelry
Fun, eclectic styled decoupaged jewelry busts
NC Nagle Gemstones and Beads  
Beads, cabochons
 Natural Touch 
Resin beads & bangles, metal buttons & findings
Nightside Studios
Glass beads, some copper items, some finished jewelry
Nina Designs Ltd
Silver charms and findings, gold plate charms and findings, bronze charms and findings, silk ribbons, chain
Omniphore
Vintage Venetian beads & micromosaics
Opal Illusions
Out on a Whim
Pacific Pearls
Pearls, pearl jewelry
Pacific Silverworks
Paula Radke Art Glass
Sculpture glass kits, dichroic glass beads and jewelry
Pema Arts, Inc
Tibetan silver beads
Piece of Mind
C-lon cord, acrylic flowers, macrame books, chain maille kits
Polly Bettencourt
Glass beads, marbles, sculptures, all handmade with a torch
Polychrome Beads
Handmade lampwork beads and jewelry
Racheli Lila
Lampwork and silver beads and jewelry
School of Beadwork
Bead weaving kits
Sharon Peters Silly Beads
Handmade glass beads, jewelry and findings
Shed Beads
Handmade lampwork beads
Shibui & Daughters
Project tin, beads, found steampunk objects
Sierra Catz Lampwork Beads
Lampwork glass beads & jewelry
Sister Stones
Gemstone beads, precious & semi-precious,vintage jewelry parts, steampunk jewelry parts
Soft Flex Company
Sonoran Beads
Handmade boro glass beads, fibers, kits
Star's Clasps
Clasps and chain
StephanieEddy.com
Bead & wire kits, tools & wire
Susan Shahinian Designs
Lampwork glass beads, fine silver jewelry
Sylvie Beads
Ta Pearls
Freshwater pearls
Talisman Associates, Inc
Semi-precious stone, freshwater pearls, peuter, vintage German glass, crystal, lucite flowers
Tenzin & Pasang  
Tibetan jewelry & silver
Terry Henry Glassworks
Glass beads 
Tile Goddess
Lampwork beads, PMC beads, lampwork earring sets, lampwork jewelry sets, porcelain beads
Tom Boylan Glass Beads
Handmade borosilicate glass beads
Toni Lutman
Flameworked beads, handmade jewelry
Trappings of Time
Beads, Chinese jade, coral
Trinkets by T Vintage Beads
Vintage,contemporary and out-of-production Swarovski crystals, vintage lucite, all other vintage treasures from around the world
Tuyet Bead Designs
Semiprecious stones/gems, silver handmade necklaces and pendants
Unicorne Beads, Inc
Handmade borosilicate glass beads
Urban Goddess Designs
Boro lampwork glass pendants & beads
Vanessa Hahn
Borosilicate glass beads & pendants
Via Murano
Snapeez "The Snapping Jump Ring", Twisted Tornado crimps, jewelry findings
Vickie Lee 
Lampwork beads, art glass jewelry
Wandering Spirit Designs
Handmade lampwork beads and metal clay objects
Wayne Robbins & Judie Mountain
XAZ Bead Company
Handmade ceramic raku beads
Yellow House Designs
Polymer clay and mixed media beads & jewelry
Zena Kruzick Tribal Art
Jewelry, beads and components from Tunisia, Egypt, New Guinea, Africa, and Asia



























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