New Class this Saturday (10/15)

Wire Knot Bracelet by Kathy Smiley

This Saturday, October 15, our wonderfully creative friend Kathy Smiley will be teaching this Wire Knot Bracelet class.  The class price is $25 and includes all of your supplies, even the Lentil Bead made by Kathy herself!  There will be a variety of lentils to choose from.

It is time to start thinking about making those extra special gifts for Christmas or birthdays... We also have a wonderful slate of paper-crafting classes on the calendar.  Check out our web site www.TheMercantileStore.com for the most up to date calendar. 

Ring Sample Photos!

Kathy Smiley is offering her Nested Bead ring class later this month.  Here are a couple of photos of her beautiful class samples!

The class includes the making of 1 ring, the cost is $25 and all materials (including the bead) are included.
(As of today (8/23/2010 - there are 2 spaces left...)

This one fits me!

All of the beads are made by Kathy herself!

New Moretti Glass Rods Just In

We have just received a shipment of new colors of Moretti glass rods for Lampworking.
The new colors are: Sea Green, Ink Blue Pastel, Dark Periwinkle and Purple Blue.
In addition to those, we got in a sampling of two dichroic strips: Yellow/Blue and Magenta/Green
Our Ink Blue, Orange, Pea Green and Intense Black (rods) are back in stock.
Pictured here are some beads made with Moretti glass rods by one of our favorite local lampworkers from Dogmaw Glass (Thanks Jo!)