Supplier Sales Saturday

Welcome back to the weekly post on supplier sales! If you know of a supplier that has great sales or coupons that I'm not mentioning, please comment below and I'll be sure to check them out.

A great sale on "handcrafted ceramic 'critters,' beads and bottle pendants!" at Rings & Things that unfortunately, for the purposes of my Saturday Supplier Sales posting, ends tomorrow - check their 5-day sale link twice monthly on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays to get to the sale early! Also, being subscribed to the newsletter guarantees the info will be in your in-box without you having to remember to go to the site!

Via Soft Flex Girl: 20% off sale on Soft Flex Wire at Fusion Beads

Artbeads Neck Knack sale "save 20% on a wide selection of necklaces and bracelets...Take advantage of this sale by entering coupon code SCW20P-NKS at checkout...sale ends at 9am (PDT) on Thursday, October 1, 2009." and Weekly Specials items through Thursday (9am) 10/1/09 (PDT). Plus there's a coupon: "Save 5% on orders of $30 or more when you use coupon code SCW5P-30 at checkout. Coupon expires at 9am (PDT) on Thursday, October 1, 2009.Only one coupon may be used per order."

At Lima Beads there's usually one Fresh Pick they've chosen to put all the beads in it on sale - usually for one day only. Today's is Cowgirl Up with some lovely beads at 20% off.

Visit Alpha Stamps "On Sale" page frequently to see what their deals are. Today I note they have Tim Holtz acrylic charms on sale - imagine the possibilities: "Clear tags in 4 shapes (circles, ovals, squares and rectangles) with nicely rounded edges. And you get 4 sizes of each of the 4 shapes. The largest of the pieces is 1-3/4" tall. Glue over paper and/or tint with inks."

Not a sale, but available for purchase is Margie Deeb's Fall/Winter 2009 Color Report for Bead and Jewelry Designers. She identifies beads/crystals by color name/number that match the palette and gives great color combo suggestions. The report is in PDF and costs $9.95. Well worth the price.

Sorry this is a short (and late!) post today - was out at a meet up of various online acquaintances last night rather far from home and got back too late to write this up, as I usually do, to schedule for my 6 am posting.

I will have Weekly Wanderings up on time tomorrow - so I hope you return to see what's been going on out in the Beadosphere this week!

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Arrg - There Be Swashbuckling Supplier Sales Here Matey!

Ahoy! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day, maties! I know me hearties wouldst be availin' the'selves smartly to this booty, 'er they be deemed scurvy scallywags. Be not a landlubber and avast ye over to these wi' a wannion and save some o' yer dubloons. (you can look up the translation for that at "Pirate Speak")

And "L'shanah tovah!" to any Jewish readers celebrating Rosh Hashanah today.

Artbeads 20% off awareness items - coupon code SCW20P-AIS at checkout. Sale ends at 9am (PDT) on Thursday, September 24, 2009.

The Beadin' Path: Use coupon code STNFALL1 for $5 off any $50+ order, use coupon code STNFALL2 for $20 off any $150+ order, use coupon code STNFALL3 for $50 off any order of $250 or more.

Consumer Crafts "Hot Buys" 50% off or more.

Dreamtime Creations Close-out Sale - Swarovski butterfly beads at $2.99 per dozen, vintage Swarovski ribbed wheels at 19 cents each.

Follow Blue Buddha Boutique on Twitter and find their Twitter coupon for 10% off new niobium sizes! Valid through 9/25

Halstead Bead clearance items - they had a great coupon code this week for newsletter subscribers

Rings & Things limited edition specials (like these skull and crossbones gemstone pendants - be ready for next year's Talk Like a Pirate Day)

Soft Flex September Sale - 30 styles of crimps on sale 25% off + lots more great deals!

Happy Shopping! Don't forget tomorrow's Weekly Wandering Around the Beadosphere - there's been some great blogging to share this week.

Supplier Sales Saturday

Sales & Specials

Artbeads "Buy More, Save More" coupon good through the 17th or choose their "Go wild with the Crazy for CRYSTALLIZED™" Sale to save 15% on a wide selection of crystal beads and components from CRYSTALLIZED™ - Swarovski Elements by entering SCW15P-CFC at checkout. Many of these items are in limited quantities. Sale ends at 9am (PDT) on Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Please note that only one coupon can be used per order. Sign up for their newsletter to get in on newsletter exclusive savings.

Rings & Things 5-day sale through tomorrow: 20% Off Steel Cable Chokers available in 4 sizes (15", 16", 18" & 20") to suit your needs. Color-coated 18" steel chokers with screw clasps. Sign up for their newsletter to get earlier notice or just be sure to visit the site on Wednesdays when the 5-day sales usually begin.

The Beadin' Path has fresh vintage Lucite available including great colors for Fall, and you can use this coupon code, FALLUC to save $5 when you spend $50 or more.

Other Supplier Info:

I recently got an invitation to become a friend on Facebook to Halstead Beads. I'm going to check them out more thoroughly soon, but thought I'd mention that you can sign up for their newsletter and weekly coupons, too. They are a wholesale site with a minimum $100 order required.

Maybe you ignore the stuff in the sidebar, but I hope you glance over now and then - if so, you may have noticed that I've recently added Blue Buddha Boutique to my list of suppliers. I'll be posting an interview with Rebeca Mojic, owner of Blue Buddha Boutique, in the very near future. My personal jewelry making plans include a lot more maille and their site has been very helpful - including some free tutorials and lots of other very helpful information.

See you tomorrow for another pleasant tour of the Beadosphere!

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Today I Tackle the Workroom - Again

Are you one of those crafters who tidies up as you go along or do you, like me, let things accumulate around you until you can't find anything before you finally do it?

Between having my daughter here, the day job and being very achy all week, I didn't fully unpack or stash away my stuff from last weekend. It's going to be a big job to get all set up again, so not only is there no work in progress or otherwise to show, but I'm going to keep this one short so I can get to it.

I have been thinking about some new techniques to use and have purchased this from Rings & Things for one of them:

I'm betting you've known what this is and what it's called longer than I have. If you have any tips to share about it's use, please comment!

I also got some G-S Hypo cement on recommendation from Sally Norton who designs the most beautiful jewelry and accessories from vintage findings and old watch parts. I hope to greatly improve my steampunk style pieces both in appearance and ease of construction with it.

Last week was a week of really good sales online. I get email notices from my suppliers (see sidebar for links) many times those have great coupon offers. Joining your supplier's Facebook fan page, reading their blog, and following them on Twitter is another way to get in on good deals.

Some suppliers have discount clubs or other great ways to save:

• The Beadin' Path has a monthly bead club, and gives you a bonus discount for joining their e-mailing list, which means you get a nifty newsletter, which often comes with great coupon deals
• Lima Beads does a lunch special on Tuesdays, does a "fresh pick" special every day where one of their customer's "fresh pick" items are discounted that day and a "Big Green Bead Machine" feature where prices are updated (downward) every 5 minutes - but you have to catch the best sale price before it expires. Then they'll hold the purchase in your cart for up to 3 days at that price. I just watched how it works and saw the prices drop one or two percent each on the list of 9 items, including a Vintaj brass filigree at 19% off - ( five minutes later: now it's 24% and a couple have sold out, five more minutes and the Vintaj is sold out!).
  
• Rings & Things has their 5-day sales and there's one going on now, ends tomorrow. Also don't forget to check their limited edition web-only specials.
  
• Artbeads puts up their limited time coupons on the home page - right now there's a 15% off coupon for their Vault selection good through June 4th.They've also got a page for their promotions that you won't want to miss.
  

Tomorrow's Wandering Around the Beadosphere post is already prepared and set to auto-publish both here and on the site linked above where I archive both my weekly interviews/reviews and the Wanderings posts. I hope you'll come back and see where I've visited this week!