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Home Studio Classes Design Ideas Special Events Press Release About Us For Immediate Release NAMPA, IDAHO --August 14, 2007 The Bead Shoppe Offers Kazuri Bead Trunk Show  Come to the Grand Re-Opening Celebration for The Bead Shoppe's new location at 19 - 12th Avenue South on Tuesday, August 21st, from 11am - 9pm and enjoy the first ever Kazuri Bead trunk show event in Idaho. For one day only, The Bead Shoppe offers 2,500 handmade beads created by hand from the clay of Mt. Kenya, dried in the African sun and, artfully glazed and fired by Kenyan Women. Kazuri means "small & beautiful" in Swahili. The purchase of an average of 5 beads feeds a family in Africa for a day. Kazuri pays it's employees 4x the national average allowing these women to support up to 15 extended family members. Kazuri also runs a day care, provides funds for a medical clinic including medical and hygenic training for outlying bush villages & provides a savings incentive plan for it's employees' children's education, helping build the future of Africa. Come and see every color & pattern you can imagine, with the feel of being handmade and the story of women helping women! ABOUT - The Bead Shoppe is located at 19 - 12th Avenue South in Historic Downtown Nampa. Regular business hours are 11am - 6pm Monday - Friday and 10am-6pm Saturdays. For more information contact The Bead Shoppe at (208)461-3639 or visit www.thebeadshoppe.com. -END- For Immediate Release NAMPA, IDAHO --JULY 25, 2007 New Location for The Bead Shoppe Features Make & Take Jewelry Studio and More Ask a beadaholic where to find a hank of beads in Canyon County and they will tell you about The Bead Shoppe, a family business founded in December 2003 by Tristine Miller. From a small office on 12th Avenue South in Historic Downtown Nampa, enthusiasts and casual beaders have witnessed the bead collections grow over the years. So much so that the family has decided that now is a good time to relocate. From August 1st through August 6th, the shop will be closed while the collection of beads and jewelry making supplies travel a short distance across the street to 19 - 12th Avenue South. The new location is part of what is referred to as "the old Kalbus building" by long-time locals. The Bead Shoppe will continue to offer classes by appointment, restringing services, beading supplies, beaded consignments, Bead Club meetings, and designer discounts at their new location. The shop will also feature a new Make & Take Studio for walk-in jewelry design where clients can create a necklace, earrings, or bracelet in an hour or two. Miller says “There will be no need for an appointment to learn the basics of bead stringing with our new studio. Plus we are working with 1st Street Espresso next door so clients can order a beverage to enjoy when they design custom jewelry in our shop.” Project design sheets will be available for those brand-new to beading or clients can be their own jewelry designer and create on the go. Beads and findings are sold by the piece or in strands for quantity. Tools are provided for in-studio designs. The public is invited to check out the new location when they reopen for regular business hours on August 7th. The Grand Re-Opening Celebration is scheduled on Tuesday, August 21st, from 11am-9pm where special extended hours will be offered for one day only, along with sales, door-prizes, and more. ABOUT - The Bead Shoppe is open Monday thru Friday from 11am to 6pm and Saturdays from 10am-6pm. For more information visit www.thebeadshoppe.com or contact Tristine Miller at tristine@thebeadshoppe.com or call 208-461-3639. -END- Copyright 2003-2008 The Bead Shoppe All Rights Reserved. |