Preparing For The BEADING Challenge - Shopping At The Specialty Bead Shop! (Photo Essay)

Well, after we took inventory of what we had in the category of beads, we went to buy more. :)

Since Walmart no longer carries many beads and nothing that we needed, we went to the specialty bead shop. It's nicer and they are locally owned in that town. So you support the little guy not the big corporations.

This store is really nice, but really big and therefore a costly trip! I try not to go here much because Gideon and I always wind up getting a lot, LOL.

Just a small selection of their beads.

Gideon shopping at one of the many seed bead tables.

The pretty crystals. Check out the price on them! No surprise why these stay at the store, huh? LOL

So, what did we buy, anyway?

Gideon and Clint got one each of these kitties. ($1.50 each)

I got these three seed beads. (glass)

Gideon really loved these glass seed beads. ($2.50)

Some clasps. ($3.00 for both combined)

Some charms Gideon loved. ($.50 each)

Some wire. the one on the left is Gideon's and was $1.78 and the other is mine and was $0.78.

Glass bulk beads Gideon picked out. $1.50 for these - which filled one container.

Glass bulk beads Gideon picked out. $1.50 for these - which filled one container.

All of Gideon's stuff together.

All of my stuff together.

I'm HOPING this is all enough to get us going. I have no idea, LOL. And another trip out to the store would prove very costly indeed!