Good News & Bad News! Plus Holiday Closing info

It's Good News & Bad News time ....

The Good News: YaYa Beads now has Long Magatamas and Czech Superduos in stock... YAY! 


Superduos have 2 holes, and come in a huge variety of scrumptious colors - this is one of my favorites, Picasso turquoise:

These beads are gorgeous, and I can't wait to try them. The beading magazines and internet are chock full of patterns using these beads (the Superduos are similar to the Twin Beads, except superduos are known for having more uniformity in size and shape than the Twins. The 2 can be used interchangeably, however - but fr those of you who are a bit anal about your beads, YaYa Beads will only be stocking the Superduos.) 

When I opened the box this morning, customers actually started grabbing these Superduos right out of the box; I have already sold quite a few tubes, but can always reorder! Plus, 17 new colors are being released next month...!

These are long Magatamas, which are also very popular with the beading magazines right now:

These have a slightly off-set hole, so they are sort of a combination of a drop bead and a lentil - very interesting possibilities!

We received 25 beautiful colors of these this morning, and they are all tubed, hung, and ready & waiting for your next project!

The Bad News: To make room for these new beads, something has to go, so we're discontinuing ALL size 8/0 Delicas AND the gorgeous faceted size 6/0 seed beads (if you've never worked with these faceted 6/0s, you are missing a real treat!) -

These discontinued beads are currently in a huge cardboard box in the middle of the wood work table, all 25% off WHILE THEY LAST. Please help me clear off my work table: Come get some of these discontinued beads while they're still available!

One more bit of Good News/Bad News (depends how you look at it):

The store will be closed Thursday, July 4 - through Saturday, July 6, for Independence Day. (and also closed on Sunday, and Monday, as usual) - we'll reopen Tuesday, July 9, regular hours.

Stock up on beads and supplies now - don't suffer through the long Holiday weekend without beads!!






YaYa Beads
109 Shartom Drive
Augusta, GA 30907
(behind the Washington Rd. Applebee's)
706-651-1147

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Faceted ("3-cut") size 6 seed beads are here! And MORE!

And they are gorgeous. Mere words cannot describe them, so I won't even try.

But if you have seen the June/July 2001 Super Beadwork, this project is featured on page 40:

The pattern in the magazine is for a kumihimo bracelet, with the kumihimo rope created with these faceted (3-cut) Czech size 6 seed beads. The ones featured in the magazine are a wonderful, bright, rainbow mix which will go with almost any outfit, but these fascinating beads come in many gorgeous, Picasso-finished colors

These faceted seed beads are described as unusual and difficult to create, involving a 3 step process where the beads are first faceted with 3 cuts, yielding a 3-sided bead, essentially; then sent to a different company to receive their Picasso finish; and then sent to yet another company to be fire-polished. Whew!

No wonder they are so hard to find -- but YaYa Beads found them, and we have 6 beautiful colors to choose from, including the rainbow mix featured in the Super Beadwork article. But we have extremely limited quantities, and only 6 copies of the Super Beadwork issue left.

While the project in the magazine is Kumihimo, these beads would be ideal for so many techniques - bead crochet, right angle weave, peyote, stringing - just about anything you can dream up.


In addition to these brand new faceted seed beads, we have been to the bead show, and have hundreds and hundreds of strands of new gemstones and pearls, and new focal gemstones, new lampwork, new cabochons, and so much more.

So come on down and take a look!

And remember to check us out on Facebook - we update our Facebook page more frequently than this blog (because Facebook is fast and easy!), and also have run several "instant sales" through FB, so don't miss out! Go to our Facebook page, click "Like", and start receiving the latest updates as soon as they happen!

Hope to see you soon!

YaYa Beads
109 Shartom Drive
Augusta, GA 30907
706-651-1147
behind the Washington Rd Applebee's