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MONTHLY COMPETITION: Email a photo of yourself wearing a Bead Inspired item to luckyme@bigpond.net.au. No personal information will be published on our Blog.
There are no restrictions as to when you bought the item. We will post the photo on our blog and you'll go into the draw for a $20 gift voucher. One person drawn randomly per month. Only people supplying photos in that month will be included in the draw that month.
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Friday, 25 May 2012

Bead Displays


Would you like $30 of free products AND

10% of Sales donated to your favourite charity?

Then ask about hosting your own Bead Inspired Bead Display (Adelaide, South Australia metro area).

Get some  friends together at your home, workplace or meeting place, we’ll set up our display and your guests can browse if they'd like to. There won’t be any long spiels - we’ll introduce ourselves, explain a little about what we do and then answer any questions your guests may have.

To say thank you for hosting a Bead Display for us you will automatically receive:

•          $30 of free products of your choice

•          10% of Sales donated to your favourite Charity

Your thank you gift is not based on value of sales or number of parties booked.



Contact us on 0438 212 937 or at luckyme@bigpond.net.au to organise a time.  We’d love to hear from you!

Thursday, 24 May 2012

What is AMETHYST


AMETHYST

Color:  Violet (light to dark)
Birthstone: February
Energies: Power, Protection, Healing
Chakra: Seventh Chakra - Crown or Pineal Gland
Anniversary Stone:  16,17

One material we’re very fond of using in our jewellery creations is Amethyst.  Amethyst is a gemstone that is actually Crystalline quartz in shades of purple, lilac or mauve.

Amethyst is sometimes used as a dream stone and to help insomnia.  It can also be used as a meditation aid when worn as a necklace.  It can help relieve headaches.

Amethyst has healing properties.  Healers usually wear several pieces of jewellery with amethysts set in silver, especially an amethyst necklace.  The person being healed will hold amethyst and also have a piece of amethyst on the part of the body being healed.

Amethyst is used for problems in the blood and in breathing problems. Amethyst crystal clusters are used to keep the air and life force in the home clean and positive.

A couple of our items containing Amethyst:





Monday, 21 May 2012

Upcoming Market - Edwardstown Football Club Ladies Night

Upcoming Market - Edwardstown Football Club Ladies Night


Friday 1st June, 2012
Edwardstown Football Club
East Terrace, South Plympton, South Australia
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
$10 a ticket, everyone welcome!

Let us Introduce Ourselves

Let us introduce ourselves


Bead Inspired is 2 years old and is run by 2 very good friends - Kerry Kasmeris and Lisa Gawler.  We bead from home in  Plympton South and Glandore respectively, South Australia.

A couple of years ago we attended a women's centre beading course together.  At the time it was for leisure, we had no idea where it would take us.  We both found we loved making beading items so much, before we knew it we were drowning in our finished items, not knowing what to do with it, still wanting to make more.  There is only so much jewellery a girl needs and yes I know it's a lot but we had a ridiculous amount. 

So, on 28th May 2010, we took the plunge and debuted at a Ladies Market at our local Kindy.  We were so nervous - was our jewellery going to be sale-worthy?  Would anyone buy it?  Well, we got really good comments and made really good sales.  It's so wonderful to have a passion for making something and have people buy it, wear it and recommend it - it really is a dream come true.

Since then we've done many more markets and continue to.  It's our main outlet for selling our jewellery however we also sell on Etsy and Madeit and at home parties as well.  Friends and previous customers also buy by way of picking up or having their purchases delivered.

Each month we each research a new project and work on it so we can constantly evolve and learn new jewellery making techniques.  We are always on the look out for new and exciting materials from our favourite suppliers and also in op shops and at markets.  There's never a dull moment and it really is a joy.

Kerry lives with her husband and 2 sons (5 and 8) in South Plympton.  She enjoys reading, socialising, knitting, cross-stitching and beading.  She is the organised, symetrical, patterned person in the partnership.

Lisa lives with her husband and daughter (8) in Glandore.  She enjoys reading, listening to music and beading.  She is the opposite of Kerry, making quite chunky, abstract type creations at times.  Lisa works in organised chaos.

Well, that's Bead Inspired's story.  We invite you along for the ride, hopefully it's a long and successful one.  It is our hope that as long as there's passion, Bead Inspired will be here.

Kerry and Lisa