Bead Shows

Other then online and retail stores, we travel to different shows or conventions to sell our bead and bead packs. It gives us the chance to show off our product as well as reach out to different customers. Check out some of the photos we have from some of our previous shows. And if you're interested in checking out us at a show here's our upcoming schedule:

Innovative Bead Expo
Mount Laurel, NJ
Oct. 27-28, 2012

Bead Society of Greater Washington
Gaithersburg, MD
Nov. 10-11, 2012

Innovative Bead Expo
Wilmington, DE
Dec. 1-2, 2012

To Bead True Blue
Tucson, AZ
Feb. 3-11, 2012

We usually keep an up to date schedule or post when an upcoming show will be on our Facebook page. Feel free to check us out and say hello!

 
Bead & Button 2012 - Milwaukee, WI - June 7-10, 2012
Our inaugural showing at the ever-prestigious Bead & Button Show! Bead & Button is the world's largest consumer bead show. We hope to see you there in 2013!


Beadfest Philly 2012 - Oaks, PA - August 17-19, 2012
Beadfest is always such a treat! The girls at Innovative Press sure know how to throw a bead party. We love every minute of Beadfest and all the smiling, beading faces this show brings to town.

 
G&LW - West Springfield - October 12-13, 2012
A bead show at the Big E! The Gem and Lapidary Wholesale promoters are never short on fabulous vendors, that is for sure! And we sure loved seeing the beautiful western Mass foliage every morning, bonus!

 
Michelle setting up for Beadfest Spring! All those strands have got to get hung up somehow!

 

 
Prepping strands for shows! Shower hooks never looked so good!   

 
Bead Gals! Your two resident show girls, Sarah and Michelle bring the Jesse James Beads glitz to a town near you!

We hope to see you guys at an upcoming show! Keep watch over our Facebook page for details on any upcoming shows.

Chained Reaction

We have this really neat product that I'm sure not a lot of people really know about, it's called Chained Reaction. The Chained Reaction product is pre made strands of chain with beads, glass or gems on them. They're really fantastic, and can save a lot of time when you want your own fancy chain.






Pretty nice right? There's a lot of different ways you can use them. The easiest being a necklace, or part of a necklace.

This necklace uses one style of Chained Reaction and the Hush bead pack.

 

This necklaces uses two styles of Chained Reaction and the Orchid bead pack. 

This necklace uses one style of Chained Reaction and the Natural Beauty bead pack.

Necklaces aren't the only project you can make. If you don't have a lot of beads to work with, maybe something a little smaller like a bracelet would work out for you. 
 
This bracelet uses two styles of Chained Reaction and a single center bead. The clasp is from our Grand Finale collection.

The options are limitless when it comes to this product. You could make different types of chains or accessories. These are just different examples of different projects we've made with our product. Feel free to check them out!  

New Strands: Joanns Only

I'm pretty excited to show off some of the new strands that we'll be selling only at Joann's stores. The team recently created 85 brand new strands, ones that you'll only be able to buy at Joann stores. These strands are different then our usual POG strands, which pair with an Inspiration pack and a Design Element. These ones are in various colors and types, which you can pair with any pack that we sell. These strands are also made with our more expensive beads, making it a bit more pricy, but worth it if you're looking for something a bit nicer to spice up your project.

Here's a preview of our brand new strands.

 

As a reminder these were made for and will only be sold in Joanns stores. Keep an eye out for them in your local Joanns!

Project Inspirations

Every buy some of our beads and wonder what you could make with them? Or just wonder how you can combine several different packs to make a wonderful project? Here I can show you an example of a finished project and the products used to make it.

One of the easiest things you can create with our products is a necklace. With the amount of options you have, your choices are limitless. But here's an example using four of our different products.

This lovely necklace was made using the Gypsy Inspiration pack, Spice Market strand #1, Uncommon Elegance style #9 and the clasp was made using our Grand Finale style #8.

Each piece was carefully selected based on color and what would look nice. I chose this particular piece to show off because we're in the fall season and the colors might help inspire someone.

Most of the larger green and orange acrylic pieces come from the Gypsy pack, the slightly darker acrylic and glass come from Spice Market. Each are similar in color but play off each other well, they work well as companion packs.


The larger center pieces come from the Uncommon Elegance. The color pallet fit rather well with Spice Market and Gypsy, but it also creates a nice looking center piece to make a focal point for the whole piece. Uncommon Elegance pieces tend to be a bit larger and nicer looking, but they're perfect for any sort of center piece in your work. The Grand Finale is that little extra touch in the back. Rather then use a boring old clasp, you can pair it off with our fancy clasps that will add a little extra to your necklace. The best part is that it's magnetic, easy to put on and off.

I hope this post helped inspire you as to what you may want to make with our packs. Happy beading!

Behind the Scenes: Photos and Beads

It's been really busy here at Jesse James, but I wanted to show off our little setup for how we'll be photographing beads and buttons from now on.

We just got the chance to set everything up, but hopefully soon we'll be able to take high quality photos of our product. We want people to see how nice our strands are after all.

Since we have a little bit of time, rather then the usual rush, you can see how our desk areas are set up when we're working on a product.

A fortress of beads!

That right there is all one product, in this case an Inspiration pack. Each bead is hand selected and decided what is right for what pack. As you can see it can get pretty crowded. My own cart is stocked full of beads as well, currently I'm working on the Spinach Inspiration pack.

Keep an eye on the blog, I'll be posting some photos soon of our products!