New Shard Color

We just released a new 104coe shard color! This is pretty much a what you see is what you get kind of shard. Great color for those that love creating pieces with an organic feel.

Silvered Kelp Shards Silvered Kelp Shards 104coe Pale green infused with fine silver that allows you to add a no fuss organic look to your beads.

Sale Items

From now until the end of this month you can save on some of our most popular products.

20% off:
Raku Chips 104coe
Vine Canes 104coe
Confetti 104coe

15% off:
Silvered Ivory Shards - 104coe
Clear Shards - 104coe
Lunar Rainbow Shards - 104coe
Black Berry Wispy Shards - 104coe
Painted Desert Shards -104coe
Italian Marble Shards - 104coe

10% off:
Dragons Breath Shards - 104coe
Skystone Shards - 104coe
Silvered Caramel Shards - 104coe
Silvered Stringers - 104coe
Streaky Stringers - 104coe

Last but not least, all orders over $50 get a free .2oz tester bag of the new Silvered Kelp shards. Even if you have these new shards in your order you will still get an additional .2oz of the shards.

Have a great weekend!

We just released two new murrini chips. For the special this week we are putting these chips up at an introductory price of $2.20 per gram. Regular price is $2.75. Special price ends Friday April 1st at midnight central time.

Marbled Red Chips Marbled Red Murrini Chips 104coe Marbled red chips with stripes of black that create beautiful star-bursts of color when heated and pressed into your bead.

Striped Yellow Coral Chips Striped Yellow Coral Murrini Chips 104coe Black striped chips that have a coral center encased in yellow giving these chips a pretty yellowish orange when heated and pressed into your bead.

New Android Phone App

We released our very own iPhone app a couple weeks ago. Of course many were asking “what about us android users?” Well you’re in luck. I am excited to announce the “AvenueBeads on the go” Android app! Now you can put us in your pocket and take us everywhere you go.

Download this app to keep up with new blog posts, view our twitter feed, watch our youtube videos, view our gallery and the user gallery (*more info about user gallery below).

And…its free!

So what are you waiting for go grab your phone and download our app today! Just search for “avenue beads” in the Android Market.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.appmakr.app148320&feature=search_result

*User gallery information

We want you!… and your photos. If you use flickr and have photos of beads or other glass work that you made using our products, consider joining our new Flickr group and share your works. We will be using these photos as an inspiration gallery for our handmade supplies (shards,stringers,murrini etc..). If you upload any photos to the group be sure to put in the photo description what product or products were used in the creation if you can remember. Also if you would like to direct viewers to where your work is available include one store link in the description as well. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding the user gallery.

Starting now through March 25th we are having a sale!

10% off all fused items
Bowls
Plates
Platters
Coasters

15% off
104coe Shards
96coe Shards

10% off
104coe Streaky Stringers
104coe Silvered Stringers
104coe Veining Stringers
104coe Murrini

All domestic orders over $35 ($45 international) receive free shipping! What’s the coupon code? Well you’re going to have to work for it this time. Some pesky little leprechaun took it and hid it somewhere in the lampwork supplies category. Dig your way through the pages and look for a hidden shamrock. If you find it and click on it you’ll find your coupon code. Enter that code during check out and receive free shipping.

It’s that time of year again. Time to spread the love! Whether you celebrate Valentines Day or not we would still like to show you some love.

Starting Feb 14th and ending Feb 19th get yourself some great glassy deals!

25% off
Marbles
Disc pendants
Focal Beads

20% off
104coe Shards
104coe Confetti
96coe Shards

15% off
104coe Fusion Frit
96coe Frit and frit mixes
104coe Vine Cane

10% off
104coe Streaky Stringers
104coe Silvered Stringers
104coe Veining Stringers
104coe Murrini

Last but not least. All domestic orders over $75 ($100 international) recieve free shipping! Just enter coupon code “freeshipping” during checkout.

Have a great Monday and the rest of the week!

We have added another color to our growing silvered stringer collection. This one is by far my new favorite! I have been using this new silvered stringer in pretty much everything that I have been making lately. It is great!

I introduce you to our brand new 104coe silvered yellow stringers. This is a very reactive color and you are going to love it just as much as I do. These silvered stringers will change and exhibit different colors depending on the base glasses you use it with.

Here are just some of the things that I have been creating with these awesome new silvered stringers.

These new stringers are now up on the website and available for your lampworking enjoyment. So come on over and try a bundle or two, you may just get addicted like myself

Shard naming contest

We really enjoy holding these naming contests for our new lampwork shards as they are a lot of fun for us and hopefully you as well. Plus if you win you get a great prize!

The naming contest submission starts now and expires Friday July. 16th 2010 at 11:59pm. There will be a limit of one name submission per person. Please follow this link (here) to submit your name and see others submissions as well. If there is more than one person with the same name submission, the person who posted the name first will be the one that is considered. After the close of the submission process we will go through all the names and pick our favorite top 10 names. A post will be made on our blog here revealing the names along with a poll for voting. The poll will run from July 19th thru July 31st.

The shard name that receives the most votes at the close of the poll will be the winner and receive a free .5 ounce bag of these fantastic new shards. So come on over to the contest thread and give it your best shot.

A sale and a free give-away!

Great deals on the following items.

15% off all shards

10% off streaky stringers, silvered stringers, and veining stringers

5% off murrini chips, and vine canes

Sale begins July 1st and runs until July 15th. Two whole weeks of savings. As always we offer free domestic shipping on all orders over $99.

Orders over $35 during this sale also get a free 5 1/2″ red rose murrini cane sampler. Good only while supplies last. We have a total of 20 sample canes to give. These will probably go pretty fast. To get yours you must include in your order (order instructions) that you would like one of the sample canes.

New 104coe Murrini chip now available in the web store.

Blue Nova, a brilliant blue reducing murrini chip that is sure to add a beautiful touch to any bead.

Blue Nova 104coe Murrini Chips
http://www.avenuebeads.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=515

Our kiln is on the fritz at the moment so this is the only example we have at the moment. Should have some beads showing off these cool new chips soon.

Who’s ready for another shard naming contest!?

Here’s the details/rules…

The naming contest will start now and expire Friday Jan. 8th 2010 at 11:59pm. There will be a limit of one name submission per person. Please post your name here in this thread. If there is more than one person with the same name submission, the person who posted the name first will be the one that counts. After the close of the submission process we will go through all the names and pick our favorite top 10 names. A post will be made here on this blog revealing the names along with a poll for voting. The poll will run from Jan. 11th thru Jan. 15th.

The shard name that receives the most votes at the close of the poll will be the winner and receive either a free .5 ounce bag of these fantastic new shards, or a set(2) of our Marble Stix unique glass swizzle sticks. I’ll post a photo of the set of swizzle sticks soon, but you can go to the following link and get an idea of what they look like. http://www.etsy.com/shop/AvenueBeads?section_id=6205965

Now that you’ve read the boring details. Here is the awesome new shard that’s just waiting for it’s new name.

Yet 2 B named - 104coe Mottle Shards
http://www.avenuebeads.com/index.php…roducts_id=483

If you would like to get in on this contest, please go to the following link to submit your name. http://lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148918