Wow! What a store!

I hinted to my husband that there was a bead store in Washington State that I would like to visit. I spend many hours while we are on vacation visiting used bookstores so he was nice enough to take me there.

Shipwrecked Beads bills itself as the largest bead store. It is 80,000 square feet and they have over 8.1 billion beads. (No, I did not count them all, they state that in their flier.)

I walked into rows and rows of beads. The gal at the entrance gives me a cart with everything I would need, including a map. She also let me know about a room that they have set up with a TV and such for the non-beaders. They also have a food counter. You can really make a day of the visit!

They have all kinds of beads in all shapes and colors. They also carry all kinds of bead findings and tools. I even found a small section of PMC (Precious Metal Clay) and FIMO polymer clay. There was also few rows of metal charms.

I was totally blown away by the size of the store and the varity of beads.

I did spend money there. More then I should have. But I just had to have those glass beads from China and that big bag of lamp work beads!

Next I while do some shopping on their website, http://www.shipwreckedbeads.com .

Posted by admin in Reviews, Uncategorized on June 24th, 2007 |