Merry Holidays!

Happy Holiday Season!

We have been busy getting the trees trimmed and the egg nogged and the shop prettied up for the winter.  We have also been busy getting our 8th Anniversary plans in order.  Yup, 8 years of beads and fun down here on Callow, and we owe it all to you!

As a THANK YOU for all you have done for us over the last 8 years, we are having some specials & a big party on Saturday, November 28th.  The 28th also happens to be Small Business Saturday and the actual 8th Anniversary Day for us-so we have ALOT to celebrate!

But on to the good stuff...from now until the end of the year, we are having $2. specials throughout the shop.  Come by soon for the best selection of glass, stone and pearl strands for $2.  We also have $2. finished jewelry specials-great to stuff those stockings!

Then, the big kahuna, Saturday, November 28th.  Come in all day, buy one of our recycled cotton print shopping totes for $3. and fill it up with anything in the shop...anything you can fit in the bag is 20% off.  Yup, 20% off the entire shop!  WOW!  Lampwork beads, tools, books, seed beads, gemstones, pearls, vintage metal, glass, cystal-EVERYTHING 20% off!

We'll aslo have tool demos and make and takes throughout the day so you can complete your holiday gifts and get inspired for the year to come. 

Thank you again for our 8 wonderful years as your local bead shop & gallery.  We appreciate everything you have done for us and hope we can fill your bead needs for another 8years or more!

New Artfire shop

Hey there all you cyber folks! 

We know you cannot always make a trip to Washington just to get all the vintage goodies you've seen us bring to shows around the country.  We feel your pain and we want to help.  So we have started to add as much of our vintage goodies to our Artfire site as possible. 

We'll be adding stuff as fast as I can take pictures and type and will have some kits from the workshops we teach at bead shows around the country available later this month.  In the meantime, if there is something you have purchased at a show and you need more, but do not see it on the Artfire site, shoot us an email at shop@echoartworks.com or give us a call, and we'll do our best to get fun, vintage finds out to you.  remember to check our website for our upcoming shows-maybe we are coming to a bead show near you?!?!

Summer is here!

Today is the first day of summer.  A new beginning.  Today is also the longest day of the year.  All that sunlight.  All those hours to enjoy all that Mother Nature has worked so hard to preserve through the winter and bring to a flourish.  Go out...take it all in!  Remember that there must be winter in order for summer to follow.  Play in the flowers and sunshine.  And remember...summer is only here for a short time and we all need to sunshine to thrive. 

June Workshops

New Workshops updated to the online calendar!


New to Beading? Try one of our fun, introductory workshops.


    Bead Stringing Basics  June 1st, 6 to 8 PM
    Beginning Wire  June 8th, 6 to 8 PM


Want to learn a new technique?
    Metal Clay Pendants  June 25th, 10 AM to 1 PM
    Ribbon Flowers  June 15th, 6 to 8 PM
    Color on Metal  July 6th, 6 to 8 PM


Many other new workshops have been added...check it out at www.echoartworks.com

Art Studio Clearance Sale

As this photo shows...we have alot of stock and we're about to get more!  So we're having a art studio clearance...come by on Friday and Saturday for $2. specials, half off pearl and stone strands, workshop samples and more.  Come early for the best selection!

see you there!

Black Friday and Small Biz Saturday deals!

It is that time of year...the time to gather with family and friends and wake up before dawn so you can wait in line in the freezing cold for Black Friday deals. Only they never have enough of what you want, and some jerk tried to cut line and spilled his coffee all down your leg and by the time you make it to the counter to get the fantastic thing that caused all this madness, the unfriendly, untrained clerk tells you that the 2 the store had are gone and they won't be getting more anytime soon so you are just out of luck.

Sound familiar?

Ok, we love getting deals as much as the next guy, but who needs the hassle of 4am doorbusters and flying elbows?!? So, we are doing Black Friday differently...we will be having some pretty amazing deals, don't get me wrong, but we have many, many items on special and I will be amazed if we even come close to running out!

Here's the deal - on Black Friday (otherwise known as the day after Thanksgiving) and on Small Business Saturday (the day after Black Friday), we will be having a $2. sale. We have pearl, stone and vintage glass strands, stringing wire, tools, accessories, finished jewelry, magazines and a whole bunch of other stuff-JUST $2. each!!!! I know, pretty darn spectacular, huh?

Just buy 10 (or more) of any of the special items and they are just $2. each. I'm guessing its time to stock up...

We'll also have hot cider and cocoa and lots of other store specials-so after you're done wresting some grannie for the last insert must have item here, come by for some real specials that don't run out before you even get in the door! Just our way of saying "thanks". For all you cyber shoppers, we'll also have $2. specials on our artfire site.

Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

where has the time gone?

It is the middle of November...the middle of November- as in a month and change until the new year-how is that possible? Did I sleep through the summer? Pretty sure I didn't pull a Snow White enchanted sleep kind of thing, but I swear I was just getting back from Tucson like a month ago-not 8 months ago!!!

Ok, enough about how time flies-around here, November means anniversary, and we are celebrating our (drum roll please) 7th Anniversary! Yup, 7 years of bringing some creativity Bremertons' way. And we've decided to celebrate all month (and probably into December as well, because its our shop and we can do what we want!). So to start off the festivities and as a thank you to our loyal, fantastic, creative customers, we are having an in the bag sale. *

What is an in the bag sale, you ask? Well, we have these beautiful, recycled cotton block print tote bags-see the picture? And if you buy a reusable bag, you get 25% off anything you can fit inside-books, magazines, tools, vintage glass, cards, gifts, pearls, stones, earrings...you get the idea. The sale is happening next week, November 16th thru the 20th...hurry in to get the best selection and the best bags!

We'll be having a different special each week to celebrate our anniversary and as a way to say thank you to all our lovely customers. If you want more deals, sign up for our newsletter and twitter feeds for more information about what is happening in the shop.

*This special sale is only happening next week, November 16th thru the 20th. You must buy an echo artworks reusable tote to participate. All items in the shop are available for the special sale except net and consignment items. In the bag special cannot be combined with other offers or discounts or for workshop tuition or gift certificates.