Bead News

We are proud to announce that Fluid-forms.com is now part of The Bead Shop as of April 2023. The website was originally built for Fluid Forms, an innovative Austrian jewellery making company. Fluid Forms were founded in 2009 and quickly gained a reputation for their unique designs and techniques. The company built a reputation for using data and technology to design and produce jewellery that is both highly original and very personalised, specialising in the creation of cutting-edge rings, earrings, necklaces and even clock face designs which utilised their customers’... Read More

We would like to introduce you to the latest new exciting product that has come into the bead world, Super duo beads,a  seed bead with two holes. As with a lot of new beads and beading products that come onto the market, many people struggle to know what to do with them, so we thought this would be a perfect opportunity to hold our first ever demonstration in The Bead Shop in Afflecks Palace Manchester and show our customers how to use Superduo seed beads. The Demonstration will take place... Read More

We are delighted to announce that The Bead Shop has won the Make Jewellery Magazine Blog of the Year award! Make Jewellery Magazine is a leading publication dedicated to the art of jewellery-making. The magazine features step-by-step guides to create unique pieces of jewellery and includes a wide range of projects suited to both beginners and more advanced jewellery makers. It really is an honour to receive such an award from Make Jewellery Magazine and we could not have done it without the help of all our bloggers and customers. To... Read More

We are very excited to announce that we have been nominated for a Blogger of the Month Award! Make Jewellery magazine has contacted us to let us know they are very impressed with the blogs we have written. We invest a lot of time in ensuring we keep all of our customers up-to-date with what we are doing whether it is in our shop or at the academy and we wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you to all that have been involved. Especially to our customers who... Read More

The Blue Peter crew came to our academy in February to film a special Mother’s Day feature with our friend Fatz Kassim. She is an independent fashion and jewellery designer in Manchester who has some amazing ideas when it comes to making jewellery. Fatz likes the idea of reusing broken jewellery and transforming it into something you can wear. It is a great way to reuse an item of jewellery that has something on it that you love such as a certain style of bead or charm. The Blue Peter... Read More

We have come across a new social media network that we think is great for ideas and inspiration for new jewellery making designs. For those of you who have never heard of Pinterest, it is a social network that allows people to create online displays of their likes and interests. Users can create their own virtual moodboard by “pinning” images or videos they like and share it with their friends. Pinterest has become hugely popular with women and has been dubbed “Tumblr for mums”. It is almost like an online... Read More

Did you know our shop has been in Manchester since 1993 and over the years we have met some very inspiring people. We have shared all of our jewellery making ideas with our customers and learnt new designs and tricks from them. We have gained a lot of experience over the years and our shop has grown to become known for its vast range of jewellery making supplies. We have all the supplies you need to make jewellery including tools, beading boards, glues and adhesives, storage boxes and jewellery gift... Read More