Tuesday, January 29, 2013

New Items - Pinch Beads & SuperDuos


We've just added New 5/3mm pinch beads and 6/6mm bicones to our inventory as well as a beautiful Marbled Gold - Siam Ruby SuperDuos. We have just listed new items in all of the following categories:
Pinched Beads 5/3mm
Bicones Beads 6/6mm
SuperDuos
One Hole Daggers
TOHO Mixes
Fire Polish
New Items

Monday, January 7, 2013

New Beads for 2013! Coming to Tucson! Online Feb 8!

Every spring the Tucson bead show marks the beginning of our industry’s year. At Starman, our preparation for the next show begins the moment our current booth closes for business. The feedback we receive when conversing with you, our customers, friends and business associates, affects every facet of our new product line. We constantly work to improve not only our service and efficiency but our bead selection as well. We take feedback we receive very seriously, and it is reflected in the changes we make to our products. 
We are proud to reveal our New & Innovative Products for 2013!
(Click on the images to see the full page flier)



NEW 2-Hole Beads - Introducing the CzechMates™ Two-Hole Beading System™. The latest concept of two hole beads is taking the industry by storm. There are many varieties available on the market, and the most important features our customers look for are color, quality and compatibility. Bead confidently with our CzechMates™. Because of our system’s uniform hole-spacing and size, the beads work together perfectly without bunching, warping or puckering. We have expanded our selection this year to include two exclusive brand new bead shapes, the CzechMates™ Lentil and CzechMates™ Brick. When used along with our popular CzechMates™ Tile and Dagger beads they become "the building blocks of modern beading". 

NEW Bead Size - Due to the popularity of our Rose Petal bead we’ve created a miniaturized version, the 8/7mm Rose Petal. This versatile shape creates not only flowers but ruffles, fringe and accents as well.

NEW Glass Color - At Starman we strive to carry a wide variety of glass cane so that bead artists can expand their color palette. This year we are happy to announce the addition of Viridian, a trending shade of emerald, to our most popular firepolish and pressed bead categories. “Go Green” is not only a slogan about being earth friendly, it’s a celebration of Pantone’s 2013 Color of the Year!

NEW Patterns & Style - This year we are honored to have the pleasure of working with our new design team, the Starman TrendSetters™. These talented artists have been busy working with our prototype beads in order to help bead stores inspire and instruct their customers on how to use these innovative new shapes. See their designs throughout the 2013 Bead Store Guide. The Bead Store Guide is a resource book that includes 4 free patterns. Starman distributes this guide to bead store owners at Tucson, come by our Tucson booths to request yours!

Click here for a map of our booth locations: TUCSON MAPS 
See you in Tucson!

Friday, December 21, 2012

CzechMates™ Two-Hole Daggers

CzechMates™ Daggers are a perfect addition to your Bead Store inventory. We have a nice selection of 36 colors and we will be bringing even more colors to Tucson 2013!

Bead with two-hole style as our daggers have the same hole spacing as the CzechMates™ Tiles.

The bracelet above is a creation by Starman's TrendSetter Svetlana Einy from Israel. 

See the entire CzechMates™ dagger inventory here: http://www.czechbeads.com/Catalog/Products.aspx?b=280-516

See the entire CzechMates™ Tile inventory here:  http://www.czechbeads.com/Catalog/Products.aspx?b=250-66

Click here for more information on our Tucson Booths and locations.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Rose Petal Bracelets - Submitted by Bonnie Madsen

Bonnie Madsen calls this bracelet design "very pretty and unique." She did an excellent job choosing the color pallet for each bracelet. Thank you, Bonnie, for sharing your version of Nichole Starman's Elizabethan Petal Bracelet.

This elegant bracelet now has even more possibilities! We've expanded our Petal line to include 15 additional colors. 

These petals will be in Tucson, but we decided to give you a little taste of what to expect this year. We have listed a limited quantity of each new Rose Petal color on our website for you to preview. Click here for our Rose Petals.

Also, make sure that you check out Nichole Starman's latest 'Petal Power' creation in the new Bead and Button magazine. It includes another FREE pattern for you to create a unique bracelet to add to your "beaded garden."

We'd love to see what you create. Email Me your photos to share. Thank you!

Thursday, November 29, 2012

[NEWLY LISTED] Rose Petals - Tucson 2013 Preview

We’ve released some of our Tucson stock early! Nichole Starman’s “Petal Power” pattern will be seen in the upcoming Bead&Button Magazine.  There will be a variation of the design online.

The new colors of 14/13mm Rose Petals are absolutely beautiful. They range from bright sunflower to more earthy tones and our most sought after Picasso finishes.



Click here to see all of our 14/13mm Rose Petals. 
Click here to see all of our Newly Listed Items.
 
This fabulous petal shape debuted at Tucson last year and due to popular demand has grown to include 15 new colors.  Quantities are limited, so get yours today!  These beautiful new colors will also be available to purchase in person at the Starman booths at the G&LW Gem Mall and The DoubleTree Hotel.  We look forward to exceeding your beading needs!

Monday, November 12, 2012

Elizabethan Petal Class at Ubeadquitous

Class Time!
Thank you Alyx of Ubeadquitous for sharing your class and the beautiful redesign of the Elizabethan flower pattern by Nichole Starman.
"The red-haired lady is Kathleen Johnson, and she’s the one who made the asymmetrical Elizabethan necklace. The black-haired young woman at the end of the table is Su Lin Mangan."
The flowers were designed by Nicole Starman, who originally used them in a bracelet.


Below is an example of the Elizabethan Petal Bracelet, beaded by Julie Hall. Thank you for sharing!


Monday, November 5, 2012

November's Free Pattern: Corner-to-Corner

Here's my version of the Free Pattern from our TrendSetter, EmLee Young as advertised in Beadwork Magazine.

The Corner-to-Corner bracelet is really fun and easy to bead! It is the 3rd place winner of the 2012 Starman Design Contest.


Please, send us pictures of your versions, we'd like to see what you created.

Click here to get the pattern: http://patterns.beadindex.com/Portals/5/Corner2Corner_Pattern_150dpi.jpg

Thursday, November 1, 2012

5 New Kits Released Today



 
[NEWS FLASH] Wildly Bohemian kits will be featured in Bead Work’s Creative Corner... stock-up and be ready for your customers’’ requests! These make the perfect stocking stuffers too!

5 New Kits Released Today... ready to ship to your store! Scroll through this album to see all the great kit color combinations.

All Kits:
http://czechbeads.com/Catalog/Products.aspx?b=K2-00

Each kit includes: Ten 2.5” tubes of quality TOHO Seed beads and coordinating mix of Czech fire polish & Pressed Glass Shapes

Retail Ready Bead Kits are the Perfect Impulse purchase... sells best by your register!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

[Free Pattern] Corner-to-Corner • CzechMates Tile Beads

We are excited to offer this FREE PATTERN of our 2012 Design Contest's 3rd Place winning design:

Corner-to-Corner, by EmLee Young

This pattern uses the new CzechMates Tile beads along with TOHO Seed beads (bugles and treasures) as well as Czech machine cut bi-cone crystals. This bracelet is really simple to create.
Please, feel free to utilize this pattern for your beadstore and personal use.

This is the pattern that is mentioned in the BeadWork magazine for the December 2012 issue. We would love to see your completed pieces. Please, post them to our facebook or email them to jnicholson@starmaninc.com.
Happy Beading!

Thursday, October 18, 2012

10 New SuperDuos Just Listed!