It's been a long two weeks of hard work by Mike, striking a balance between contemporary beads and historic ones. There will be a good selection of both at the York Gem'n'Bead fair at the Racecourse next weekend. We've trimmed back on the online venues we will be selling in, dropping the UK-based Folksy site, and building up stock in the Etsy and ArtFire shops, along with here in the main online shop.
With the exchange rate being so variable and unfavourable to buying in stock from outside the UK, we have decided for the moment to not re-stock the bead pens and beadable items. At the moment, for us to re-stock bead pens would mean a 30% price increase and we simply don't feel it's a good thing to have that sort of price hike. The same applies to silver jewellery such as the beadable braclets. We have seen the value of the pound drop while watching silver prices climb. Again, this means that for the moment we will not be re-stocking anything that will require a price increase. Please note that the Bali silver, sterling silver and copper beads for sale in the shop are still at the prices they were before the current financial situation. We have not raised prices on any items, nor will we. Our prices always reflect the costs at the time we stocked them, we never raise prices on existing stock. This means that some of the silver is actually quite a bargain at the moment, so make sure to take the time to compare our prices with anyone else, we're sure you'll see what we mean.
New beads are in both the Etsy, ArtFire and Tillerman Beads online shop, make sure to check out the bead sets. All of the stock will be with us at the bead fair in York, as usual. See you there!
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