Bead Trunk Lands In Downtown Urbana, IL

Don't want to deal with the Illinois Marathon this weekend? Don't worry, our Bead Trunk Show Starts This Afternoon.

The show will take place April 26, 27 & 28 and May 3, 4, & 5 in our classroom at the shop.

Fridays, April 26th and May 3rd, we will stay open until 7pm to allow later shopping.

PLEASE NOTE: NO DISCOUNTS allowed on show beads.

Trunk show opens on Friday, April 26th @4pm to 7pm
Saturday, April 27th from 10am to 5pm
Sunday, April 28th from 12noon to 5pm

If you cannot make the show the first weekend, IF we have beads left, you can stop by
Friday, May 3rd @4pm to 7pm
Saturday, May 4th from 10am to 5pm
Sunday, May 5th from 12noon to 5pm

If you've never participated in a bead trunk show, the concept is pretty simple. Think of a traveling bead show where you can find all sorts of treasures, but for a limited time. Cha Cha Beads will ship a huge selection to our shop. When the show is finished, we return whatever beads remain back to Cha Cha.

This enables us to offer you a much larger selection of beads. In the Champaign-Urbana area, you will not find a larger, more complete, or fantastic selection of seed beads than you will find at this show. We hope you will enjoy ChaCha Beads as much as we do.

Beads N Botanicals

117 North Broadway Ave, Urbana, Illinois 61801

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Preview some of our beads for the trunk show.

Bead Trunk Show Coming to Urbana, IL

ChaCha Beads Trunk Show at Beads N Botanicals in downtown Urbana, IL will offer seed beads in Size 15, 11, 11 hex, 10, 8, 8 hex, 6, triangles, bugles, teardrops and squares. ChaCha travelled to Hiroshima, Japan and Murano, Italy to find new and unusual beads in Fancy Finishes and Great Colors to spark your creative imagination!

Japanese seed beads are precision cut to enable you to make precise designs in woven beadwork. The newest finishes are permanent metallic and anodized beads.

The Italian beads are different when compared to Japanese or Czech beads. The color you see is the actual color of the glass, not dyed or coated. The Pinks and Purples have real Gold in the glass, causing it to 'strike' different colors when it is made into beads. They are made in small handmade batches, not by machine like the other seed beads, making them unique. These are not available anywhere else but ChaCha Beads

The show will take place April 26, 27 & 28 and May 3, 4, & 5 in our classroom at the shop. 

If you've never participated in a bead trunk show, the concept is pretty simple. Think of a traveling bead show where you can find all sorts of treasures, but for a limited time. Cha Cha Beads will ship a huge selection to our shop. When the show is finished, we return whatever beads remain back to Cha Cha. 

We hope you will enjoy ChaCha Beads as much as we do.This enables us to offer you a much larger selection of beads. In the Champaign-Urbana area, you will not find a larger, more complete, or fantastic selection of seed beads than you will find at this show.

Beads N Botanicals

117 North Broadway Ave, Urbana, Illinois 61801

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Bead Trunk Show Updates

Boneyard Arts Festival 2013 Events at Beads N Botanicals in Urbana, IL

The 11th Annual Boneyard Arts Festival
Boneyard Arts Festival Events
at Beads N Botanicals

FEATURED ARTIST: Wynter Harrington Peguero
Sculptor, Painter: Masks, sculptures, dragons
Freelance Professional Photographer

Now living in St. Joseph, IL, born & raised in Phoenix, AZ, Wynter moved to the midwest in 1999 and began taking classes within a few years at Danville Community College, where her sculptures immediately began taking 1st prize honors. Her passion for art and keen eye have also led her into the realm of professional photography, where babies/children and outdoor shoots have become a specialty. With a rich tapestry of Irish and Cherokee Indian heritage, her subject matter and creations are varied and creative, making them excellent collection and decorating pieces for home décor or for gifts.

To truly appreciate her sculptures, you need to view them in person. For the Boneyard Arts Festival, her work will be on display Friday, April 12, 11am to 6pm; Saturday, April 13, 10am to 5pm (Meet the Artist from 3 to 4pm (or later); and Sunday, April 14th. Her works are available for purchase, with pickup AFTER the festival.

The Trikhala Bellydance Troupe, made up of University of Illinois undergraduate and graduate students, will perform their style of tribal fusion dance-- a mixture of American tribal-style bellydance, traditional ethnic bellydance and contemporary dance styles such as hip-hop. Come watch them dance and dance with them.
Saturday, April 13, 1pm to 2pm

“Meet the Artist” Wine & Cheese reception
on Saturday, April 13, from 3pm-4pm (or later)

Beads N Botanicals

117 North Broadway Ave, Urbana, Illinois 61801

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Boneyard Arts Festival Events at Beads N Botanicals

Looks like a Seed Bead Trunk Show in the Works in Urbana, IL

What would you say to a TRUNK SHOW offering #SEED #BEADS? Seed beads in Size 15, 11, 11 hex, 10, 8, 8 hex, 6, triangles, bugles, teardrops and squares from Hiroshima, Japan and Murano, Italy in Fancy Finishes and Great Colors? Check back here. We are working out the details, but it looks like this will take place the last weekend in April. I will post this as an "official" event here at Beads N Botanicals in downtown Urbana, IL when everything is finalized.~C