Beads Of The World At Ashgrove

I live for those serendipitous, quiet, humble snippets of ordinary beauty that we are privvy to every now and then. As I walked into this store, an older couple, sitting quietly together making beaded necklaces, raised their heads in unison, greeted me into the store and promptly went back to their work. Lovely.
This bead store isn’t set up like the others in town. There aren’t endless aisles of beads here. There are instead, small colour coded collections of beads in pretty arrangements. Individual bead lots are stored in glasses that are then placed upon velvet. They’ve got some unique beads that you won’t find elsewhere too. This is because some of their beads are sourced from American vintage stores. This explains why there aren’t hundreds of the same bead available– when the beads run out, they run out for good. They’re something special.
You are welcome to make your own beadwork in store and enlist the staff (that dear couple I mentioned before) to help you. I don’t usually like to be assisted, but when I asked the lady about some of the beads, I realised that she could give an inside story to all of the beads in her store. The jewellery that the couple make in store is perhaps not to my taste, however, they are considerably lovely handmade pieces. You can tell that this pair of crafters love their beads and their craft.
Please note: Beads Of The World at Ashgrove are soon relocating to James Street, New Farm.