Welcome to 2nd Street Beads.
Welcome to 2nd Street Beads located in the Historic Frenchtowne area of St. Charles, MO, in a 100 year old house at 815 North 2nd Street. We offer a full service beading experience plus lots of fun. You will find wall-to-wall beads and friendly people to answer questions and hands on help with beading projects. Check out our weekly beading classes to learn something new or just brush up techniques you already know.
We are open 10:00 to 5:00 Monday through Saturday, closed Sunday.
Recent News
Gemstone strands and Freshwater Pearl strands, on the table half off the tag price.
Posted by Janie Carter on Apr 28, 2009 at 15:22:39 | link | Post a Comment
Sat. Feb 6th: "Crystal Montee Valintine Bracelet"
Get the New Year off to a good start with this super blingie bracelet.
Using simple stringing and crossweave techniques this bracelet can be put together in a few hours.
Sat. Feb 20th: "Spring Ruffles Bracelet"
Soft pastel colers make this bracelet a hit for spring. Learn Peyote stitch for the band and two-drop Peyote for the ruffels and a pearl embellishment for the center.
Posted by Janie Carter on Jan 9, 2010 at 13:35:45 | link | Post a Comment
March 2010 Classes
Sat. March 13th: "Tom's Rivoli Wrap"
Lot's of bling. Lot's of crystals and no Peyote stitches. A nice simple wrap of seed beads and bicone crystals. Works up fast and is affordable.
Cost of class is $20.00 plus the cost of materials. 2hours
Posted by Janie Carter on Aug 20, 2009 at 9:41:9 | link | Post a Comment
August Classes 2009
Sat. Aug 1st: "Peyote Bracelet"
This class is for beginners. Learn Peyote and expand your skills.We will use size 8 seedbeads for bracelet and size 11 seedbeads for the edging.
Sat: Aug 8th: "Antique Jewel Earrings"
Learn two stitching techniqes on one projects. We will use right-angle weave to create the base and netting to embellish it. Fast and easy.
Sat. Aug 15th: "Russian Spiral Tube"
Learn spiral netting to make beaded ropes for necklaces and bracelets.
Sat. Aug 22nd: "Antique Jewel Bracelet"
We will use right-angle weave and netting to create a bracelet to match the earrings made in a previous class.
"Please Note" "Please Note"
Beginning with the Sept Classes we will not offer classes every Saturday.
_All group classes will be schedualed for one Saturday during the month.
That Sat. class will be a specific bead weaving class. Such as Peyote, right angle weave, herringbone,brick stitch,St Petersburg,netting, bezeling or freeform beading.
A group is 4 to 6 people. Min. of 4 people required otherwise class will be cancelled. Class must be paid for in advance.
_Individual classes and basic beginner classes may be schedualed during the daytime hours Monday thru Thursday between the hours of 11:00am and 3:00pm. Classes include basic stringing, wrapped loops, and jumprings.
_Class prices:
Group price $20.00 plus the cost of materials for the class. 2 hours
Indiviual price $18.00 plus the cost of materials. 1 hour
phone 636-723-1172
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