Q 9. Will you be doing
rhinestone parties? A
Rhinestone Party!?!
Wow that sounds like a
TON OF FUN!!! I’ve never hosted one but I sure
would be willing to try!!
Just bring it on! Lol
Q 10. Will your store
be acting as a reseller for
your students or customer projects?
I gotta BEAD is 1,860
Square feet of beads and
happiness. We will definitely have room for our
customers to display and
sell some of their items if
they want. We will have
consignment areas in the
store where our teachers
and local jewelry artisans
can sell their pieces.
Q 4. Will you have any special
outreach programs for the elderly or
retired beginners?
I gotta BEAD also plans to reach out
to the retired members of the community by teaching free classes to some
of the assisted living establishments
and retirement homes in the area.
Q 5. Are you planning to sell supplies online from your store? Through
your own website or by using one of
the various marketplaces.
To start, I gotta BEAD will not have
an on-line store. This is in the plans
for our third year of business. BUT,
always feel free to give us a call at the
store 903-509-2324 if you are a “outof-towner”, and we will gladly ship you
anything that we have in the store!!
Q 6. Will you be doing fund raisers
for local charities? Which ones?
I gotta BEAD would LOVE to do fund
raisers for any of our local charities! I
will have to do a little research on this
but I do know they have fund raisers
for the local animal shelters and some
of the local churches. As Alli and I are
HUGE animal lovers, we will definitely
help the animal shelters in any way
we can. We would also gladly donate
finished pieces for any of the auctions
they have to raise money for such
events.
Q 7. Is your store bi-lingual (English/Spanish? What are your hours of
operation?
Our store is not bi-lingual, but we
are very open to a Spanish speaking
employee if the need arises. We will
be open Tuesday thru Thursday 10am
– 6pm, Friday thru Saturday 9am –
7pm. Closed Sunday and Monday
except when we have guest teachers
in or for special jewelry parties.
Q 8. Are you going to offer any
less traditional services/ products like
smelting gold or silver from used jewelry for customers? Will you be making lampwork beads for customers?
As owners, we are open to any type
of jewelry making as long as we can
find a trained teacher who is willing to
come to Tyler to teach OR Alli and I
would love to teach the less traditional
jewelry making styles when we can
get the formal training required.
As for Lampwork – we do not teach
lampwork ourselves, but one of our
good friends in Dallas does and is
more than willing to come teach classes for us. We also carry her lampwork in the store for sale.
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Q 11. Do you have a
marketing slogan? Yes,
it’s:
I gotta BEAD . . . where you can BEAD
Happy!!
I would like to tell everyone that
I gotta BEAD will focus on its’ service
and relationship with its customers.
We are founded on the idea that maintaining satisfied and happy customers is essential. Our store will be a
place where jewelry artist meet, learn,
and share ideas. The atmosphere is
pleasant, friendly and comfortable and
will inspire any jewelry artists from
beginners and amateurs all the way
up to the professionals.
I gotta BEAD will facilitate, organize
and offer creative workshops and
classes in a variety of techniques and
media for ALL skill levels. Our classes
will be announced on our website,
face book and twitter.
And for those of you who don’t want
to take a class – well, we also offer
a free beading area where you can
come and just sit and bead with us.