It's November Already

Can you believe it's November already? Have you been making Christmas presents as frantically as we are? If you need a change of scenery while you finish off those projects, don't forget we have tables you can stop in and work at anytime. No chance the kids will find you here . . . so stop in and be productive at the The Fringe today!

7th Anniversary Sale!

We're celebrating our 7th year in Grand Haven as your local bead store! In honor of that we're having a storewide sale November 5th and 6th. Different departments in the store will have a different percentage off.  This is a perfect time to stock up on your Christmas gift supplies! We're also having a beading party on Friday the 5th to celebrate. Come join us for appetizers, wine, and some fun beading. Bring your unfinished projects or start some of those gifts you want to make for Christmas!

12 Weeks of Gift Making SALE!

We all find ourselves huslting to get all of our projects done in time for Christmas gifts. This year we're helping and encouraging you to get a JUMP START on your gift making ideas. We're having a sale for the twelve weeks until Christmas scheduled to help those out whose projects are going to take the longest. Sign up for our e-mail to get updates once a week or keep checking back our website.

October's Sale Schedule:
3rd-9th: Metalsmithing Tools & Sheet Metal, Metal 101 Class
10th-16th: All Seed Beads, Cabochons, Lacy Stiff Stuff, Ultra Suede, and our Beaded Cabochons Class.
17th-23rd: Soldering Tools, Solder, Sheet Metal, and our Soldering Classes.
24th-November 6th: Glass Rods, Glass Books, and Glass Classes.

WATCH OUT Fall Design Challenge

The Creative Fringe Presents the new fall design challenge, Watch Out!  A lot of us can make necklaces and bracelets until the cows come home, but very few venture to make a watch.  Send us your most fantastic watch design in this competition. Our customers will vote for one week on their favorite designs.  It can be one stranded, three stranded, it can be stitched, metal worked, or made out of lampwork beads. What ever goes here! We're hoping all different types of bead artists will join!


Project Due Date: October 8th, 2010 
 (you can drop your project off at the store or mail it with your information)

First Place Winner: $30.00 Gift Certificate to the store
Second Place Winner: $20.00 Gift Certificate to the store
Third Place Winner:  $10.00 Gift Certificate to the store

Stone Trunk Show!

We're having a fantastic Trunk Show with all Semi Precious Stones Labor Day weekend.

September 3rd Friday: 10AM-9PM
September 4th Saturday: 10AM-5PM

The vendor we're getting the beads from is different from the past few we've had. They just stocked up, so the supplies are going to be FRESH!

 Even with the road under construction we have an easy access back door. As a reminder we're in between 2nd and 3rd street. Look for the sign Hogeboom Realty on the building, we'll be the door right underneath it.

Sidewalk Sales Start Tomorrow!

I just wanted to pop in and remind you all that Sidewalk Sales start tomorrow downtown Grand Haven. We will be out there in a tent but we'll also have our annual STOREWIDE SALE event! This is an opportunity you're not going to want to miss!

Sidewalk Sale Hours:
Friday: 9 AM-8 PM - we will be open until 9 PM
Saturday: 9 AM- 5 PM - we'll be open until 9 PM

Sidewalk Sales are Coming Soon!

You don't want to miss out on our store-wide sale this year! We've got glass, stones, pearls, wire, metal, findings, anything you can imagine on sale!  Sale runs Friday through Saturday August 20th-21st.  Downtown Grand Haven will also be having "The Happening" with wine tasting, food tasting, and great music.  A taste of all our own local flare!