You might be wondering why fishermen (men and women) flock to The Outlet.

They come for the plastic beads!  I didn’t realize that these little beads are used as bait and seem to attract fish to the line.

My online search indicated that bright colours are a good idea…and we sure do have bright beads!

These would be visible under water for sure!

You’ll even find glow in the dark beads in this section!

When you visit the new Outlet you will see a new area at the front of the store.  This is our brand new cutting area.

You can buy fabulous chain by the meter.  It can be cut on the spot for you!

The cutting table has also been installed to cut specialty materials by the meter as well.

Did you know we sell mylar, metallic foils, leatherette and other trims?

I would love to find a project to use this with!

With our new Outlet comes a new spokesperson!

This is Betsy and she is slowly making her way onto all of the Outlet’s printed and online materials.

Isn’t she just adorable?  She is modeled after a very special Betsy.

This is the original Betsy, the John family matriarch.

I see her every time I come to John Bead!  She works four days a week for the company.  When I asked Mike John yesterday why it is that Betsy still comes to work he answered quite simply “she just loves all the people here and our customers.”

So if you see this lovely lady in the Outlet, say hello to Betsy!

I have some really good news!
The much-anticipated John Bead Outlet “Official Grand reopening” will take place in July and I will be supplying details about that soon.
That being said, we have had so many requests for access to shopping from our regular customers that we are going to open our doors on Wednesday May 15th in order to serve you.
Please bear with us as we are a work in progress and may still be unpacking and stocking shelves.
Our staff is ready to help you and we look forward to seeing you soon.

When I think of the Outlet, pink and yellow come to mind!

Pink and yellow are a hot trend right now.

This new wall of crystals got me very excited last week, on my walk through of the new Outlet merchandising in progress.

So many yellow crystals to choose from!

And look at all this hot pink!

Can’t wait to be shopping in The Outlet again!

I am sure you are wondering how the move is going.  I visited this week and I can tell you the move to the new outlet location (in the same building) is going great!

Shelves are being filled…and there are a lot of new shelves!

This is the aisle I am most excited about.

All the costume making supplies are being organized into one area!  This is going to be fantastic!

Management hopes to be open Mid-May.  I’ll keep you posted!

The Outlet move is really going well!  There are new shelves and an unbelievable grouping of items being stocked.

What will be in the outlet?

It will change all the time!  For those of you who may not know, JOHN BEAD is a very large wholesaler of beading, crafting and jewelry making products.  They only sell wholesale, so the public normally does not have access to their products.    They have a massive catalogue!  When items do not sell, or when there are only a few items left from a grouping, they end up in the John Bead Outlet.

That could mean that there is only one truly fabulous strand available like you see in the picture or there might be hundreds of any one product that will be sold. These are items that are no longer in the wholesale catalogue, so they will not be reordered.

So, if you see something you like in the Outlet, you’ll need to buy it.  Stock will change all the time and more than likely you won’t find something you like on a second visit.  New items are going to be added weekly.

  It will be great fun to shop here to see what has arrived and I believe you’ll be thrilled at the pricing and selection.

I can’t wait to see what the company pulls out of storage now that they will have room to show it!