NOW OPEN!!!

We have officially opened our bead shop! Well, it opened about a month ago, I'm just a tad bit slow. We're only open Mondays, Saturdays and some Sunday afternoons. We'd love to be open full time. But until it does well enough that Patrick can quit his day job, that just isn't in the cards. But that is our goal. We've always wanted a shop. Ever since we've been married.
The bead shop is located inside a vegetarian restaurant called Isadora's Wonderful Things. (I'm enjoying some AMAZING beans and rice right now!) But Wonderful Things actually started out as a bead shop in the owner, Sandy's back yard. That's where we discovered them. We knew nothing about beads at the time, but they had some pretty jewelry. Then, in 2001, they moved to a larger shop on Main Street and started giving beading classes. And that's where we fell in love with beads. Patrick is actually better at it than me, but I do love making pretty things. Shortly after, Sandy's daughter Bethany opened up a coffee bar inside. I was honored to be her first barista. (besides Bethany herself) The coffee bar eventually expanded into a restaurant. Then, for health reasons, Bethany became a vegetarian, and so did her restaurant. Sandy retired and Bethany took over the bead shop. But with business picking up so well at the restaurant, Bethany and her husband Michael, didn't have time to keep both sides of the business running. And that's where we came in. They asked us if we would be interested taking over the shop. Of course we would! So after some figuring and babysitter arrangements, we decide it was something we could handle. And it is so much fun! Doing something we love to do. That's the dream isn't it?
Well, that's our story. Come back by soon and I'll update you on some of the new stock we're getting in and other things that we've got going on. Take care!