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December 07, 2016As a bead designer who owns a wholesale bead company with my husband, I am surrounded by beads all day in my office. They stay with me mentally most other places as I work through designs in my head. Under those circumstances, people…Continue Read -
December 05, 2016Backyard gardens in Jablonec — where the majority of our Czech beads and buttons are made individually or in small batches by traditional artisans– are not orderly cages of color…Continue Read -
November 23, 2016Categories: BrassThere are those who might suggest that Nirvana founder Nir Kronenberg‘s best business decision was inadvertently a personal one. At the time of their marriage, even his bride Cynthia Shanti Moralez didn’t recognize how remarkably her…Continue Read -
November 09, 2016How does Nirvana Beads create new, exclusive and exciting designs in Czech Glass using shapes and techniques that predate our great grandparents? The…Continue Read -
October 19, 2016Categories: Czech Glass BeadsThe word “artisan” officially joined plaid shirts in Brooklyn when McDonald’s launched their latest poultry product on an “artisan” roll. But marketing-speak be damned, artisans themselves have an…Continue Read -
August 31, 2016Categories: Czech Glass BeadsWe are delighted the editors of “Bead and Button” highlighted our new Mercury finish line as one of the best new products of the 2016 Bead and Button Show. We are always…Continue Read -
August 11, 2016We are very happy to announce that Nirvana Beads has started to support a small nonprofit in Mexico dedicated to the welfare of stray dogs and cats. We are helping Ruben Morelos from “Ayuda a los que no…Continue Read -
July 08, 2016I found this enchanting passage in San Francisco, California. I fell in love with how the greens of the plants and the color of the houses created a very interesting hue in the surroundings. These colors inspired me to do something similar…Continue Read -
June 30, 2016Almost every year Nir and I travel to the Czech Republic to visit the factories that produce our beads and buttons. In one of our trips we visited the Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec Nad…Continue Read -
June 20, 2016Almost every year Nir and I travel to the Czech Republic to visit the factories that produce our beads and buttons. In one of our trips we visited the Museum of Glass and Jewellery in…Continue Read -
May 12, 2016By Cynthia Shanti Moralez One of the best parts of our work is the excitement of opening the boxes of Czech buttons and beads when they arrive from the artisans…Continue Read -
August 11, 2014Categories: Jewelry DesignsDo you need ideas? Designed by CeceliaContinue Read -
January 13, 2014Categories: Jewelry DesignsBY CATHY CEDERLIND, BENTARA CREATIONS, GOLD RIVER, CA Cathy Cederlind is a Northern California Bead Artist located in the Sacramento…Continue Read -
January 10, 2014Categories: Jewelry DesignsBY LESLIE SILK-CHAMPAGNE,SILK-CHAMPAGNE DESIGNS, PORTSMOUTH, NH I made this necklace using the…Continue Read -
January 10, 2014Categories: Jewelry DesignsBY LINDA GIEREK, GIEREK’S BEADS, SHIPSHEWANA, IN I am a free-spirited, simple gal, from a small community in Northern…Continue Read
