BDC CLOSED on Tuesdays
2021-11-09, 2021-11-16, 2021-11-23, 2021-11-30, 2021-12-07, 2021-12-14, 2021-12-21, 2021-12-28 and 13 more dates
We’re CLOSED on Tuesdays. It’s the one day each week that we rest, relax, and take stock.
Tuesday closures were not chosen at random: Traditionally, Tuesdays have had the lowest number of Customer visits of any day of the week. And we want to be at our best when you do come in.
We look forward to serving all of your beading needs on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or any other day of the week.
Just not Tuesdays. 🙂
Dusti

"Hello, Gorgeous!" Joyce Lofgreen: Designer, Creator T.S.
2021-12-03 - 2021-12-05
Hello, Gorgeous !
(Excerpts from Katie Backus’ Bio of her Grandmother. Read her complete and touching remembrances here.)
“I’m not exactly sure when Grandma’s love affair with jewelry design and creating began, but judging by the dates in some of her journals and sketchbooks, it was around 1970, just after her sixth and final child was born. At this time, Joyce was 40 years old and the mother of six boys.”

“I think Joyce had been collecting beads and stones for quite some time; she had inherited her father’s passion as well as his tools, and one by one, designs came to Joyce, and her hobby turned into a profession for her. She aptly, and perhaps a titch wryly, named her business “JM’s Significant Others: Antique, Collectible, and Signed Designer Bits and Pieces, Redesigned With a Blend That Is Not Quite A Marriage.””

“She designed beautiful jewelry pieces and made sales, participated in ongoing church events, kept up with the Joneses (and then some) and managed six boys—she also wrote and copyrighted her life story in a screenplay and musical format!”
“By this time, Joyce had designed jewelry professionally for William Farrell Jewelers in Seattle and amassed quite a bead, stone, and gem collection from all over the country—from small, dusty southwestern rock and gem shops to century-old attic estate sales in New York City, and many places in between. She had an eye for the eccentric, novel, one-of-a-kind, and eclectic, but also classic, vintage, elegant, and subtle beauties which called out to her. For many years, Joyce participated in some of Seattle’s finest holiday bazaars and gem shows; she sold finished pieces to local shops and boutiques around Seattle and held estate sales out of her home. Through her beading, she found solace, comfort, and a cathartic way to express herself.”

“We occasionally played in her bead room, as I would now and again come over to borrow a piece or two when I had a work party to attend or a fundraiser in one of downtown Seattle’s old hotel ballrooms. I helped her with one holiday bazaar, held at the Seattle Tennis Club where my father worked, and I encouraged her over the years to consider the internet as a way of selling her pieces. Still, she was adamant about steering clear of computers.”

“A friend of mine shared this with me last year before Grandma Joyce passed. She said, “She who dies with the most beads, wins.” I had never heard this before, but as I went through Grandma’s bead room months later, overwhelmed by the volume of pieces, their energies, the hours that passed in that room day after day, year after year as Joyce sought her own voice and creative expression, I thought, “You won Grandma, you won.””

“It is an honor for me to present to you now, with the help of the very kind folks at Dusti Creek Beads, the remainder of my late Grandma Joyce’s collection, featuring her one-of-a-kind pieces. There truly is something for everyone. I hope you will come by and take a gander. I look forward to meeting you and exclaiming, “Hello Gorgeous!“ when you arrive.”
All the very best,
Katie

BDC Closes at 2 PM, Friday, Christmas Eve.
2021-12-24 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Denver)
BDC Wishes you a
Merry Christmas, & a Happy New Year.
BDC Closes at 2 PM on Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021.
We will also be Closed for Christmas Day, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021.

We will Re-Open at 10 AM, on Sunday,
December 26th, 2021

BDC Closes at 2 PM, Friday, Christmas Eve.
2021-12-24 11:00 - 14:00
BDC Wishes you a
Merry Christmas, & a Happy New Year.
BDC Closes at 2 PM on Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022.
We will also be Closed for Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022.

We will Re-Open at 10 AM, on Monday,
December 26th, 2022

Christmas Day - BDC CLOSED
2021-12-25
We are CLOSED this Saturday, December 25th, in observance of
Christmas Day.
We’ll be back on Sunday, December 26th, (Boxing Day) to serve all your beading needs.
Merry Christmas, Everybody !.

BDC CLOSED Sunday -"Snow Day"
2021-12-26
For the safety of our Customers and our Staff,
BDC will be CLOSED on Sunday, Dec. 26th.
Weather forecasts appear to indicate that we can expect improving conditions on Monday, Dec. 27th, when BDC will re-open at 12Noon.
We look forward to serving all your beading needs then.
Dusti

Janu Gems T.S. @ BDC
2022-03-11 - 2022-03-13
BDC is pleased to host Theodore, of Janu Gems, for his Trunk Show this
Friday thru Sunday
That’s This Weekend,
March 11 – 13, 2022

First, the NEW. Janu Gems is pleased to be offering an expanded assortment of Loose Stones (Gem stone quality), as well as more Finished Jewelry. All at tempting prices.

Next, Theodore has greatly expanded his selection of OPAL and MOONSTONE strands. (Check out the short video above. Personally, I love stones with “fire” in them.)

He set along some candid shots of the special items that he’ll be bringing for you, our customers.

And there will be plenty of your favorites.
Yes. It’s an “Event.” Anytime Janu Gems is at BDC !
Would you like to see more of Theodore’s offerings?
Click Here

Time Change Sunday: Spring Forward 1 Hour !
2022-03-13

BDC CLOSED for Easter Sunday.
2022-04-17
Beads At Dusti Creek will be CLOSED for Easter Sunday. We’ll look forward to serving your beading needs once again, starting Monday, April 18th.

BDC CLOSED - MONDAY - Memorial Day
2022-05-30
BDC will be CLOSED for Memorial Day (Decoration Day), which is Monday, May 30th, this year. We will also be Closed on Tuesday, May 31st, as our normal, weekly Closed day.
We will re-open on Wednesday, June 1st, at 11 AM.
Please note, we will be OPEN all this Weekend, Saturday & Sunday, May 28th & 29th, Prior to Memorial Day, to serve your beading needs.
So Plan Appropriately!
But whenever you come to visit, we will be delighted to see you.
