Calling all crafters and designers, this weekend the Bead Monkey is having Sidewalk Sales with 50% off artisan beads, supplies, and jewelry. The Bead Monkey located in the Edina area of the Twin Cities off 50th and France Avenue South provides a wonderful assault to your eyes.
Although catering to the professional and amateur jewelry designer, The Bead Monkey also has wonderful beads that can be incorporated into Wearable Art and Fabric Design. Selections include Swarovski Crystals, Czech glass, semi-precious gemstones, hand blown glass, freshwater pearls and all the accoutrements to tantalize and inspire your creative talents!
MarkdownMom and staff filled their tray with such bargains as an agate bracelet for $10, seed beads for $1, and India glass for $2! The sale room is located near the side door, but you must also take a tour of the entire store and enjoy the vintage jewelry, the kits that are on display that feature completed pieces that you can make in their classes, and so much more.
More to come on this crafting emporium, right now, hurry in for their Crazy Days at Minneapolis store only through August 1st!
The smell of mini-donuts intermingled with szchuan, the virtuosity of an accordian player heard in the distant block, and coupled with the footsteps and the rattle of shopping bags as bargain hunters crisscross the blocked off streets. A bargain hunt that assails your senses plus provides entertainment and sightseeing. This is the fun atmosphere that shoppers experience during annual sidewalk sale days or downtown days. 
In some communities sidewalk sale days are followed by parades and street dances, making it an event with something for everyone. Take a stroll, taste the offerings of your favorite restaurants, enjoy the music and free entertainment of sidewalk sale days–as American as apple pie and coffee.
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