Saturday, August 29, 2009

Starlight Beads Website Update

The website for Starlight Beads has had a bit of a freshen up and we've moved the navigator bar from the right hand side of the site to the top each page. This way it's easily at hand and it should make life easier when hunting down the beads and pendants. Why not stop by and have a look?
There are some new pandora troll beads available here

August Clearance Sale!
Beads & Beyond Magazine - all back copies must be sold
Was £3.95 now just £1.95 ...save £2 on the cover price! Buy while stocks last!
http://www.starlightbeads.co.uk/userimages/procart35.htm

Fashion Colours For Autumn 2009

With contrasts of the warmer pastel tones with the more subdued tones these Autumn/Winter 09 colours reflect both the mood of the economic climate and the optimism of what is to come. With the key trends this season being over the knee boots, capes and cloaks, military style jackets, along with ripped denim, ripped stocking and tights and see through clothing, there's plenty of scope to design your own piece of jewellery to match these trends and colours.

American Beauty
Purple Heart
Honey Yellow
Iron
Burnt Sienna
Nomad
Rapture Rose
Warm Olive
Majolica Blue
Creme Brulee*

Visit us today and see what you can create!
http://www.starlightbeads.co.uk/

* Courtesy of Pantone

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Back from FibreFest!

We had an amazing time at FibreFest 2009 last weekend and met a lot of fellow Ravelry folk, friends and Twitterers! Our new collection was given centre stage on the stand and we'll be launching it at the end of this week on the website. We've now unpacked all the markers and restocked the website with a few new goodies, including
  • Brittany Birch Needles, Crochet Hooks, DPNs, Cable Needles from £3.15 - £5.75
  • Flexible Afghan/Tunisian Hooks £3.00
  • Polymer Clay Buttons from 40p to £3.00

Atomic Knitting has been featured in four knitting magazines in the past month including The Knitter, Simply Knitting, Knit Today and Let's Knit. Our collections are selling fast and there will be a new collection launched in early September. Here's a preview of a few of the features in the magazines:

As featured in 'The Knitter Magazine' September 09

On your marks
'Atomic Knitting's new stitch marker range includes stylish beaded sets that are just the thing to adorn your latest project. Alongside whimsical options like the folksy Russian doll and cupcake designs that are handmade from polymer clay, this elegant 'copper and agate II' set will be a smart addition to your pins. Prices start at £2.50, and this set is £5.00; http://www.atomicknitting.co.uk./


Evil Eye Stitch Markers as featured in the September 09 issue of Let's Knit magazine - Rock the Casbah!

£5 per set - as featured in our Summer 09 stitch marker collections - more colours available. Shown here on non split rings!




Sunday, July 19, 2009

Pandora Beads & Spectacle Holders Back in Stock!

New at Starlight Beads....pandora beads
Starlight Beads - Back in stock today are our spectacle holders in clear/silver and black/gold - available in packs of 4 or 10.And just arrived - purple lariat mobile phone cords!


Cupcake Stitch Markers

Candy & Cupcake Stitch Markers - available today from our Stitch Marker Collections
http://www.atomicknitting.co.uk/

Our Cupcake Stitch Markers have been featured in the August 2009 issue of Simply Knitting magazine, and we've expanded our collection to include candy allsorts markers and strawberry cake with icing markers! All very cute, guaranteed calorie free and naturally, not edible as they are made from polymer clay ;-)

Thank You Simply Knitting!

Come and meet us...
Our next event will be Fibrefest 2009 on the weekend of 22nd & 23rd August 2009 at Coldharbour Mill, Working Wool Museum, Uffculme, Devon (click here to view a google map).

The Mill, currently open to the public http://www.coldharbourmill.org.uk/ , will play host to the event and will be open for tours as well as Steam Up, a unique experience where the original steam engines are fired up. The mill is a unique 200 year old processing and worsted mill and is utilising its recently restored water wheel to once again process and spin yarn for fibre producing farms, see http://www.fibreharvest.co.uk/

http://www.fibrefest.co.uk/ for more information

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Sparkly Cat Collars featured in Your Cat magazine July 2009

Bohobeads Boutique - our sparkly cat collars have been featured in Your Cat magazine under 'Bling up your cat'! We've had considerable interest in them and there are still some collars available at http://www.bohobeadsboutique.com

Bohobeads Boutique Cat Collars, labelled 4, 5 and 6 above