Halloween Beads & Beads Up North Report
15th October 2022
See us today, 15th Oct at Luton Bead Fair and tomorrow 16th Oct at New Forest Bead Fair. Click For Our Bead Fair at 2022 Bead Fairs.
Then we’re at Norwich Bead Fair, Sunday 23rd October. MrBead Shop: https://mrbeadshop.com
Content:
Bead Fairs This Weekend
Beads Up North Report
Spooky Halloween Beads
Orange & Black Beads
2022 Bead Fairs
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This Weekends Bead Fairs
Luton Bead Fair
Luton is a busy show, despite a small hall. Because so many visitors nip up the M1 from North London – the hall is only 5-minutes from M1 J10.
Disappointingly, the Big Bead Show, on this Saturday, was again cancelled. Go to Luton or the New Forest instead for your bead fix!
For the website click Luton Bead Fair
New Forest Bead Fair
Also a busy show in this affluent area where every other car has a private plate. Many new semiprecious beads just imported into the UK, plus unusual gems by Harmoney.
Enjoy a day out visiting us at this charming old-world village in the heart of the New Forest. Brockenhurst is bustling with old pubs and restaurants, yet offers spectacular views with ponies and donkeys wondering freely everywhere.
Close to Southampton and Bournemouth – or if you’re coming from north or London, it’s just 20-minutes from M27 at exit 1, and follow the A337 through Lyndhurst.
For the website click New Forest Bead Fair
Beads Up North Report
As usual this was a busy show with many visitors and 15 exhibitors. Thanks to everyone who made the show a great success. The workshops were very popular – next year we’ll have another beady project for you to make at Haydock. Pic to the left is Gorden from Halfpenney’s and Michael from BeadBuyer.
Left picture is Kathryn Halfpenney and the ‘Ave-A-Go team from Halpenney’s Beads at Haydock. They done a great job designing the beading project and organizing the workshops.
The prize draw was won by Janice Wright of Liverpool – she received a gift from each exhibitor as pictured. Every visitor has a chance to win the prize. Try your luck in 2023!
Next year’s Beads Up North dates will be publish soon – expected to be May and October. We like to keen the same dates, but may be slightly different in May so we can setup the day before.
For a video of the show click Beads Up North.
Keep up to date on Beads Up North on the website: https://www.beadsupnorth.co.uk
Spooky Halloween Beads
Halloween is celebrated on 31st October because the ancient Celts, a British farming race over 2,000-years ago, had their year determined by the growing season. Samhain, 1st November, marked the end of summer, the harvest, and cold dark nights. The night before this new year they believed the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred.
Guy Fawkes Day used to be a bigger deal in the UK, but In recent years the Americanisation of Halloween has increased its popularity. Get in on the trent making spooky costume jewellery for kids and adults alike.
Skull Beads
Skull jewellery is once again popular. Especially with the young, who wear skull rings on their fingers and hang skull pendants on their bags. The media adds to the craze with many celebratory discreetly showing skulls.
Buddhism
Skull jewellery at one time was only for Buddhists. Skulls have a negative context in Western culture, but to Buddhists they remind them to focus on reaching Nevada. The ultimate rebirth, when one finally escapes the suffering of terrestrial life – the final goal of their cycles of death and rebirth. Seeing skulls prevent Buddhists from wasting time building their ego or wealth, which is useless after death.
Gothic
Modern gothic culture has similarities to the Buddhist. Goths like to highlight suffering: to contrast from living and create an optimistic outlook. This similarity is rather like the oriental concept of yin and yang – opposite and constant flowing forces. Increase yin, and yang with decrease, and vice versa. Likewise, draw attention to death, and life brightens. For our awesome Gothic ring click Huge Full-Finger Ring.
Why wear skulls?
To others, skulls remind that we all have to die. Skulls show that life is not permanent and are a symbol that we are all flirting with death.
In this context they represent a quest to survive, a reminder to be careful. For the same reason hot-rodders’ hang a furry dice inside their cars’ representing danger.
Rock Stars
In the world of rock music, skulls have always been worn. Every rocker sports a white metal skull ring, or a skull bracelet or necklace. Keith Richards has worn a skull ring since the early seventies. Ozzy Osbourne and Axel Rose would never be seen without skull jewellery. To them skulls don’t just represent a fling with death, but a symbol of survival.
Rebels
Some link the skull image to rebellion, like pirates fly the skull and cross bones. Outlaws to society want to show they live by their own values, and will not be forced into a way of thought by others who have an alternate and often immoral motive.
Skull beads are ideal for Halloween, and students have been hanging them on their rucksacks all year. Skulls remind that we all have to die. Skulls show that life is not permanent and are a symbol that we are all flirting with death.
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Our Black Beads
ORANGE & BLACK BEADS
With Halloween just around the corner, we thought it fun to look at orange and black gemstone beads. You can’t celebrate Halloween without using these in your jewellery.
They’re also great to wear during autumn since orange matches the beautiful fall leaves, and black is a classy tone that will compliment every colour. The classic gemstones in these colours are orange carnelian and black onyx.
Carnelian gets the brilliant orange colour from iron oxide, and black onyx is usually made by treating chalcedony or agate with a sugar solution and then carbonizing it with heated sulfuric acid.
Colour enhancements for these stones are so common that majority of carnelians and onyx sold today are enhanced agate. However, this makes the stones available in larger sizes and at more affordable prices.
Other stones in these colours are fire opals, pearls, and orange aventurines for sunset tones – and obsidian or jet for black beads. Try combining copper findings with onyx beads.
Click To See Our Carnelian Beads
Or Our Onyx beads
We’ve booked 31 fairs for 2022. Next year we’ll be holding even more of our own shows, at new locations requested by customers. If there isn’t any bead fairs near you, let me know and I’ll consider your request.
Saturday 15th Oct: Luton Bead Fair, Stockwood Hotel, Castle Street, Luton LU1 3SS
Sunday 16th Oct: New Forest Bead Fair, Brockenhurst Village Hall, Brockenhurst SO42 7RY
Sunday 23rd Oct: Norwich Bead Fair, Best Western George Hotel, Arlington Lane, Norwich NR2 2DA Weekend 29th-30th Oct: Newton Abbot Gem n Bead Fair, Newton Abbot Racecourse, Kingsteignton, Devon TQ12 3AF
Weekend 12th-13th November: London Gem n Bead Fair, Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, London TW16 5AQ
For the full list click 2022 Bead Fairs
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Can only be used at the NEW shop & not with any other coupon. To get the discount Key LUTON at checkout now, as offer ends Friday 21st October 2022. Use at https://mrbeadshop.com.