4 Facets

2008 4 Facets Show Schedule

(check back for changes)

42nd Annual West Seattle Rock Club Show - President's Gemboree

February 16 and 17  Alki Masonic Temple, 4736 40th Ave. SW, Seattle, WA

2008 East KingCo Rock & Gem Show

March 1 & 2  Pickering Barn 1730 - 10th Ave. NW
Issaquah, WA  98027 (Across from Costco)

7th Annual Port Townsend Bead Market
April 25, 26 & 27 Pope Marine Bldg., 603 Water St, Port Townsend, WA

15th Annual Coeur d’Alene, ID Bead Stampede

July 4, 5 & 6  Kootenai County Fairgrounds, Bldg. #3, Coeur d’Alene, ID

Experimental Bead Show in Bothell - Free

August 8, 9 & 10 - Friday & Saturday 10:00 ~ 6:00, Sunday 10:00 ~ 5:00

The Country Village Shops (in the Stage area).

23718 Bothell Everett Hwy, Bothell, WA

(go to http://www.zizbead.com/ and see Bothell for more details)

9th Annual Kalispell, MT Bead Stampede 

Sept. 5, 6 & 7  Flathead County Fair Grandstand Bldg, Kalispell, MT

12th Annual Spokane, WA Bead Stampede
Oct. 17, 18 & 19 Spokane Fair & Expo Center - AG Bldg B, 
404 N. Havana,  Spokane, WA

New!

Super Secret Experimental Bead Show in Renton, WA.

October 29 & 30 at The Clarion Inn, 11:00 am ~ 7:00 pm

3700 East Valley Road, Renton, WA.  (425-251-9591)

(Just a couple blocks East of IKEA)

The Annual Bellevue Rock Club Show

October 25 & 26, 2008 at Vasa Park
Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm

Vasa Park, 3560 West Lake Sammamish Bldv. SE, Bellevue, WA.

Mark your calendar so you don't miss a show in your area. 

The Feel of Fall

Autumn is here.  We can feel and smell it in the crisp morning air. We love this time of year.  It's got to be one of our top four seasons, to be sure.  ;-)

If you have been checking our web page now and then, you have noticed that we added a few shows as the season progressed.  However, there were several shows that did not happen this year. We missed being able to visit our friends and customers in Boise, Helena, Bend/Redmond, Lewiston/Clarkston and others.

The economy has been suffering for a while, even before the current meltdown, and show attendance has reflected this reality. Some of our fellow vendors have cut way back, so vendor attendance has also declined.

We appreciate the impact hard times are having on everyone.  Food and fuel have to take priority and with costs rising, discretionary spending choices get harder.

We have done our best to keep prices low, but we have felt the pinch, too.  While the cost of bringing great beads to you has risen, we have tried to keep prices low while striving to provide the best quality at every price level.

We hope we can still be one of your favorite providers of quality stone and pearl beads.  If you have an idea of what you are looking for, why not give us a phone call or send an e-mail and see if we have something we can send you. If you have seen us at a show, you already know our quality and competitive pricing. We would be happy to e-mail pictures if you give us a description of your needs.

With time, our country and our world will get through these challenging times.  Until we turn the corner, please don't give up the things that bring you satisfaction and joy.  If creating beautiful things with beads falls into that category, we hope we can help you find some great beads to work with.  It's going to be a great year to give hand made Holiday gifts.

We hope to see you or hear from you sometime soon.  We continue to refresh our inventory so that we will have a great selection for you as you prepare to create the great holiday gifts your friends and family are so looking forward to.

Take a look at our schedule, mark your calendar, come to a show and say hi.  All of the shows we participate in feature quality vendors. Of course, we hope you like our offerings and choose to do business with us, but we especially hope you find exactly what you need at the show and are able to create precisely what you dream of.

Sam and Sue Wallick