Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Classes at Dancing Bear!












Hello Dancing Bear Customers!

We have very exciting news! We are going to start classes at our store. Our very first classs will be on Nov 4 from 11am-2pm.

The class will be instructed by Dee, she has been teaching for years! Her jewelry is amazing and you can do it too! Each class session will be $20. She has an open class, so anyone can show up at any point and she will teach you what ever you want to learn. She will be offering her jewelry classes 2 times a week here at Dancing Bear Indian Trader.
Wednesdays 11am-2pm
Saturdays 3pm-6pm

Please RSVP for your spot for these classes! Email me at svea@dancingbearindiantrader.com






Thursday, June 4, 2009

A nice little tote bag for mom or your friends!

How to make a nice tote bag for Mother's day or for a friend.Get a heavy weight fabric, such as a home decorator weight fabric2 fat quarters (outside fabric)2 fat quarters (lining fabric)2 yards of nylon webbing1 package of contrasting bias tape, double folded (thickness at least 1/2"4 pieces of interfacing, preferably craft fuse, or something heavy.Directions.Fuse your interfacing to all of your fat quarters.Determine the top of your fat quarters.Cut two 3" squares off the bottom corners of each piece.Sew on the bias tape along the top, making sure to put the over lap behind one of the straps.Take 1 yard of the nylon webbing and sew it on in a u shape. start by pinning the webbing 4 inches in from the cut corner, attach to the very bottom of the piece, and measure 4 inches over from the other side, and attach the same way. Make the shape of an upside down u, and pin down, make sure it's straight. You will see that it forms a strap or handle at the top of the FQ that is in a shape of a T.Sew it down on both edges of the nylon webbing, make sure to leave 1" at the top, so that the bias tape can be attached behind. Do this to BOTH sides.Pair up the inside interfaced piece with the outside interfaced piece. Face both pieces together with the outside together.Attach both sides together, first on the bottom. Reinforce the bottom especially where the nylon webbing is in the seam. Seam allowance should be 5/8"Now sew the side seams together, make sure to line them up on the top edge.Now sew together the seam of the cut out 3" square. match the two corners together, this will give you a square bottom for the tote bag.Now that you have the bag sudo done, take your bias tape, and cover the inside seams if you like. And use it to cover the top of the bag. After sewing it on, make a reinforced box with an x in it, at the top of every strap (4 times) Take this opportunity to sew down the area of the strap that allowed for the bias tape to be covered.Voila! It's a tote bag that you can use for any thing, and it also would make a GREAT gift!!!!If you need any fabrics, I have a great collection of Alexander Henry Fabrics, Michael Miller Fabrics, and many others.

There are a lot of fabrics that are avaliable at:

http://www.dancingbearindiantrader.com/ndfabric.html
http://www.bellepepper.etsy.com

Thursday, May 28, 2009

New fabrics we ordered!!!! Michael Miller makes great designs

Hello Dancing Bear Indian Trader Customers!

We are really excited to announce that we will be getting in some NEW designs from Michael Miller with Dreamcatchers printed on the fabric! Our Native American themed fabric collection is growing. See our collection at http://www.dancingbearindiantrader.com/ndfabric.html

We sold out of our dreamcatcher fabric from shamash, and it was out of print, so we couldn't get more. 

Our sales rep for Michael Miller called us up and told us that she had some stuff that we would like to see. We were so excited, we ordered a bunch of the fabrics, and we also took snapshots of the samples. We should be getting in our inventory at the end of June. We can't wait for all of the fabric. We will be doing presales of this fabric soon.....


Friday, March 27, 2009

WHOA! We got Delicas!! And much much more!

Hi There Everyone in Cyberland!

We just got in the shipment, finally! We have a huge collection of Delica Beads. We ordered 11/0 Delicas made by Miyuki. These are the best bead! They are very popular because they are uniform in shape, so they are perfect for any project that requires precision. We ordered over 300 colors.

We ordered in a bunch of tools, triangle bead cups, crimp pliers, hemp cord, special beading rulers, knotting tools, mandrel sets (to make your own jumprings), soft flex, fireline, metal measuring gauges. Ahh, it's so cool to get in all of this good stuff for craft making!

We hope to see you soon! Come on by and say hi! Our Bead Shop is in Vista, Our address is:

135 E Broadway, Vista, CA 92084 Call us at: 760-726-2323 (BEAD)

Our website is: http://www.dancingbearindiantrader.com

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

the Store is progressing....



Hi All,

Here is an update on our store, We have been putting up all of the beads on the wall. They look spectacular! Just like at our booth, the wall of beads is the focal point of the store.





Front of Store


Inside View



Another View of the store




Wall of beads




We also have a fabric room! Our fabrics are starting to fill up the space beautifully! We are so excited to see it progress. Did you know that we sell quilter's quality fabrics from: Alexander Henry, Michael Miller fabrics, David Textiles, Robert Kaufman, High Fashion fabrics, Shamash Fabrics, Andover fabrics, Windham Fabrics, just to name some of them...


Doorway into fabric room



Shelf of fabric bolts


We will be getting in some new fabrics from Blank Quilting and we will have a Belle Pepper Fabrics corner as well. This collection is a unique one, it is a collection of skull prints, mexican day of the dead, retro prints, from Alexander Henry, Michael Miller, just to name a few. This collection has home dec weights and Hello Kitty fabrics! They have an Etsy store: http://bellepepper.etsy.com/ if you would like to see the preview. Some of the fabrics are also previewed on this post.






Our Native American collection of fabrics, we have been told, is very good! We have found so many different fabrics, some of them are out of print. We have over 50 different designs of fabric! Some of the images are of tipi villages, northwest coast totem poles, horses, beaded flower designs, kachinas, chili peppers, native american baskets, silver conchos, ledger drawing, kokopeli and other southwest designs. Here is our collection online: http://www.dancingbearindiantrader.com/ndfabric.html




Email us if you want to be added to our mailing list!svea@dancingbearindiantrader.comOur website is:http://www.dancingbearindiantrader.com/We sell these items. Not all of them are on the website with shopping cart links. We have been working on the website as well as attending powwows and running business, please be patient with us, there is so much to put onto the website! We have a comprehensive collection of Native American craft supplies for any Native American project. We strive to find new items all the time. If you are looking for something and don't know where to get it, please ask us! We probably have it or can get for you! We hope you will be our customer, and that you think we are the #1 Indian Craft Supply, the go to, for your personal crafting needs!Czech glass beads, Czech Beads, Firepolish Czech Beads, Fire Polish Beads, Native American Craft Books, Abalone Shells, Blue Abalone, Green Abalone, Mexican Green Abalone, Yellow Abalone, Deluxe Smudge Kits, Dentillium Shells, Elk Teeth, Carved Bone Elk Teeth, Jewelry Tools, Native American Fabric, Indian fabric, 8 band tradecloth, red wool tradecloth, blue wool tradecloth, black wool tradecloth, orange wool tradecloth, charlotte beads, miyuki beads, Japanese beads, Native American patterns, Feathers, Furs, Beaver skins, White Sage Bundles, Sweet Grass Braids, Native Herbs, Bear Berry, Deer Tongue, Red Willow, Star Anise, Spearmint, Mullen, Ceramic Beads, Teeny Tiny Peruvian Beads, Pewter Pendants, Rhinestone banding, Hot Fix Preciosa Crystals, Abalone Disks, White Clam Disks, Blue Mussel, Cowrie shells, Shawl Fringe, Shawl Cuts, Floral Scarves, Redwood Jingles, Indian Time Jingles, Fat quarters, horsehair, dyed horsehair, baby blankets, native american fleece blanket, old time beads, crow beads, nymo thread, John James beading needles, John James glovers needles, John James sharps needles, Stretch Magic, Tigertail, Gemstone beads, hawk bells... more will be added soon...

Monday, December 29, 2008

Dancing Bear Indian Trader and Google Calendar, what a great combo!

Hi Friends!



The google calendar is a great improvement to our website. We will be updating all of the powwow schedules, and future store classes with this great online tool.



There are three tabs, week, month & agenda. If you click those you will see that there are many options to view the calendar.

Also you can click the print icon! And if you have google calendar, you can add an event to your calendar from our calendar.

You can also subscribe to our calendar!

Now with those features, isn't this a cool thing to help you keep in contact with the powwow trail and Dancing Bear???

We look forward to seeing you in our store or at a powwow soon!

Chris and Don Tracy.

Email us if you want to be added to our mailing list!
svea@dancingbearindiantrader.com
Our website is:
http://www.dancingbearindiantrader.com/
We sell these items. Not all of them are on the website with shopping cart links. We have been working on the website as well as attending powwows and running business, please be patient with us, there is so much to put onto the website! We have a comprehensive collection of Native American craft supplies for any Native American project. We strive to find new items all the time. If you are looking for something and don't know where to get it, please ask us! We probably have it or can get for you! We hope you will be our customer, and that you think we are the #1 Indian Craft Supply, the go to, for your personal crafting needs!Czech glass beads, Czech Beads, Firepolish Czech Beads, Fire Polish Beads, Native American Craft Books, Abalone Shells, Blue Abalone, Green Abalone, Mexican Green Abalone, Yellow Abalone, Deluxe Smudge Kits, Dentillium Shells, Elk Teeth, Carved Bone Elk Teeth, Jewelry Tools, Native American Fabric, Indian fabric, 8 band tradecloth, red wool tradecloth, blue wool tradecloth, black wool tradecloth, orange wool tradecloth, charlotte beads, miyuki beads, Japanese beads, Native American patterns, Feathers, Furs, Beaver skins, White Sage Bundles, Sweet Grass Braids, Native Herbs, Bear Berry, Deer Tongue, Red Willow, Star Anise, Spearmint, Mullen, Ceramic Beads, Teeny Tiny Peruvian Beads, Pewter Pendants, Rhinestone banding, Hot Fix Preciosa Crystals, Abalone Disks, White Clam Disks, Blue Mussel, Cowrie shells, Shawl Fringe, Shawl Cuts, Floral Scarves, Redwood Jingles, Indian Time Jingles, Fat quarters, horsehair, dyed horsehair, baby blankets, native american fleece blanket, old time beads, crow beads, nymo thread, John James beading needles, John James glovers needles, John James sharps needles, Stretch Magic, Tigertail, Gemstone beads, hawk bells... more will be added soon...

Monday, November 17, 2008

Attention, Attention, Dancing Bear Indian Trader proudly announces, "The Store"




We here are so excited, we have just signed a lease for a retail location for Dancing Bear Indian Trader. We found a really nice, convienient, and great size location just one street over from the downtown Vista shopping district. We will focus on providing the same excellent customer service, and a huge selection of craft supplies for any project ranging from Native American Regalia to beaded jewelry!


Our location will be 135 E. Broadway, Vista, CA.


We will have more information as the time grows near, about our phone number, hours, etc.


Our store will carry an expanded collection of craft supplies such as:


  • Native American fabrics

  • Novelty Cotton Fabrics

  • 8 Band Trade Cloth

  • Baby Blankets & Throws

  • Sterling Silver Findings

  • Czech Bead Wall

  • Japanese Seed Beads

  • Silver Plated findings

  • Gold Plated findings

  • Thread and Needles

  • Bone Beads

  • Gemstone Beads

  • Tin Cones

  • Hairpipe assorted sizes

  • Shawl Fringe & Shawl Cuts

  • Assorted Leather goods

  • Hot Fix Crystals

  • Rhinestone Banding

  • Feathers

  • and more!

We are so excited the possibilities are endless!!!!


Email us if you want to be added to our mailing list!


svea@dancingbearindiantrader.com


Our website is:


http://www.dancingbearindiantrader.com/


We sell these items. Not all of them are on the website with shopping cart links. We have been working on the website as well as attending powwows and running business, please be patient with us, there is so much to put onto the website! We have a comprehensive collection of Native American craft supplies for any Native American project. We strive to find new items all the time. If you are looking for something and don't know where to get it, please ask us! We probably have it or can get for you! We hope you will be our customer, and that you think we are the #1 Indian Craft Supply, the go to, for your personal crafting needs!Czech glass beads, Czech Beads, Firepolish Czech Beads, Fire Polish Beads, Native American Craft Books, Abalone Shells, Blue Abalone, Green Abalone, Mexican Green Abalone, Yellow Abalone, Deluxe Smudge Kits, Dentillium Shells, Elk Teeth, Carved Bone Elk Teeth, Jewelry Tools, Native American Fabric, Indian fabric, 8 band tradecloth, red wool tradecloth, blue wool tradecloth, black wool tradecloth, orange wool tradecloth, charlotte beads, miyuki beads, Japanese beads, Native American patterns, Feathers, Furs, Beaver skins, White Sage Bundles, Sweet Grass Braids, Native Herbs, Bear Berry, Deer Tongue, Red Willow, Star Anise, Spearmint, Mullen, Ceramic Beads, Teeny Tiny Peruvian Beads, Pewter Pendants, Rhinestone banding, Hot Fix Preciosa Crystals, Abalone Disks, White Clam Disks, Blue Mussel, Cowrie shells, Shawl Fringe, Shawl Cuts, Floral Scarves, Redwood Jingles, Indian Time Jingles, Fat quarters, horsehair, dyed horsehair, baby blankets, native american fleece blanket, old time beads, crow beads, nymo thread, John James beading needles, John James glovers needles, John James sharps needles, Stretch Magic, Tigertail, Gemstone beads, hawk bells... more will be added soon...