Stone Mountain Bead Gallery

Yes, this shop is a bit dusty and somewhat unorganized, but you can’t beat the selection! More beads than I’ve ever seen in one place. The owner is very very nice and helpful. I think he’d do a better business if he cleaned up a bit, turned on the AC, and took out the stinky incense sticks from the front of the store. But if you are a beader looking for unique or unusual beads, this is your place! The prices were competitive with other shops, too. Overall, I’m glad we stopped in.

We were in Albuquerque visiting family and had the good pleasure of discovering the Stone Mountain Bead Shop. The service was personal and the selection was impressive. The prices were competitive, especially compared to what we have in the Phx/​Scottsdale area. The owner is knowledgeable about his products and willingly shares with his customers.
If someone is looking only for Czech glass beads they can be found anywhere. This shop offers those, of course, but also has more unusual ethnic beads from around the world in great variety and price points.

I liked the huge selection of this store. It has been in the area for over 30 years and the collections of beads is immense. The owner is kind and knowledgable and ever so patient — willing to help you search for just the right product for your project. Love that I can support local business while treasure hunting in the store. I will certainly go back again and again.

i liked this store; i went to many bead stores while i was in albuquerque; this one had more diversity than the others — glass beads, stones, aftrican beads (including myrrh) and beads from indonesia. some unusual things. the store was clean, organized the person who helped me was friendly. i would go back.

As a jewelry artist I check out as many bead stores as possible wherever I travel. I like to know the best ones for supplies and findings. This particular bead shop is in the vicinity of the University of New Mexico. All the shops in this area are going for the hippie, earth-​mother, don’t shave, wash or bathe yourself feel and the store itself if it were a person fits the bill to a T. It was extremely dusty and unorganized. Clutter was the theme and not cleaning was their dream. I’ve purchased the same common Czech glass beads online for much cheaper. Most of the beads were on heavy strands and you had to pick through piles of dusty mess to find anything.
The store was quite unpleasant in that it was so unorganized and dirty. It was unappealing which made you not want to browse any further. It was more clutter and hand carved/​created idol worship objects than anything. The glass displays were filthy with no real point of what was being shown. They could all take a class on retail and marketing. The positive was that some of the bead tables in the center of the store were at a good height so you did not have to bend over and kill your back to look. A new paint job would’ve helped and for goodness sakes break out the windex and dusting rags!
You can put buyers in a good mood and willing to open their pocketbooks when displays and items look appealing and exciting. As well as adding creations made with the beads and findings you’re selling. The two employees were kind enough but uninterested in really making the place work for them. I truly believe that a call to Peter Perfect from eStyle channel is in absolute order.
I wouldn’t recommend this store to anyone unless your wanting a spontaneous hand drum circle to start up and the hooka pipe to be offered. Now that I think of it THAT WAS THE POINT!
To all serious bead and handcrafting jewelry artists it’s a pass.