Beads After Beads

I’m always impressed with the beautiful gemstones this store has to offer, and great prices! The store manager is always very helpful and goes out of her way to provide great service. I highly recommend this store!

This is a ridiculously awesome bead store. The selection is not very broad, but what they have is really high quality and cheap for that quality.
Most of the store is freshwater pearls, some semi-​precious stones, some crystal and glass beads, and some very very expensive precious stones behind the counter that I try hard not to look at. They also have a wall of tiny seed beads (probably about ¹⁵⁄₀? not too sure) that are just cut glass. They are all one size and style, but they are very cheap ($ 5 gets you a hank that is more than I needed for 2 stitched necklace projects) and there is a fun color assortment.
They have a very limited supply of stringing materials, tools, findings, etc. So this is not the kind of store you would go to to get everything you need for a project.
The pricing is, shall we say, flexible, and the posted prices are more of a starting point. I am not a huge fan of that in general, but the owner is friendly and pleasant enough so I don’t mind.

The worst customer service i had ever seen… If u have self respect then dont go to this shop… She is gonna trick you to purchase the items and grab more money from u

Saw this store when I went to get cash at the Wells Fargo across the street. Decided to pop in as I was making earrings. This is NOT the place for jewelry supply — there are some but most appear shabby and used — but maybe the beads are ok. Horrible service. I was in a rush to go back to the office and decided I would go back next day to look at the gems. I left while the owner was chatting on her cell phone — and as I was getting into my car — there she was, running after me and yelling «You don’t want to buy anything? At least you could’ve said goodbye!» I was so stunned by this behavior that, normally soft-​spoken, I yelled back «You were on the cell phone!!!» Honestly, she made me feel like I STOLE something from her shop! Otherwise, how do you explain this bizarre behavior? Needless to say, there is NO WAY I’m going back to that shop.

I found this store on Unilocal and visited it yesterday with my friend. If you know anything about natural gemstones you would really love this store! Great stones for amazing prices! I think this might be the best store for beads and stones I’ve found in San Jose so far. The lady that was there was very helpful and accommodating. She was also very patient with me (I am not a very easy customer. very picky about certain things).
I wish they had more metal findings, chains and wires.
Anyway, my friend and I are very happy with the stones we bought and will definitely be coming back.

Not sure why it says they are closed, but they are open till 8 on Mondays (don’t recall the other hours of operations… I just happened to be there today). Very nice and friendly owner. The store also has a very nice selection of beads and I will defiantly be going there again!

I stopped by on my way home from work tonight and the owner was very friendly and helpful. I was surprised to discover it is not your typical bead store as they specialize in semi-​precious stones — GREAT selection and very reasonable prices! They also have a great selection of freshwater pearls at great prices — all-​in-​all, I am very pleased to discover their shop! I’ve mostly worked with glass and crystal, but am starting to plan on some natural ruby, emerald, and sapphire pieces!!! :-D

A very nice store to buy beads. The service is excellent — the ladies in the shop are extremely helpful and pleasant. They provide personalized attention to all customers and explain the procedure to new customers and mention all the current sales.
They also have an incredible variety of beads. I highly recommend shopping here and supporting the business.
They prefer cash for smaller transactions.

Great place to buy beads! Great selection. The owner of the shop is so friendly and helpful. I don’t understand how people have commented on her being rude.
People did try to barter with owner to get a lower prices. Everything here is already a good price.

My favorite shop for gems. I’ve shopped here many times and the prices are always fair. The lady who runs the shop, Priya, is extremely friendly and helpful. She always remembers us and makes her best effort to locate the items we want, or good substitutes. I never feel pressured to purchase any items I’m unsure about. Plus she always offers water and snacks! I love that they are open later so I can stop back after work. I’ll continue to be a repeat customer!

Has an ample supply of strung beads. But no delicas, toho, myuki beads. So varied in the shop example 5 $ watches a whole section of India clothing. The one area I thought was for smaller beads had a mixture of beads of every color like my left over bead bin at home. The young woman who greeted me was very nice and very inviting. I would go back if I needed pearls or larger beads, but I didn’t see supplies like thread or needles or findings. I actually work with swarovski and myuki beads. Definitely a specialized store.

Very nice shop, helpful friendly owner with amazing beautiful real gemstone beads. Excellent prices. So kind she offered me a bottle of water as I come in right after dental work. I am a professional art-​glass and bead mobile sun catcher artist and was so pleased to find this shop. A wonderful sweet kind person. Pleasant place and very clean too.
It is not a toy store and think for people with small children they need to leave them home or have good manners and behave. So many fragile very fine grade gemstone strands that could be chipped if handled by kids. Do not understand bad Unilocal reviews but have seen these same types of people self entitled rudeness in large craft stores. This small shop is a hidden gem and she truly cares about her clients having a good interaction.

Don’t waste your time. Showed up at 10:45 store wasn’t open. In their defense I didn’t check the hours, but I thought 10:45 was a reasonable hour to expect a business to be open. I looked at the sign, said they open at 11:30. I’m fairly patient, so I decided to stick around. At 11:30, still closed. I then noticed next to the hours posting a dial that said, «I’ll be back at 12». So, I decided to wait a little longer. It’s now 12:11, shop still closed.
She did show up, and I guess if you call before you go she’ll answer even If the shops closed. Nice lady, very helpful

If you know ANYTHING about semi-​precious beads you’d know that this store is the real deal! The prices are great, and the selection is the best I’ve seen in the Bay so far. The owner was very helpful, but also gave me the time to look for all of my goodies. She even offered me water and snacks while I was browsing. I was looking for something rather specific, but ended up buying more as so many beautiful strands caught my eye.
The only bummer is that there are few metal findings, but I buy those on-​line in bulk mostly.

Pathetic store keeper. Horrible service. We had had been here with my 2 year old and we were so disappointed with the way the owner treated us. Wonder how they can still be in business. Rude service

I really like this store, got a very pretty strand of green amethyst and some briolettes for necklaces I’m making. There was a sale at the time I was here-​50% off of strands. Prices were pretty good. I really don’t think the owner was rude at all. Customers, (or people in general) can be terrible. Kids will run amok and destroy things in a store if no one says anything to the parents. Having worked in customer service, I know what it’s like. The store was a little hard to find, but just keep going around the corner and you’ll find it (it doesn’t face a main street). I’ll be back after I get some more ideas on projects.

I wasn’t impressed with this store. The shop sells beads but is not a bead shop. The strands were ridiculously overpriced sometimes 3X the cost of similar strands sold elsewhere. I came in to get some beading supplies and there were none. I don’t think I will be coming back.

the bead store is pretty great! there are many comments about the store owner… so here is my break down. she can come off harsh but i think its just the way she talks… cause listening to her did make me nervous, but when you listen to her she is trying to be helpful. i think she can just irritated with some pple. my experience with her was great so i personally didn’t have any issues. the nice part of this was that the lady she was being harder on was of the same age/​race and i’m in my 20’s and tend to get less help and different culture… that part isn’t so much the issue, but trying to compare.
in regards to the shop itself, its pretty awesome. she has an AMAZING selection of pearls and CORAL! can you tell my type of jewelry?! lol i also liked her variety in color of the tiny seed beads… and not just tiny, but teeeeeenie tiny. i love them… bright coral pink, teal, neon yellow. supper fun! (ps used 5 mm stretchy for them)
side note she told me to come in when ever i needed a quick snack if im in the area for a banana or apple… lol so cute. she also provide sugar free cookies and water. :) I will def come back!
Prices: pearls /​coral at the time were on sale between 25 — 50%
teenie seed beeds (short bundle) — $ 3
teenie seed beeds (long bundle) — $ 4
TIP: she is open monday… i was just there yesterday! lol sorry one of the reviews said closed so just wanted to update… might be a chance in store hrs.

Very nice shop and variety of beads collection in different gemstones like jade, garnet, ruby, sapphire.
The lady was very nice and helpful, she offers you water and snacks while you are shopping and also has very good knowledge about different beads and gem stones. She will guide you very nicely while you shop

Might be hard for some people to find. It is in the same shopping plaza as Wells Fargo.
I am going to be Jasmine for halloween and decided to make my own costume. However when it came to making her crown/​headband it was impossible to find that blue stone Princess Jasmine has.
Super happy that I came across this store. The owner was incredibly sweet and beyond beyond helpful. I swear I felt as though she pulled every single blue bead/​gem/​stone that she could find for me. She wasn’t pushy at all and let me decide what I wanted and liked. Not only was she not pushy her prices were very reasonable — definitely not trying to rip you off here.
I haven’t met customer service like her in a while, and when you are shopping for something particular and specific, that is important :)
Anyway with her help I was able to find what I wanted.
If you need some sort of bead go to her, and she will not only help you find what you need but give you good suggestions.