Bead Store of The Month
Bead Jewelry Making Store of the
Month Award!
Congratulations to Patty & The Beading Den!!
R
itzyToo talks to a lot of local bead
shops, and we always have our eyes
on the lookout for ones that should
be considered for RitzyToo’s Bead
Store of the Month Award. We have gotten
to know some fine shops and their respective
owners, quite a number of whom might find
themselves in this section of RitzyToo Lifestyle
Magazine in the future! This time, quite by
accident, we found a gem in the Putnam Valley of New York, about an hour out of the City.
Ambassador For “The Cousin Corporation Of
America”, a leading manufacturer and distributor of jewelry supplies. She is also a
published jewelry designer.
Patty told RitzyToo that she “ ... loves her
students, young and old alike.” She especially gets huge satisfaction when she sees
the beading light turn on in the eyes and
faces of her students when they complete
their very first piece of jewelry! She always
encourages her students to learn how to get
Congratulations to Patty Squillante and into their creative zones and create jewelry
her bead jewelry making store, The Bead- that they can sell if the like, and she has
ing Den! RitzyToo went to Patty’s beading quite a number of students doing just that.
site for an entirely different reason, not re- As for herself, she tells us that she rarely
lated to this award at all, and ended up tak- sells her own work though, because she
ing her site to our Bead Store of the Month would far rather use her own creations to
Committee instead. Our committee came inspire and motivate her students!
back almost immediately with a resounding,
“ Patty’s Beading Den is it for our Mother’s The Beading Den is a warm and friendly
Day issue!”
place that combines right thinking about
many things, pieces of common sense, and
We didn’t find a fancy slick website – truth wisdom which she freely shares with her
be known, it was even a little home grown! friends and students. Here are just a couWhat we did find was a big heart, a won- ple of examples you might see strategically
derful but natural business philosophy. and places throughout her shop:
a happy talented beader/jewelry designer
with a love for her craft, students and com“In a world where you can be
munity. In short, we found an Enabler who
anything...be yourself.”
absolutely loves what she does!
Patty has been making jewelry (of sorts!)
since she was seven or eight years old. Today, she teaches Kumihimo, The Tree Of Life,
Chandelier Wire Wrapped Hoop Earrings,
Crystal Clay, Resin and much, much more.
She is a Certified Top Instructor and a proud
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“Stop Wishing and Start Doing!”
“Be your own kind of beautiful.”