The Peace Symbol

I've been hearing a lot about the Peace symbol lately, and it seems like more and more people are wearing it. In response to customer requests, Anita's Beads now stocks a lovely sterling silver Peace symbol in just the right size to add to bracelets, as well as earrings and other jewelry.

The other day a friend mentioned that she thought that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Peace symbol so I checked into it. BBC News Magazine cites March 1958 as the date of its first use as the logo of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Ken Kolsbun's book Peace: The Biography of a Symbol published by National Geographic looks like an interesting source for further information.

Open 7 Days

We have extended the shop hours. Anita's Beads will be open 7 days a week from 10 am until 5 pm through Labor Day.

After that we will revert again to our regular hours which are: Open from 10-5; Closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Anita's Beads is open all year round!

More New Bead Cord

We just received 16 more colors of the new bead cord:

• 17 - Pale Yellow
• 18 - Light Gold
• 19 - Gold
• 20 - Brown
• 21 - Pumpkin
• 22 - Red
• 23 - Light Pink
• 24 - Mint Green
• 25 - Green
• 26 - Peridot
• 27 - Avocado
• 28 - Evergreen
• 29 - Capri Blue
• 30 - Montana Blue
• 31 - Carolina Blue
• 32 - Sky Blue

Don't you just love color charts? (Previous chart here.)

New Bead Cord

I'm using a new cord (approximately Size 5 in 77 yard spools) to knot in-between the new matte Czech glass beads. There are 16 colors in stock, and more on the way:

• 01 - Orchid
• 02 - Coral Pink
• 03 - Rust
• 04 - Dark Red
• 05 - Purple
• 06 - Golden Yellow
• 07 - Chartreuse
• 08 - Light Brown
• 09 - White
• 10 - Vintage Jade
• 11 - Turquoise
• 12 - Light Gray
• 13 - Black
• 14 - Teal
• 15 - Blue
• 16 - Olive

More colors can be viewed here.