{"id":19072,"date":"2014-10-13T03:05:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T10:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19072"},"modified":"2014-10-13T15:52:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T22:52:27","slug":"shipwreck-beads-insider-tour-lacey-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/shipwreck-beads-insider-tour-lacey-washington\/19072\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipwreck Beads Insider Tour (Lacey, Washington)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19072#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-10\/13-90580-shipwreck-beads-insider-tour.jpg\" alt=\"Shipwreck Beads Insider Tour - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #580: Roadtrip #3-04 (WA):<\/span> <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If you thought that the front of this store was big, just wait until you see behind the scenes!<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">On location at Shipwreck Beads in Lacey, Washington.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Our tour guide and host was Kelsy Vincent, Social Media Coordinator.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Besides orchestrating the company&#8217;s social media activities, Kelsy also does event planning (like the Artisan Market) and manages their blog too.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The overall facility is huge&#8230; over 80,000 square feet of warehouse, production, shipping, offices and showroom space.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">They host large events such as the Summer Artisan Market (outside) and the Winter Artisan Market (inside), where local jewelry designers and artisans sell jewelry and crafts. A local radio station broadcasts from the events. Plus they coordinate food drives and other charity fundraisers in an effort to give back to the community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Shipwreck Company has been part of the Olympia Community for over 30 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It started as a nautical themed gift store in the 70&#8217;s, and then Glen Vincent (son of original founders and now CEO), recognized that the beads were selling best.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Glen and his siblings banded together and purchased the company from their parents and began what is now called Shipwreck Beads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Back in the early days, Glen Vincent and long time friend Douglas Bolling (now General Manager), partnered and focused on selling seed beads at Native American Rendezvous&#8217; and sold beads out of their van&#8230; lived in Teepees and grew the business into what it is today.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A rare opportunity to see into the facilities huge warehouse area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Four years ago, Shipwreck bought out a MidWest company called Prairies Edge, along with their very large stock (14 semi truck loads) of Vintage Glass beads from Italy and France.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Their inventory of vintage beads date back to the 1800&#8217;s, with some of the colors no longer in production because the secret formulas died with their creators.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">We tour the production area&#8230; receiving, processing, packaging, pricing, shipping, invoicing&#8230; etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Classroom area where students can learn a wide variety of beading and jewelry making techniques.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">They have a collection of craft books, both vintage and new. Macrame from the 70&#8217;s seems to be making a comeback :-)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">World&#8217;s Largest Strand of Beads&#8230; over 1 mile long&#8230; in Guinness Book of World Records.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A visit to the Galley&#8230; coffee and sandwich stand inside the showroom. Great for hungry and restless shoppers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Tour of the Retail Showroom&#8230; The Treasure Cove (where the high end gemstones, pearls, Swarovski and tools are kept).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking out over the Showroom Floor&#8230; 30 aisles of beads, findings, tools. Sorted by Aisles and Sections. For example, Premo Polymer Clay is in Aisle 6 Section Q&#8230; information that is also listed on their website. This system makes it easy for both customers, and the order pickers, to find stuff quickly and easily.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can visit Shipwreck Beads in person at their Lacey Washington location. It is a great destination for all beaders! Or visit them online (link is below the video).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">After this wonderful tour, I headed out to do some shopping. I&#8217;ll show you what I ended up purchasing in an upcoming video&#8230; so stay tuned for that!<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGue0pnBbl4?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shipwreckbeads.com\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Shipwreck Beads Main Website<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/looseendscraftblog.com\/\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Shipwreck Beads Blog &#8211; Loose Ends<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16243#video\">Rings &amp; Things Behind The Scenes Video Tour<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sGue0pnBbl4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Shipwreck Beads Behind The Scenes Facility Tour<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> &#8230; the Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #580: Roadtrip #3-04 (WA): If you thought that the front of this store was big, just wait until you see behind the&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">8<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2435],"tags":[2737,2675,2739],"class_list":["post-19072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-roadtrips","tag-polymer-clay-organizations-events","tag-polymer-clay-books-reviews","tag-vendors-suppliers-facility-tours"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}