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Beads @ Talisman Assoc.

Beads, Beads & More Beads!

About Me

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About us:
Talisman Associates~ 2001-A Veirs Mill Road, Rockville, MD 20851 ~~ 1-800-229-7890
TUESDAY'S are Wholesale & Bead Society Member Day in our store!!! No appointment (all other days appointments are necessary!) Bring your Tax ID or Society Membership card and receive 5% off your order!!! (MD tax applies on orders under $200)
Visit our store website! Click Here US & International Shipping
FIND OUT BEFORE ANYONE ELSE! We have a newsletter you can join Click Here! to find out what shows we will be around the country, what we are featuring for the month and a merchandise coupon to be used at our booth ~~ 50% off your most expensive item! Then you don't have to keep checking our site for new stuff!
If you have a Business Tax or Resellers ID Click Here to find out how to receive a wholesalers password! PLEASE following #1-6 on the instructions. No Minimum Purchase Amount!
The age thingy at the top of the page, that's just how long Talisman has been in business. I wish I was 30, that seems ages ago!
Talisman Associates was started in 1976 by Naomi right after the Viet Nam War. She started the company with $50 and bought her first beads retail. Our first product line was Liquid Silver Jewelry in American Indian style, sold mostly to beach shops. There is still a big bag of jewelers grade liquid silver in the depths of the safe! From there a bead store was opened and it progressed into two stores, then to wholesaling. Our show circuit was not started until Naomi's children were grown and in college. When Laura (her daughter) came back from college and started working with her, the business really took off. Today Talisman does about 120 shows a year and has representatives all over the country. A lot of our product line is imported direct. Naomi is now looking to retire (or at least cut way back on working). Her basic hobby is flea marketing or thrifting.
Naomi Belkin, Owner
Woman Owned and Serving the Beading World for Over 30 Years!!!!!
Retail & Wholesale Strands: Pewter Beads & Findings; Vintage German Glass Beads; Freshwater Pearls; Chinese Lamp Beads; Millefiore Beads (Chinese); Semi-Precious Gemstone Beads; Chinese Crystal Beads; Indian Lampwork Beads and More!

My Interests

CLICK HERE for July's Show Schedule!

Our Special Starts July 1, 2007!

I'd like to meet:

Hi! My name is Teresa. I guess I would be the moderater for Talisman's page? I'm basically what the gals in the store call the "Web Mistress." I've been with Talisman for ???? ten years, 11, who remembers anyways!

Due to my son (at age 4) putting all my seed bead collection into a large mountain, it kind of was the end to my beading career! But, I still get to work with this wonderful company, taking pics of their beads, and still playing with the beads, even though I'm not creating anything with them ... yet.

I started this Myspace page for Talisman, because we would like to meet more people interested in beading, "beadaholics," other crafty folks, and bead resellers in this internet crazy world (a person can get lost out there!) Some of you may already be familiar with us. Maybe you've seen us at a show?

So keep checking back, as I will be adding new things and new friends!

Before we add you as our Myspace Friend, we will view your page and if it is not appropriate/craft or bead/jewelry related, I apologize, but you will not be added.

I will also be rotating all of our friends so everyone gets TOP 24 exposure!


FYI Friends: Unfortunately I had to change to "approve comments" just recently because we were receiving too much "MLM and click here for this great deal" comments. That's not what we are about! Please keep sending your awsome comments and pics of your jewelry to our comments page. Unless something is "nasty" or not with regards to craft/jewelry related, I do approve them!

Music:



Click Here for a list of our requirements.

The pics below are from some of Grace's shows!

We JUST ADDED Vintage Czech Flower Beads on their Original strands and Original Tags Click Here
AND New Pics of our Carved Leaves! CLICK HERE

Movies:

We made it into Stringing Magazine's Spring 2007 Issue! We are Number 7, (on page 77 of the mag). Our very own pewter toggle clasp!