BEADAHS
More than a bead store
We are located at
1728 Ocean Park Blvd.,
in sunny Santa Monica, California
Call or text:
(310) 395-0033
Store Hours
Regular Hours:
Open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
We’re more than a bead store
Escape into an exotic world of beads and jewelry without leaving Santa Monica. At Beadahs you can create your very own adornment to match that special-occasion dress or commemorate your beach excursion. Browse through our rare and unique beads or select from a variety of handmade finished jewelry. Treat yourself to the Beadahs experience.
Everyday Fun
As an activity store, Beadahs invites you to sit at our tables, use our tools and put together your own creation for a nominal fee of $5 per person, per project. Access our expertise any time the store is open. Ensuing glee is free of charge.
Beading Classes
Need a little more help or looking to learn a new technique? We have a class for that.
Choose from 4 different regularly scheduled classes like: bead stringing, wire wrapping, or bead knotting; or book a private class to learn more advanced techniques from one of our expert beaders.
Most classes. are $25 for instruction and use of tools. Materials extra. And get a 10% discount on all purchases on the day of your class.
Custom Designs and Repairs
Have a beaded design idea that you’d like to turn into a reality? Or do you have pieces that you love but can’t wear because they’re broken. Send us a message and we can help.
Parties
Beadahs also offers space for parties for special or everyday occasions. Parties run $50 for two hours for 6-10 people ($8 for each additional person) plus materials. We will set up and decorate a table for food and beverage. Materials budget (minimum $20 per attendee) shall be set by the party’s host(s).
About Us
Beadahs, formerly Beadniks, is a mother-daughter collaboration bolstered by talented bead-enthusiast employees and customers. Beadahs is an enjoyable and gorgeous bead activity store located in Santa Monica where you can escape into an exotic world of beads and create your own jewelry. The mother-daughter partnership in the punny beading world of Ermie and Shannon evokes the double-entendre/cross-lingual pun that honors their Filipino heritage because the name “Beadahs” or “bidas” means “heroes” in Tagalog, the main dialect of the Philippines.
Herminia (a.k.a., Ermie) has traveled the globe, having her start across the Pacific Ocean in Manila, Philippines. She moved to Los Angeles in the late 1960s and met the love of her life, Jim. Their work moved them to Italy, all over the U.S., the highlands of Scotland, the mountainous beauty of Colombia, the frigid cityscape of Russia, and the scorching white-hot heat of the Middle East. Though West Los Angeles is home, Asia – the Philippines and Thailand, especially – is the locale of Ermie’s dreams. Ermie brings so much creativity and excitement to the store. She has channeled all of her globetrotting exploits into an aesthetic and sensibility that is all Beadahs.
Shannon and her mom, Ermie, opened the bead store together. She has had the privilege of traveling with her parents around the globe, although, she missed out of living in Scotland, Colombia, Russia and the Middle East. A professor of English by formal training and a beadweaving fanatic by the seat of her pants, Shannon is blessed with multifaceted knowledge. She gets asked all the time how long she has been beading and she always answers “as long as I can remember.” Her astute husband recalls her beading developing prolifically when she was procrastinating about writing her dissertation. You might well say that after achieving her Ph.D., she has made procrastination into a livelihood.