Beads

La Mia Felicità is a bead store in southern New Hampshire that offers a large selection of beads, Swarovski crystalized elements, Swarovski crystal pearls, and all kinds of findings in various metals. We also carry a large selection of TOHO Seed Beads, TOHO Treasures, Semi-precious, Fire Polish, German Vintage, Vintage Swarovski, various metal beads, buttons (vintage & contemporary), Czech glass beads, lampwork beads, chain maille kits, over 200 book titles, tools, wire (sterling silver & gold filled), and the list goes on and on. Are you interested in a class?? We have classes for all levels

Here at La Mia Felicità, we are focused on providing an atmosphere of learning, sharing, coming together as a community, and building the bonds that strengthen the art of beading. It is a common site for people to be in our boutique beading and sharing their knoweldge. You'll see them helping one another with color combinations, design possibilities, or just some words of encouragement.

The products that you will find in the boutique are quality products chosen to help you make esquisite works of art. Being a Swarovski Create Your Style partner affords us the opportunity to teach their copywritten classes. It has been said that our selection of TOHO seed beads is second to none! With the desire to nurture your creativity and help you grow in this vast art form, we have are fortunate to have very talented instructors as part of the family. They will help and guide you through any one of our wide variety of classes. We offer classes that are appropriate for all levels of beaders, so be sure to check out our class schedule.

Beads have been an important part to society as they have been:

Beads have been a part of our lives for many thousands of years. They have been found in every part of the world throughout history. Beads have also played many different roles for various cultures. They have been made from almost every medium one can imagine, such shells, clay, eggs, metal, amber, ivory, wood, nuts, etc.

part to society as they have been:

• a means of currency
• traded and bartered for
• used as clothing adornments
• found in tombs for use in the afterlife
• used in creating jewelry
• given as gifts
• used in prayer
• used to bring people together

Today, there aren't too many changes of why and how we use beads. Yes, technology has changed, so there are more perfectly shaped beads and more people have access to more types of beads and more patterns, but the fact that we bead in groups, we use beads on our clothing, our quilting, in our religion, to make jewelry, and use them for gifts is quite remarkable. These similarities and unwaivering consistencies really speak volumes considering how many things change and go by the wayside.