Tuesday, July 7, 2009

August 15th Release

The next TB release date is August 15th (at least what I can gather from the emails sent out from TB regarding the People's Bead competition.) The Fall release will include the silver version of the People's Bead winner which is the dove cradling the earth design. Also rumored to be included (???) is the turquoise Amazonite faceted stone bead. Runners up in the top 10 received Sapphire faceted blue stone beads, and a Ltd Edition of Citrine (pale yellow) faceted stone beads were in Denmark shops, so one could wonder if there is an upcoming release of new gemstones in the Fall collection. Only Lise knows!!!

TB.com has also started a new contest, instead of the summer photo contest it is a movie contest about where you have taken your Trollbeads this summer. The contest link is www.beoriginalthemovie.com

Jasper prices in Canada seem to be at $40 Cdn and some smaller dealers have not received their supply yet so keep checking at your local store. In the US the prices have ranged from $35US to $80US!!! Dealers were charging more for beads they percieved to have better, rarer, or more desirable color. Sets of 6 are almost sold out in Europe so if you have an overseas contact to obtain one I would make your move as soon as you can.

As always there are retirement rumours, and some Glass beads are temporarily??? unavailable to order from the Canadian Distributor, one of these being Pumpkin. I think it is unlikely that this correlates with any retirements, but has been almost 2 years since the last big retirement so it is a possibility that something may go this Fall. (Of course, I hope not!!!)

Enjoy your summer days & happy trolling!