Love my bead store... sure we have hibby lobby now... but certain things are just unique that you need and want... magnificent selection of beads and everything in between... only place to find 00 string and size 15 needles.... the best around...

Great selection, helpful staff, tools, books and really good prices. Been coming here for years and I come back pretty often.

Helpful people running a business as safely as possible. Next time you want to buy a necklace, earrings or bracelet, see these folks first. If you need a necklace restrung or earrings repaired see them. If you are into making your own gifts see them. Very helpful.

Great service, and a huge selection.

Great store with a lot of classes offered where in the back they have access to a lot of expensive tools for various crafts. They also fix jewelry quickly and reasonably priced. If you only have a few minutes when you stop by you will definitely be late as the browsing is addicting.

During COVID-19, I called String Bead in hopes of finishing a birthday necklace on time. The owner kindly did all of my shopping (apparently I am out of control even over the phone when it comes to beads) and took payment over the phone, offered to set up a phone appointment to send me photos, asked customers to all sanitize upon entry (we were on the phone for a bit so I got to hear the activities), all customers happily complied, and then she met me curbside with my stuff. She had on a mask (properly) as did all customers leaving the shop. And she threw in some extra beads for me because she couldnt decide which ones Id love best. String Bead for the win! ❤️ Sidenote: this business was great before COVID-19 as well, always a great experience and amazing selection.

I have visited the shop for many years. Ive attended many classes and enjoyed shopping there as well. These folks and the fact that they offer classes is what help inspire my desire to bead and more. The you girls that work there are lovely. And Carol is a very kind, patient and open gal. All aspects work well together . Carol like the new websight. You picture did you justice and she look wed the beautiful woman you are. Thank you

I had a great time at String Bead today! I went in looking for lava beads, which they have in various sizes, dyed & natural & walked out with those AND gorgeous matte beads! Thank you ladies for your help! Im happy & busy now! Great selection of beautiful beads!

I have been coming here for the last 3 or 4 years. I have always found the staff incredibly helpful and courteous. They are a wealth of knowledge and help with problems, make suggestions and listen to teach. I love their beads, wires, tools and classes. For a small town bead shop, they have a huge selection!

My favorite store for my crafty projects, had two private classes and the instructor did a great job teaching. Love the energy and great customer service. :) Will be back again for more private classes and purchasing more tools!

Great friendly place to make jewelry.

Wonderful staff with an awesome selection of beads. Bring a friend and come check out some of the classes. You will have a great time learning a new skill and making new friends.

Love this place. Its my THERAPY. Making new jewelry and reviving broken pieces is so satisfying and medicinal.

The ladies at the store where very helpful and were essential in my 1st attempt at wire wrapped stones. Thank you kindly!

I love this place. My favorite place in Chico and staff are so friendly and helpful. Me and my mom had a blast!!! So fun.

I have taken several classes with this organization at Pasadena Bead Show over several years. I keep thinking things will get better but every time I am disappointed and feel that I have wasted my time and money. Last year I took INTERMEDIATE Soldering - which you would think would mean students had soldering experience and we would work on more advanced techniques. Unfortunately that was not so. I’ve also taken a class where soldering was large part of the class but obviously it had not been cleared with the hotel/Fire Marshal because we had to hide our torches for nearly 1 1/2 hours out of a 3 hour class. I’ve signed up for a class and driven over 2 hours only to have String Bead inform me that the class was cancelled. Though they allowed me to take another class it was not what I was interested in. Amazingly, (I guess I’m a slow learner!) I signed up for another class this year and again was disappointed. This class was on Fused Glass. The instructor was totally unprepared and had no supplies ready for class. She had to have someone make several trips to another room to get needed items for the class. Even though one of the students was sitting next to her and repeatedly told her he was hard of hearing, she spoke so quietly that she was asked numerous times to speak up. She read the instructions to us but never gave us examples of what we were actually trying to learn. It was like pulling teeth to get information out of her - I really feel as though she did not know much about the art technique she was supposed to be teaching.These are just a few examples of the problems that arose in this class and other classes I’ve taken from this company. In writing this and reviewing what I’ve dealt with, I’m EMBARRASSED that I continued to take classes and give this company my business. But don’t worry - I’ve learned my lesson and will NOT be wasting my time or money on them again.

String Bead is amazing. They have a great selection. The staff are so friendly and super helpful. 😊😊😊😊

Staff was friendly and very helpful

Everyone is beyond helpful:) There was one young lady in particular that was especially helpful. She went above and beyond for me. Thank you string beads! I shall return:)

Awesome place for all your beading, wirewrapping needs. Great sale on today.

Very helpful and professional! Tiffany stayed over delivering exceptional service!

Apparently its the cool thing to kick mentally challenged people out of your shop, just because they are different from you. A mentally challenged neighbor of mine celebrating his 60th birthday. Came into your shop only to be talked down to and treated like a felon because he was different to you. Did you even take time to get to know him?

Fabulous store. Great beads and helpful sales staff.

Great selection! Great people! Great classes! Support local and shop here. They are so knowledgable about everything, from metal smithing to pearl noting.

AMAZING service friendly like working with family they was so patient and kind with us and me and my family had so much especially worn Simone and Tiffany ! Would come back again (:

Waste of time. Waste of money. I took a class glass fusing class at a Bead Show in Pasadena last night from this company. Class was supposed to start at 6pm. When the teacher finally arrived at 6:10 the teacher had a box of items but nothing was set up or ready for the class ( and I mean nothing!) She gave us a hand out and spent the next ten minutes getting organized. She then began reading from the hand out.... verbatim. She called the COefficient of glass (usually abbreviated COE) CEO. While she was reading off the handout she would mill through her box looking for the item or items she was talking about. She gave no example of successful pieces vs. unsuccessful pieces. The area around where she was demonstrating was so cluttered with her boxes and bags of supplies even the guy sitting directly to the side of her had to stand up to see anything. Not to mention she spoke so quietly we were constantly asking her to repeat herself.When we finally began working on putting our pieces together, we got one bottle of aqua net and one brush to apply it to our work between 6 people. ( was it too much to aske for six tiny paint brushes??!) The glass pieces were in a little blue wallet type thing which somebody finally dumped on the table so we could all access it. She had to go to another teacher to get paper towels for us to use and sent another person down the hall to get safety glasses and gloves repeatedly. I paid $79 for this class? This is the second year I have taken a class from these folks and I said last year I wouldn’t do it again because the class was so poorly managed. My friend and I shook on that promise after this class. Waste of time waste of money.

Best place to go for beads/jewelry supplies

Great fun love you guys!!

Great staff, awesome inventory.

Excellent selection, helpful and friendly service

Helpful staff and great classes

Helpful and friendly service.

Always helpful and polite!

Nice, friendly, helpful!

Love this place

Awesome