Find this place comparatively a bit expensive. The quality is good and the variety of beads and accessories well worth the look. Some good ideas of ready made goods available and all things in good order, no mess to go through. I am not an aritisan or a designer so feel the need for people to help me. Help available when shop is empty. Parking available easily around the corner and phone help available. Go to hardware store for tools and then come to this place for the beads.

Out of ALL the bead stores I have been too, Bead Them Up is by far the most organised, colourful, and helpful bead stores I have been too.
I did a free class one saturday, which I stayed all day, Cathy the teacher was so much fun, and great help. What I loved the most about the class was being able to make a piece of jewellery with the great array and variety of quality of reasonably priced gemstones and sterling silver, and I designed with Cathy's great instruction a piece of jewellery that I liked. You do however need to have your own tools for the class, as I didnt I purchased them from them, a $90 kit.
Bead Them Up has friendly staff, who are very helpful. And one of the biggest selections of quality beads. If you are crafty, Bead Them Up is the place to go, especially if you like good quality products, as they do not sell what I call "crap".

Approximate cost: $50+

BTU is run by a few very passionate, talented artisans, who make beautiful quality jewellery from the exquisite top quality beads they stock. They have a wonderful range of semi-precious, pearl and shell pearl, Swarovski crystal and some of the more unusual czech glass beads, and a fabulous range of sterling silver, gold-filled and other findings and stringing materials. Their prices aren't cheap, but then, neither is their merchandise! Their online catalogue and ordering system is also very well made and easy to navigate and use if you don't have time to get to the shop.