Michigan State and Michigan sterling beads in stock.

Just got some FRESH ones in.

These fit Pandora and every other major brand.

Made right here in Michigan!

 



 

Your choice MSU/Michigan -

all sterling $49.00

enameled $59.00

Some fresh Mokume Gane - Michigan Mitten Pendant/Earrings and a bracelet.

 

Our favorite state - Julie just made this Mokume Mitten.

It is about 18x12mm and comes with a chain for $135.00

 

There are matching earrings with sterling leverbacks for $139.00

 

 

Here is a lovely bracelet - the bigger part is 22mm and the smaller is 11mm.

 

$249.00

Petoskey stones & Other Gemstones from Michigan for your Pandora.

We just found a source (in Northern Michigan) for Petoskey stone beads - they fit Pandora and every other major brand bracelet - he also cuts Puddingstone and other Michigan agates. $25 each.

Petoskey Stone Beads for your bracelets.

Julie and I just took a trip up North and we found a source for beads made from Petoskey stones and other Michigan stones. They fit on bracelets from Pandora and every other major brand (Troll, Reflection, Kara, etc.). $25.00 each.

Pink Arrow Bead Is Available

The Pink Arrow Project was born in 2008 when the football players at Lowell High School agreed to wear pink jerseys for a game in an effort to raise money to help local families in their fight with cancer. Every person and family who has fought cancer has a story and the Pink Arrow Project helps broadcast the stories.

Coach Noel Dean and the rest of the Pink Arrow crew had NO IDEA that the community of Lowell would grab the concept and run for the goal line! Lowell area families have been helped by the thousands of dollars raised each year through the sale of Pink Arrow t-shirts and a host of other activities in Lowell and at the special Pink Arrow football game.  

The tradition continues in 2013 -

read more about Pink Arrow Pride here. 

Chimera Design has collaborated with Pink Arrow Pride and the Michigan-based Collegiate Bead Company (the founder, Dave Schowalter, has a story of his own - see below) to offer the Pink Arrow Bead this year.  

 This is the top view of the Pink Arrow bead.

The back has "Lowell" in sterling with your choice of

black enamel (above) or pink enamel (below) background. 

The Pink Arrow beads are NOW available at Chimera Design for $59.00. Designed AND manufactured in MICHIGAN this sterling silver and enamel bead will fit bracelets from Pandora, Reflections, Zable, Troll, and every other major manufacturer.

DON'T HAVE OR WANT A BRACELET - No problem, the Pink Arrow Bead looks great around your neck on a silver chain or a piece of leather.

GUYS - wear it around your neck on a chain.

All of the proceeds go directly to The Pink Arrow Fund.

A Perfect Partner for Pink Arrow

The Pink Arrow Pride bead is made for us in Michigan by Collegiate Bead. In fact Dave Schowalter, the man behind Collegiate Beads, has his own story to tell. Schowalter owns a jewelry store in Royal Oak and he was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2008. Dave is a positive thinker and he is convinced that if he wasn’t at home recovering from the surgery, then he never would have had the time to conceive and execute his plans for making college and sorority beads to Pandora and other popular bracelets.

He was committed to keeping the jobs in the US (Michigan) even though he realizes that it has probably cost him hundreds of thousands in revenue. Looking on the bright side of that equation, he thinks his “Made in The USA” philosophy might have opened the doors to many of the colleges who authorized him to make beads with their logo on it.

Schowalter doesn’t gloss over the pain of his operation and recovery. There were times, he says, when it was acute. There are also no guarantees his tumor won’t return. But the incident was a life-changer in an overwhelmingly positive way, he says. It gave him the opportunity to review his perspective and connect at a new level with his family. He has a new found appreciation that nothing, including life and the bad times, lasts forever. “There are opportunities everywhere. Good can come of the most trying situations,” he says.

The Pink Arrow bead was designed and manufactured in Royal Oak and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Michigan Mitten Beads for your bracelet.

 Here at Chimera we are crazy about our home state. What is not to love? Four seasons - miles and miles of the best beaches on the planet on FRESH water with NO sharks!

These sterling Mittens are made to fit on Pandora bracelets as well as those from every major brand. You can have a plain Mitten or one with "Michigan" spelled out for everyone to see! 

Grand Rapids is a suburb of Lowell (but don't tell anyone there) and they have their very own mitten.

Say Ya! to da U.P. too, eh?  We have not forgotten the beautiful Upper Peninsula.

All of these sterling beads are $49.00 - but you can order them during the month of May for just $39.00.

There are a bunch of other Michigan towns and cities available. Look here:

Sterling Michigan Beads Here

Made in Michigan - Collegiate beads for YOU.

Anyone who knows Cliff, knows he gets excited about things made in the US - he gets even MORE fired up about things made right here in Michigan. So you can imagine how happy we were to find these great looking collegiate beads (made to fit on your Pandora bracelet as well as many others).

MSU front

These beads are the brain child of Dave Schowalter from the East side of the state. (Dave owns a great store over there: Miner's Den). He started developing the beads with the goal of making them in the USA/Michigan (even though he admits it has probably cost him big money to do this.)

MSU back

Anway - these sterling beads are made in the Grand Rapids area. They are fully licensed by the respective schools (which means they benefit from sales).

WIN - WIN - WIN!

U of M front

The sterling silver beads are only $49.00 each.

The enameled beads are $59.00 each.

MONTH OF MAY SPECIAL

Order ANY College bead from Cliff and they are 20% off.

Silver beads - $39.00

Enameled beads - $48.00

They also offer beads from Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, Ferris State, Saginaw Valley State University, Wayne State, and Western Michigan University. AND - they have beads for all kinds of schools from other states. Take a look by clicking on the links at the bottom of the page.

They are constantly adding new schools as the licensing agreements are reached.

U of M back

MSU enameled front

MSU enameled back

U of M enameled front

U of M enameled back

Sterling Silver College Beads Here

Enameled College Beads Here

Sterling Silver enameled CMU dangle - $59

We can get dangles from many other schools as well.

Selection of Dangles Here

Sterling and enamel MSU pendant $49

How about a nice pendant from your school?

Sterling Pendants Here