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Walco Bead Co.

Discussion in 'PUBLIC Show and Tell - Share your treasures' started by lindapoirier, May 2, 2014.

  1. lindapoirier

    lindapoirier Guest

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  2. poppysvintageclothing

    poppysvintageclothing VFG Board Member Staff Member VFG Past President

    I have definitely had some of that cork and pom pom jewelry and one of those Indian belts too with the name!

    Hope you can find more information and of course more of these great kits!
     
  3. Rue_de_la_Paix

    Rue_de_la_Paix VFG Member

    Linda,

    I love all of those kits you show! Takes me back......
     
  4. Pinkcoke

    Pinkcoke Alumni

    One of our members here had a jacket or dress with pipe cleaner buttons (where they clowns?) that were most likely made from one of these kits, seeing those illustrations above.
     
  5. lkranieri

    lkranieri VFG Member

    THIS link will take you to many hits on "Walco Bead," some of which show you vintage ads for Walco Bead kits.
     
  6. lkranieri

    lkranieri VFG Member

  7. poppysvintageclothing

    poppysvintageclothing VFG Board Member Staff Member VFG Past President

    Code:
    http://www.rubylane.com/item/159883-jrl005037/HTF-Walco-Beaded-Bags-Pattern
    I never knew that some of these bags came from kits!
     
  8. lkranieri

    lkranieri VFG Member

    Here are just a few other links that might be of interest:

    http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Walco-Bead-Co/Jesse-Russell/9785512822845

    http://www.abebooks.com/INDIAN-BEAD-CRAFT-Walco-Company-New/2701154263/bd

    http://www.beadbabe.com/archives/html/walco_indian_beadcreaft_kit.html

    http://crafttile.blogspot.com/2013/02/1952-original-lithograph-walco-bead.html

    If you Google "Walco Bead" you will also find for sale a Walco Bead kit for embroidering sweaters and an instruction book for beaded bags (oops, just saw that URL listed above here).
     
  9. Midge

    Midge Super Moderator Staff Member

    Oh wow - something else I didn't know about before! I have a wooden bead clip-on earrings and brooch set, and I think another pair of earrings made from plastic beads. I always thought that they were kind of home made, but never gave them much more thought. They're in my flea market box somewhere, I'll see if I can find them. Not saying they must be Walco, but it kind of ties in with the other kits and ads shown here... though I'm not sure how old they actually are.
     
  10. poppysvintageclothing

    poppysvintageclothing VFG Board Member Staff Member VFG Past President

    I remember those sort of hats...some of them had a plastic ring at the very top to create a flat look on the crown of the head.

    Sorry to hear about the lousy book...I have bought collectors books before that I have been very disappointed in as they don't have any info that you don't already know.

    One of the ones I can easily remember is one of the books that came out on lady head vases, another was one about glass candleholders.
     
  11. cmpollack

    cmpollack VFG Member

    Your collection is wonderful, Linda! What a fun thing to be magnificently obsessed with... :sunshine:

    I have a bead marionette brooch which is one of my faves, so it's wonderful to know of the Walco connection. And I also have a Bangle hat--but had no idea it was called that!
     
  12. foofoogal

    foofoogal Registered Guest

    Ok. It is official Linda.

    I want to go Play at your house.
    Love your uniqueness.
     
  13. Jeffrey Maxwell

    Jeffrey Maxwell Registered Guest

    That is awesome! I know this is an old thread. But I couldn't resist. I started collecting Walco Bead Co. in 1998 when I bought one of my first eBay items, a Walco Charm Craft kit. I collected over 100 of the older kits and looms after that. I had the first website about Cracker Jack prizes and bubble gum charms, so of course I put together a site about Walco Bead Co., but no one was interested in those items then, so I took the site down 15 years ago. I have not been an active collector of Walco for some time. But my collection is all stored in a container. I have been thinking about getting in there and seeing if anything is still good after all these years. You have inspired me to look into what I have.
     
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  14. Pinkcoke

    Pinkcoke Alumni

    Linda you can definetly still get a lot of these shapes - a haberdashery or craft shop will almost certainly sell a mixed pack of shaped sequins in one colour way or a mixed colour pack. There are websites that would sell packs of individual styles.
     
  15. poppysvintageclothing

    poppysvintageclothing VFG Board Member Staff Member VFG Past President

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