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Where Have YOU Traveled with Your Little Traveler?

Bev — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:19:52 +0000

Shopping at The Little Traveler has always been an international experience because we fill the cozy rooms of our historic home in Geneva, IL with delights from around the world. All of our collections—jewelry, gourmet foods, wine, antiques, linens, Christmas decorations, home goods, collectibles, children’s toys, clothing, etc.—include items that have traveled the globe to get here.

Now we want to see where they go when you take them back out into the world! Whether your Vera Bradley luggage travels to China or Door County—we want to see it there! Do you wear your Brighton, Trollbeads or Chamilia bracelet wherever you go? Snap a photo and show us! Look, fashion watches from The Little Traveler keep perfect time with the granddaddy of them all!

Send your photos of The Little Traveler pink bag or any item you’ve purchased from the Traveler to: bev@littletraveler.com OR post directly onto our facebook page. Thanks & have fun wherever you go!

Join our Bead Club & Save

Bev — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:10:52 +0000

Join our Trollbeads, Halia, and Chamilia Bead Club and enjoy great savings! It’s easy! Just sign up and we’ll keep track of your points. For every combination of 10 Trollbeads, Halia, and Chamilia beads you purchase, you’ll receive a $25 gift card to use on beads, bead bracelets, and bead accessories.

It’s like creating your own sale on these collectible beads.

Many Trollbeads, Halia, and Chamilia charms & beads fit on Pandora bracelets, and most bracelets accommodate Pandora beads—our bead experts can guide you!

She Beads at The Little Traveler

Bev — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:24:27 +0000

“I call my hand rolled clay beads She Beads^TM, because it’s what they are and it’s what I do.”

- Sandy Rueve, president and founder of She Beads®

Sandy Rueve’s design aesthetic moves naturally from her love of gardening to her clay bead designs. Both activities require nurturing and creativity, two qualities that Sandy has in abundance.

The She Beads story begins back in 1993 with a name you might recognize—Michael Jordan. Yes, the Michael Jordan. Sandy Rueve was working part-time as an X-ray technician for the Chicago Bulls, and one night Michael Jordan walked in while the ever-creative Rueve was stringing beads. He asked her to make him a bracelet and Sandy took that as a cue to learn how to hand roll her own clay beads. As Sandy says, “It was, after all, Michael Jordan.”

When others saw what she could do, she became overwhelmed with requests for more, more, more beads! She started out making the beads in her basement, but now has a 4,000 square foot production facility in Wilmette, IL and 30 employees, including two very important people—her son, Andrew, and daughter, Alex. In addition to her regular line of beads, Sandy is thrilled to participate with many charities, creating unique beads to help the cause. Current charities that She Beads has partnered with include: Pink Ribbon Girls, Chicago Ovarian Cancer Alliance, CureSearch, American Heart Association—Go Red for Women, and Oneness.

We have a nice selection of She Beads at The Little Traveler so you can see in person how stunning these beads are. Many people think they are painted, but they are actually made entirely from a polymer-based clay, designs and all. I could tell you exactly how they are made, but it’s much more fun to watch:

Bead Events at The Little Traveler

Bev — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:53:17 +0000

March 19-20: Belly Up to the Brighton Bead Bar

Come see our NEW Brighton Charm Bar and five new Brighton bracelet styles! Design your own charming creation and register to win one of three $100 Brighton Gift Certificates.

March 30-April 3: Chamilia Free Easter Charm

FREE Easter Bead with $100 Chamilia purchase.

April 30-May 1: Trollbeads Trunk Show

Buy 4 Trollbeads and receive the 5th bead Free.

May 8: Halia Free Mother’s Charm

FREE Mother’s Day Bead with $100 purchase.

May 22: She Beads Trunk Show

Sandy Rueve, She Beads® President and Founder, will demonstrate the artistry of hand-rolled clay bead making.

Chamilia Free Bead Event!

Bev — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:06:00 +0000

On Saturday, February 13, The Little Traveler in downtown Geneva, IL will host the Chamilia Free Bead Event as our Valentine to you. Receive a FREE heart bead with a $100 Chamilia purchase.

Design a unique bracelet from a dazzling combination of sterling silver, 14 kt gold, Swarovski crystals, colored stones and Italian Murano glass. Chamilia — your life, your style.

(free beads are while supplies last)

“Be My Valentine” Trollbeads Trunk Show

Bev — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:31:56 +0000

On Saturday, February 6 from 11:00am – 5:00pm, The Little Traveler will host the “Be My Valentine” Trollbeads Trunk Show. It’s a wonderful opportunity to see our large collection of one-of-a-kind and retired beads. Design truly unique bracelets, necklaces and earrings with the Trollbeads collection of silver, gold, glass, stone and amber beads.

At our Trunk Show, you will receive a FREE bracelet when you purchase an upgraded clasp.

Brighton 2010

Bev — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:18:55 +0000

We have all the latest Brighton Charms! Check out the new silver Alphabet Series featuring barrel-shaped beads with Swarovski crystal accents. We also have all the new STATE CHARMS in stock! Charms aren’t just for bracelets… use them to embellish your necklace, key ring and even your Brighton handbag! Brighton Charms are the best… affordably priced and interchangeable with other brands! Beads start at just $7.50.

March 5 – 21: Under My Umbrella

No Brighton collection is complete without beautiful Brighton accessories, such as this specially designed Umbrella that you will receive FREE with any $100 Brighton purchase.

Get yourself a silver charm bracelet, necklace, sunglasses or a new handbag in our dedicated Brighton room and walk out with this umbrella that will keep you stylish during those Chicagoland spring showers.

March 19-20: Belly up to the Brighton Charm Bar

Grab your best friend and come see our NEW Charm Bar and 5 new bracelet styles! Design your own charming creation and register to win one of three $100 Brighton Gift Certificates.

April 23-May 8: Ears to You

Purchase any Brighton necklace and bracelet and choose any pair of Brighton earrings FREE! Limited to instock earrings.

May 28-June13: Brighton Blvd. City Bag

The fabulous Brighton Blvd City Bag, with a retail value of $100, will be available FREE with the purchase of $100 in Brighton products.

During this promotion, Brighton is sponsoring two worthy causes:

Little Kids Rock restores and revitalizes music education in underfunded public schools. Little Kids Rock has served more than 85,000 students at over 1,100 schools in 21 cities nationwide. For more information about Little Kids Rock you can visit their website at www.littlekidsrock.org.

Teach for America recruits recent college graduates from all backgrounds and career interests to commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools. They provide the training and ongoing support necessary to ensure their success as teachers, thus showing that students in low income communities can achieve at high levels. For more information please visit www.teachforamerica.org.

June 25-July 11: B Charmed

Get an exclusively designed bracelet FREE when you purchase $50 in Brighton charms, beads or spacers. (While supplies last. Limit one bracelet percustomer.)

Brighton Peace Charming

Bev — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:28:03 +0000

Brighton has designed a limited edition peace charm bangle bracelet as a way to show support in promoting world peace. Brighton’s Peace charm bangle features removable charms so that others can be added to truly make it your own. For each Peace Charm bangle bracelet sold from January 15 – February 14, Brighton will donate $5 to a peace supporting organization.

The Little Traveler is a leader among Brighton stores and is the only Platinum Heart Brighton retailer in Illinois. Pick up your Peace Charming bracelet in our Brighton Room, filled with jewelry, watches, bags, leather handbags and more!

Brighton has selected these organizations to receive funds from the sale of Brighton’s Peace Bangle.

PHYSICIANS FOR PEACE
Physicians for Peace is an international, humanitarian, nonprofit, medical education organization dedicated to building peace and international friendships in developing nations with unmet medical needs and scarce resources.

WOMEN FOR WOMEN
Promoting Peace in the Home- Promoting leadership to ensure violence prevention efforts are implemented and are developed for victims of abuse and violence against women and children.

USA CARES
Supporting Those Who Sacrifice for Peace- Supporting our military personnel and their families as they make the selfless sacrifice of service to our country-leaving their homes, families, friends and lives to defend the ideals of a nation.

ACTION AGAINST HUNGER
Ending Hunger to Create a Climate for Peace- Engaging in the fight to end hunger that endangers the lives of children, women and men in situations of war, conflict, natural disaster and poverty.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power… the world will know peace.”

-Jimi Hendrix

Brighton Charm School

Bev — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:04:01 +0000

Saturday, December 19:

Explore the wonderful world of Brighton Charms where you can record your life’s memories with thoughtful pieces such as necklaces, bracelets and key fobs. On December 19, our experts will help you design your own bracelet as we preview all the new releases right here in our Chicagoland store. You’ll love the adorable reindeer, snowmen and penguin charms. The best thing about Brighton Charms… not only are they colorful, whimsical, and affordable collectibles… they are made to fit all the other charm bracelets and charm necklaces out there. This is the perfect opportunity to create a heart-felt one-of-a-kind gift.

Trollbeads at The Little Traveler

Bev — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:33:17 +0000

Trollbeads, created by eighteen Danish and internationally renowned jewelery designers, are so much more than pretty bracelets or necklaces. They are functional art, finding inspiration from mythology, astrology, fairy tales, fauna, flora, cultural diversity, and even familiar, everyday things. Looking at the Trollbeads collection is more like viewing an art gallery rather than shopping for jewelry. Trollbeads have won international artistic recognition and have recently been exhibited at Sculpture Objects & Functional Art in Chicago and New York.

Because each person’s story is unique, the Trollbeads gallery includes a wide variety of unique and interesting beads, charms and pendants to create beautiful and meaningful bracelets, necklaces, and now earrings starting with the highest quality of raw materials, including sterling silver, 18 carat gold, Italian Murano glass, natural pearls and precious stones. Add to that the variety in design, from symbols to flowers to animals to zodiac signs and you’ll understand that truly, each piece of Trollbeads jewelry is as individual as the person wearing it.

Come into the The Little Traveler “gallery” to see our collection of one-of-a-kind Trollbeads. Be sure to look into our Bead Club, where it’s like creating your own sale—a great way to buy your Trollbeads at a discount. Several Trollbeads are compatible with Pandora, Chamilia and Halia bracelets, and most Trollbeads bracelets can accommodate Pandora, Chamilia, and Halia beads; our bead experts can give you guidance.

Jewelry Trunk Shows

Bev — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:00:48 +0000

Halia Holiday Bead Event

November 21

Buy 3 beads, receive the Holiday bead free. One day only event.

Troll Bead Trunk Show

December 9 & 10

Buy 4 beads, receive the 5th bead free. Special showing of one-of-a-kind beads available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Brighton Events for the Holidays — from Jewelry to Handbags

Bev — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:58:07 +0000

As the top Brighton store in the Midwest, a member of the top 1% of Brighton stores Nationwide, and the ONLY Brighton Platinum Heart store in Illinois, The Little Traveler is the premier host of Brighton events in the Chicago area. During November and December, we have many fabulous events planned for you:

October 30 – November 14: Fill Your Heart with Charm

Receive one of these heart-shaped jewelry boxes (specially made for charms) for FREE with any $100 Brighton purchase. Brighton charms are one-of-a-kind treasures to display on charm bracelets and charm necklaces. They go beyond the signature silver heart and allow you to express who you are, who you love, and what’s important to you. Now Brighton is offering a safe place to hold your collectibles.

Saturday, November 7: Brighton Handbag Day

We know your Brighton leather handbags are special. To keep your Brighton bags looking their best, Karen Jaskra, our Brighton representative, will be here from noon to 4:00 pm to expertly clean and recondition your Brighton leather handbags while you shop. Please call to schedule an appointment: 630-232-4200

December 4-20: Brighton On the Go

Receive a Brighton Calendar and Journal set for FREE with any $100 Brighton purchase. The holidays are filled with shopping, spending time with family, friends and planning your own festivities. With all the hustle and bustle, how does one keep track of everything? Why The newly-designed Brighton Calendar & Journal set, of course. This Brighton accessory will help you manage your time and, best of all, it is made to fit in your Brighton handbag.

Saturday, December 19: Brighton Charm School

December 26 – January 3: A Charmed Start to the New Year

When you make a single purchase of $50 in Brighton charms between Dec. 26 and Jan. 3 you’ll get a bracelet FREE! (While supplies last)

Chamilia – A Contemporary Twist on the Classic Charm Bracelet

Bev — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:53:35 +0000

Chamilia designer, Killian Rieder, had a vision that would allow women to create their own unique bracelets and necklaces to reflect their own unique selves, as well as their changing moods — like a chameleon. The realization of that vision is the Chamilia collection of jewelry. The company was launched in 2002 with a line of handcrafted beads made of Murano glass, colored stones, 14 kt gold, and sterling silver to pair with bangles, bracelets and necklaces.

Chamilia beads and charms are often noted for their exquisite detailing and variety, and are only sold at independent jewelry retailers and boutiques, such as The Little Traveler in Geneva, IL, in the west suburbs of Chicago. The company offers over six hundred different styles of beads and includes Swarovski crystal and an exclusive Disney® beads collection. The company supports charitable causes by introducing limited edition beads and donating a portion of the proceeds to support efforts, such as Breast Cancer and Autism research.

Be Charmed Jewelry Events

Bev — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:38:51 +0000

Chamilia Trunk Show

October 17

Buy four beads get a free bracelet.

Halia Holiday Event

November 21

Buy three beads get the Holiday bead free.

Festival Fun for the Trollbead Charm Collector!

Bev — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:28:21 +0000

September 11, 12, 13

“Wine Harvest,” a beautiful sterling silver bead from the Trollbeads collection, is free during Festival of the Vine with $100 in Trollbeads purchases (while supplies last).