What doesn’t change about Nancy’s designs is her artistic focus on creating jewelry that captures the essence of life. Nancy Neill jewelry is crafted from natural stones, pewter charms, Swarovski crystals, unique glass beads, and silver- and gold-plated metal jewelry components.

Nancy Neill Collections:

Nature A great way to celebrate the season is by wearing its colors or symbols. The Nature Collection features jewelry inspired by trees, leaves, birds, dragonflies, butterflies, and wildlife.

Make it Personal! – Unique frame pendants for all the women we know.  Wear as they are or personalize with your own photo.

Birthstone Necklaces – Enhance with charms from the Nancy Neill collection.

Circles & Stones – Necklaces and earrings classically styled for every day wear.

Charm Bracelets – Create a look that is uniquely yours!

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!

Become a member of our Bead Club and enjoy great savings, too! It’s easy!  Just sign up and we’ll keep track of your points.  For every 10 beads you purchase, you’ll receive a $25 gift card good towards beads, bead bracelets and bead accessories.

June 22-26: Halia Beads Event

Receive a free sterling silver bracelet with $100 Halia bead purchase.

June 25 though July 11: Brighton B Charming

FREE bracelet with $50 charm purchase (includes charms, beads and spacers). Don’t miss the debut of the Knotty Stopper Beads starting June 25.

July 23-24: Camilia Beads Event

Receive a free silver bracelet with $100 Chamilia Bead purchase.

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“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:

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.

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After being inspired by her mother’s jewelry designs, Nancy Neill left her “real job” and took up full-time jewelry making. Now, over twenty years later, she continues to create original designs with a whimsical flair that flourish at local boutiques across the nation.  The Little Traveler carries a fun selection of Nancy Neill jewelry designs.

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)

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

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.

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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.

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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 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

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, 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.

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

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.

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)