The store is amazing. A southern lady owns a beads store in her house in downtown Huntsville. But I wouldn't write about it if that would be an ordinary beads store with couple trays of beads. I've seen a lot of places with beading supplies, but this one is something special. How? Well, I've never seen so many beads in one place. Mary, the store owner, is an experienced antique and flee market business women and in middle of her antique stuff she has two rooms with beads. When I stepped into her store for the first time I couldn't believe my eyes. The beads starts on the top and end on the bottom of the house! It looks chaotic, but it has a logic and in principle it's very well organized. Once you get use to it, you know where to find what.
And what a treasure she has there!!!
My first visit there was very funny. Mary, the store owner, is a real southern lady with a REAL southern accent. And then there was me, the lady with european accent, asking where to find fresh water pearls... ha? Mary turned to an other customer asking "what does she asking for"? The other lady: "well she asked for fresh water pearls" and then turned to me and explained "I used to work with eastern european customers, so I understand the accent". So I turned to Mary and told her, it's ok, I didn't understand your accent either. We were all laughing. Now, every time when I visit the store Mary greats me "Hello Ms Czechoslovakian Lady" and then she explains to other customers "you know she is from Czech Republic and I have Czech beads here and there.... :o)".
And what a treasure she has there!!!
My first visit there was very funny. Mary, the store owner, is a real southern lady with a REAL southern accent. And then there was me, the lady with european accent, asking where to find fresh water pearls... ha? Mary turned to an other customer asking "what does she asking for"? The other lady: "well she asked for fresh water pearls" and then turned to me and explained "I used to work with eastern european customers, so I understand the accent". So I turned to Mary and told her, it's ok, I didn't understand your accent either. We were all laughing. Now, every time when I visit the store Mary greats me "Hello Ms Czechoslovakian Lady" and then she explains to other customers "you know she is from Czech Republic and I have Czech beads here and there.... :o)".
So if you ever visit Huntsville and want to see a "Gemstone Haven" visit Mary's beads store at Pratt ave.
