What's New, Skull Beads & See MrBead!
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What's New, Skull Beads & See MrBead!
To go to the MrBead store
click MrBead.com or
MrBead.co.uk
Click a picture below to see one of this month's new beads. Follow Nigel at his new site at NigelHayMckay.com or in the flesh in the UK this spring - details of our UK bead shows here.
If you're in the UK, please visit us for a MrBead bag & a free gift at one of our bead fairs during April, May & June - starting Sunday 28th April 2013 at Beads Up North, Haydock Race Course - for details click here. All our 2013 fairs here.
For Free Shipping off anything enter BEADSHOW in the box at checkout, and click "Redeem Coupon". Use NOW - as expires Friday 19th April 2013. No minimum order, but can only for used at MrBead.com or MrBead.co.uk and cannot be used with any other discount or eBay.
New Beads:
Tweet a link to this newsletter to all your
followers - just click
here. New trend Buddhism Gothic Why wear skulls?
Follow us on Twitter at MrBead@UKMrBead and follow Nigel at Nigel@NigelMckayWicked Skull Beads
Skull
jewellery is as popular as ever. Especially with the young, who wear skull rings
on their fingers and hang skull pendants on their bags. The media adds to the
craze with many celebratory discreetly showing skulls. Hot hip hop artists
like King Ice make sure skulls are in by wearing them on expensive shamballa
bracelets.
Originally skull jewelry was only a Tibetan Buddhist thing. Skulls have a
negative context in Western culture, but to Buddhists they remind them to focus
on reaching Nevada. The ultimate rebirth, when one finally escapes the suffering
of terrestrial life - the final goal of their cycles of death and rebirth.
Seeing skulls prevent Buddhists from wasting time building their ego or wealth,
all of which becomes useless upon death.
Modern
gothic culture has some similarities to Tibetan or Vajrayana Buddhist. Goths
like to highlight suffering, so as to contrast from living and create an
optimistic outlook. This similarity is rather like the oriental concept of yin
and yang – opposite and constant flowing forces. Increase yin, and yang with
decrease, and vice versa. Likewise, draw attention to death, and life with
become brighter.
To
others, skulls remind that we all have to die. Skulls show that life is not
permanent and are a symbol that we are all flirting with death. In this context
they represent a quest to survive, a reminder to be careful. For the same reason
hot-rodders hang a furry dice inside their cars. A sign of danger.
Rock
Stars
Rebels
This
reasoning leads to the wearers’ of skulls believing that they deter people from
messing with them. Similar to old seagoing pirates flying their flag to frighten
others away - and in conflict, the hope other ships would surrender without a
fight.
Whatever you think, there is no denying that skull jewellery is becoming the next big thing in fashion. Just look around to see for yourself.
See our new skull bead category at MrBead.com or MrBead.co.uk
See us in the UK for a Free Gift!
After being shut away in a little office reading and sending e-mails, we love to see customers!
Visit
us in the UK and say you're a MrBead Newsletter reader, and we'll give
you a MrBead bag & a free gift!
Sunday 28th April 2013 -
Beads up North! Haydock Race Course, Newton-le-Willows WA12 0HQ
Saturday 18th May 2013 - The Luton MrBead Bead Show - Stockwood
Hotel, Stockwood Crescent, Luton, LU1 3SS
Sunday 19th May 2013 - The
North East Bead Show - Holiday Inn, Great North Road, Seaton Burn,
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE13 3BP
Sunday 2nd June 2013 - Cheshire Bead
Fair - Nantwich Civic Hall, CW5 5DG
Sunday 9th June 2013 - Norwich MrBead Bead Show with The Bead Queen -
George Hotel, Arlington Lane, Norwich, NR2 2DA
Fri,
Sat & Sunday 14th, 15th & 16th June - Middlewich Folk & Boat Fair,
Cheshire, CW10 9AS.
A fabulous weekend of folk & roots
music. We will be in the craft tent, canalside.
We will also be calling at many beading groups. If you would like us to
call on your group, please e-mail or tweet Nigel, or phone
after 24th April
07576134264.
For details of all our 2013 bead fairs click
here
See a video of our September &
October bead fairs here
NigelHayMckay.com
Read about the man behind MrBead and watch him make a fool
of himself. See his new site at
Nigel's
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