Bead Inspirations is a full service retail bead shop and webstore, offering beautiful beads, gorgeous findings, tools, supplies, books, inspiring beading, jewelry-making, and metalsmithing classes, and warm, beginner-friendly service. Folks from Alameda, Oakland and other cities throughout the East Bay, as well as the expanded San Francisco Bay Area, come to see what we have in store, feeling free to let their creativity be nourished by our beautiful bead selection and caring staff.