Showing posts with label Troll Beads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Troll Beads. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

New Retired Trollbeads Listed on Trollbeads Gallery


We have just listed additional retired Trollbeads on Trollbeads Gallery.Com!

Tortoiseshell #61136 Only 2 Available!

More to be listed soon!

http://www.trollbeadsgallery.com/products/TrollBeads-RETIRED+Trollbeads+!!-39.aspx

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

TrollbeadsUS "Play Tray" is Enormous Hit!


Recently there have been some very useful accessories being produced by TrollbeadsUS and one of my favorites is the
Play Tray. The Play Tray is a perfect personal size for keeping on your bureau so you can create a new design every morning! Three 8” mandrels run below the work area to keep your beads in order and well within reach.
Measuring 8-½ x 11 inches, the surface covered in black velvet. There is a small work area waiting for your Trollbeads.
Thank you TrollbeadsUS for this great addition to the line!

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Trollbeads: Celebrate the Red White and Blue!

It's that time of year again and Trollbeads Gallery has the July 4th
Trollbeads listed for you! This collection is from a year's worth of hunting and gathering for the best red, white and blue Unique Trollbeads for you to celebrate in fine style.

Don't forget about some of the great silver Trollbeads that complete the star spangled look!
Although we will be adding more great Unique red, white and blue Trollbeads in the coming weeks take a quick look now so you don't miss out.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

New Limited Edition "Summer" Butterfly Bead Coming Mid May and Trollbook!


If you haven't seen this wonder compiliation of stories and pictures gathered by Trollbeads of Denmark, go to our Trolllbeads Gallery Forum and view it on the Blog section. You'll feel as though you have entered a Troll territory, a Troll retreat.
News of a new limited Edition Butterfly "Summer" bead, coming in mid May. PLEASE pre -order be emailing me or by taking the link to the TB Forum and adding your name to the pre orders on the appropriate "forum" conversation. It is a beauty. Yeah!!!! New Bead!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Brand New from Trollbeads! Black Leather Collection Case!

Need I say more?

This new black leather "Collection Case" has three levels that stack neatly together with a wide elastic band to hold it all together.

PLUS for you serious collectors, there are add-ons so you can keep on adding to your collection and still keep your Trollbeads all together!

This new case can very easily go from your bureau to your suitcase.

Available soon from Trollbeads Gallery ... they make great gift idea for your favorite Trollie friends. Or for yourself, too.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Trollbeads Gallery Contest!



It's time for a contest! Trollbeads Gallery is hosting a contest on our new forum site and we want everyone to be a part of it.

Follow this link www.trollbeadsgalleryforum.ning.com and proceed to the "Forum" section. The first entry you'll see is about the contest and about how I would like to hear from you! Send in your ideas for what you'd like to see for a contest. Let's hear some great ideas!

All of you can come up with suggestions and I'll come up with the prizes. Deal? Maybe we can try a "Trollbeads Gallery contest a month" series.

Our new forum site is active and exciting. Thank you to all of you collectors who have added so much to the site. Your stories and your photographs are great. Keep it up!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Buyer Beware Warning on Ebay to Trollbeads Collectors

From time to time when we find an offering on an auction site that has desceptive language concerning Trollbeads, we want to share this information with you so you aren't misled.
These sellers threaten the value of our collections and the future of our product.
boutiqueitaliana is an Ebay seller that uses the word "Trollbeads" and offers conterfeit Trollbeads to the extent of even using the same name for the beads. For an example the gold Endless bead they offer is made of 18K gold plate.These beads are inferior and are not an authentic Trollbeads product. They use the words "Trollbeads" and "Authentic" and even uses Trollbeads logo phrase "Every Story has a Bead". Please don't be fooled. We think there are laws to protect the consumer but with Ebay and with dealers the dealers on Ebay, this isn't always the case. Let us know if you have ever been sold imposter Trollbeads. I see many bracelets in my gallery with proud owners telling how they bought a certain Trollbead on Ebay and when I look, it's not a Trollbead at all.
If you love lampwork beads and want to purchase them for their uniqueness and beauty-then buy!! The artists that make these generally sell on Etsy.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

www.trollbeadsgallery.com Ships New Beads with Great Feedback!!




New Trollbeads have been shipped and received to rave reviews!!!

(Photograph is a Unique bead from one of the New Beads!!"

We are hearing from our customers and they love the new beads! Don't wait as we know the initial release goes extremely fast. We are already running low on our first delivery of the new Rose bead and the French Anemone bead.
Some quotes from today's calls and emails, "breathtaking", "innovative colors", "they look better in person and I thought the photos were the best", "please notify me when the rest of the new beads come in, this is the best of any new groups from TB".



Sunday, January 4, 2009

Trollbeads 2008, A Year in Review

January 4, 2009 Happy New Year!

I recently was asked to write an article on the current position of Trollbeads in the market. I am including it in the blog for anyone's interest.


Trollbeads 2008 : A Report

Trollbeads hits the mainstream with steam and keeps on growing!

Trollbeads is a line of interchangeable jewelry hailing from Denmark. Their long 30 plus years of development and design has positioned them to be the next best selling collectable and interchangeable bead and accompanying jewelry line on the market. Their history in the United States is only about 6 years long and it’s been an exciting and interesting path for Trollbeads U.S. and it’s just the beginning.

Morten Petersen, originally from Denmark and the head of Lund Trading Inc., a distributing company he founded in Maryland, brought this line from Denmark to distribute in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. At first the line was slow to grow here. Perhaps it was the representatives bringing it to market, or the market they were aiming for or maybe American women just weren’t ready for them. Each year the product was introduced to new venues and to new areas of the country and their growth became steady. Each year and with each growth level, the office at Lund Distributing was fine tuning its procedures to a more efficient level. A business that has steadily plodded its course, has just in the last year and a half, exploded on the American jewelry scene. Just recently the news is that November ’08, a month where everyone was debating on bailouts and relief packages or watching as houses were auctioned off, Trollbeads saw its highest single month increase ever. It was my understanding that in 2008, Lund has exceeded 2007 sales figures but to excel in a month that for others was so bleak, points to one very obvious fact. The collecting of Trollbeads is recession proof. It’s the small things that count when times are difficult and these beads have a humorous side and a highly spiritual side. What better combination could there be in times like these?

For the most part Trollbeads collectors are unique from other bead collectors and are comprised of many kinds of people. If you compare the two major bead lines and compare their collectors, you will find that Trollbeads attract a more sophisticated customer than Pandora or Chamelia brands. The inspiration for the designs in Trollbeads comes from flora and fauna, mythology, spirituality, fairy tales and cultural diversity. The motto for Trollbeads is “Every Story has a Bead”. The Trollbeads artists strive to create small intricate sculptures and the beauty or uniqueness is evident in every bead. This differs sharply from the other bead lines as it where it was the first interchangeable bead line on the market in Europe and was the inspiration of many lines since.

This next year will be an interesting one to follow with Trollbeads. I believe it will be another record breaker but keep in mind the competition has taken its gloves off. Pandora has given all of its retailers an ultimatum. Starting immediately, they must drop any and all competing brands of beads or be dropped by Pandora. I know of some stores that have had to keep Pandora, because it’s a broader line and they sell more dollar wise and have had to, very reluctantly, drop Trollbeads. As a dealer of Trollbeads I can tell already, from my point of view, this was a bad decision for Pandora. Even before the deadline occurred many customers entering my store were aware of the situation and had very negative feelings toward Pandora. Today the consumer is savvy and educated and they do their homework on anything of value they are considering to buy. When a company is purchased by a large conglomerate, as Pandora has been, the focus is only on the numbers and nothing else. There is no concern for what this ultimatum will mean to many of its stores. I know for a fact that if a store has carried both lines, they have done well with both lines. They support the sales of each other because many people collect both lines. Small retailers forced into dropping a line, such as Trollbeads, means cutting their revenue by a huge portion. In this economy it may be devastating to some small retailers. Read the news, it’s the large conglomerates that are bringing this country to its knees. Small businesses employ more people in this country and through no fault of their own, will be brought down by also.

It doesn’t take long to discover the differences in both of the company’s artistic and technical standards. It also doesn’t take long to understand the differences in management. I hear day after day, “My wife used to collect the other beads and now she is switching to Trollbeads.” Just yesterday I helped a couple of customers who also had Pandora beads, talk about Pandora and how difficult it is for stores to deal with the demands Pandora puts on the stores. Dealers who are holding on to their Pandora accounts are angry at the demands Pandora is making on them. Pandora is turning itself into the “bad guy” and should be worrying more about its image and less about the numbers and less about trying to be the only “like” brand in the store. Haven’t they ever heard that competition is a good thing?

Keeping in mind Pandora has forced a number of retailers to drop Trollbeads, I still believe 2009 will be another record breaking year for Trollbeads. The negativity produced by Pandora will mean that Trollbeads will fare better in the long run.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Reduced Prices on Unique Beads at Trollbeads Gallery for December!


We're celebrating "Cyber Monday" by kicking off a month of lowered Unique Bead prices!!! I am doing my part to kick the economy into gear! I have reduced all the prices in the categories listed below and I hope you'll take advantage and treat yourself and your friends to our festive Unique Beads. This is NOT a sale and it only includes the 3 categories below. Prices will go back up after January 1st.

Trollbeads make meaningful gifts as they communicate so many different things. Make your own story by calling to mind memories of past Christmas's with our colorful green and red beads. Hold them up to light and remember peeking at the Christmas tree with all the colorful lights, next to your sister, late at night, waiting for Santa.

Or perhaps our Winter Wonderland blues beads will remind you of skating at night in the crisp air. Share that memory with your skating friends and rekindle the excitement you had as you glided in the moonlight. Ok, you get the picture. If you know me, you know I LOVE holidays!!!!!!!!

Follow any of the links below!

Unique Trollbeads
http://www.trollbeadsgallery.com/products/TrollBeads-Glass--UNIQUE-!!-32.aspx

Christmas Trollbeads
http://www.trollbeadsgallery.com/products/TrollBeads-Glass--UNIQUE-!!-32.aspx

Winter Wonderland Trollbeads
http://www.trollbeadsgallery.com/products/TrollBeads-Winter- Wonderland-Themed-UNIQUE-!!-52.aspx

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Trollbeads News and More!!




Trollbeads News
Unique Trollstones & Unique Amber Beads and more!

My absolute favorite silver Trollbead is the "Forget Me Not" bead introduced earlier this year. If you haven't considered one for your collection, do! It is great for texture and it has a unique shape and adds a lot to your bracelet.
It is available only in silver but I wanted to share this photograph with you and show you how beautiful it is in gold. This particular bead was created by Trollbeads for a special order in Denmark but by showing you this I hope to remind everyone how exquiste gold beads are and although they are a reach, every piece of Trollbeads jewelry should have at least one bead of gold! You deserve it!
Add a bit of good fortune and good luck to your life with a gold "Lucky Knot"!!

On a different note, the Trollstone beads I listed last week sold very quickly and I am sorry if you missed out ! Fear not as I am in the process of photographing more and I will be listing them very soon. There are some beauties and I can't wait to get them listed.

I will also soon be listing a new group of Unique Amber Beads. These beads vary in size, color and shape and will combine to make great bracelets. Unique or Assorted Amber Beads are beads created by the Trollbeads artists in Denmark utilizing special tools and talents to sculpt raw natural amber into beautifully unique beads. They are not readily available and this is the first time I have sold the individual beads in a long time. If you would like to know more about Amber you can see a short movie produced by Trollbeads Denmark on the "Unique Amber" page of Trollbeads Gallery. It is fascinating to see how they make the beads.

There is unbelievable great news for TrollbeadsUS and I wanted to share it because because all of you have helped make it happen! Last year TrollbeadsUS was the #3 highest selling distributor globally and this year TrollbeadsUS is selling more than all other countries combined! That is phenomenal growth and TrollbeadsUS or Lund Trading has managed that growth phenomenally well. Congratulations!!!

Look for Trollbeads Brand New Logo!! Look for the green "O". Fresh changes are always happening at Trollbeads!

As always I appreciate your continued interest in Trollbeads and in
Trollbeads Gallery.

I will send a quick email when the new beads are listed! Regards, Louise Rogers

Monday, June 23, 2008

Trollbeads Thoughts and Happy Birthday to Noah!

June 23, 2008
Summer greetings from Trollbeads Gallery! So many of you have shared in prayers and thoughts for Noah, my grandson who was born with bilateral cateracts and who has had numerous surgeries as it developed into acute glaucoma. Today Noah turns one and he is in great shape. No surgery in his immediate future and he is loving working in his parents new jewelry store in Boulder,Colorado. This is Noah after a hard day at work. My son and his wife, Alex and Krista have opened "Starfish" and are waiting for their first shipment of Trollbeads! If you are ever in Boulder stop by! They are on Pearl Street and easily located.
The news in U.S. Trollbeads Land is that Trollbeads are gaining here by leaps and bounds in popularity. For the first part of the year business has increased over 350% for the same time last year. As a family owned and operated business, Trollbeads has continued to operate as a company we can trust and a company we can have faith in. The beads continue to be beautiful and plentiful and I can say that both Lund Trading and Trollbeads are wonderful organizations to do business with.
Trollstones have been the big introduction this year with an extremely limited supply offered to a limited amount of dealers. Trollbeads Gallery will be posting them very shortly so stay tuned.
You will soon be seeing brand new images of Trollbeads as more and more press is covering this phenomenal line. The new photographs are as exquisite as the beads are so keep your eyes out for some powerful sights.
That's it for now, have a happy and healthy summer.
Regards and with thanks, Louise Rogers

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Trollbeads Release Four New Beads!!!!!!!



Now Available -these are perfect to celebrate a favorite sport or a hard earned diploma. To view the other three go to www.trollbeadsgallery.com.


Just yesterday we heard from our U.S. Distributor -Lund Trading that Trollbeads has released four new beads all with a scholastic or sports theme, a timely release for all those graduates in your life. Above I have featured the Graduation bead. Their design is unique and cleverly executed. Trollbeads artists work very hard on this project so check all four beads out now!

Friday, May 9, 2008


Greetings from Louise at Trollbeads Gallery. Our most recent group of Assorted Unique Beads having been selling faster than any collection before and I hope some of you got to see the collection before they started disappearing! Minutes after they were loaded on the site a number of them sold.

I have my website helpers busy preparing another batch for sometime next week. So check back!

Fantastic News for Trollbeads
The 2008 sales for Trollbeads in the U.S. has had triple figure percentage gains and continues to climb due to all of you enthusiastic collectors and Trollbeads lovers around the country. Trollbeads U.S. (Lund Trading) has done a terrific job at handling the tremendous growth which is an enormous feat. As a business owner I understand the staggering issues involved in supporting that kind of growth and we applaud their success as I'm sure all of you do.
The beads above are part of my Spring bead collection and can be seen on www.trollbeadsgallery.com in the Unique Bead section.
Regards, Louise Rogers
P.S. Get creative and use your collection in a variety of exciting new ways. Check out the slideshow in the Fantasy Necklace section to get inspired!

Friday, May 2, 2008

Retired Trollbeads and the Mystery of Pricing



If you are a serious Trollbeads collector you have probably noticed that retired Trollbeads can be priced in very mysterious ways and range from extremely high to reasonable. The whole art of pricing is a vague field and if you haven't experienced any type of pricing in your life you may not understand why the prices are as they are.



To make it even more difficult, pricing items that are no longer available gets even trickier. The retail prices of current and available Trollbeads are set by the company but there are no guidelines for retired beads and therefore prices have a wide range. Unfortunately this variable tends to confuse rather then inspire the collectors to purchase.




Compare the prices from site to site and remember that although prices vary widely, there may be extenuating circumstances that create the differences.

The factors that go into TrollbeadsGallery.com's pricing, and I assume other Trollbeads site's pricing, are as follows:




Date of retirement (i.e. the earlier the more valuable)


Past availability


Current availability


Condition (are there scratches? etc.)


Popularity of the design and color


Quantity Retailer has on hand




I made a quick check around the limited sites that sell retired Trollbeads and the ranges are below. If not for any other reason in viewing these listings you will appreciate the prices of current Trollbeads and in turn know that these beads too will appreciate!




Takma: RET 61182 - $900.00, $719.00, $325.00.


Smiley: RET 11114 - $189.00, $159.00, $48.00.


GOLD Giraffes:RET 21240 - $1599.00, $1230.00, $585.00


Tortoiseshell: RET-61136 - $599.00, $399.00, $235.00

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Coming Attractions of Enchanting New Unique Beads from Trollbeads Gallery

Coming Attractions of Unique Trollbeads
We are in the middle of getting the newest group of beautiful Unique Beads ready to list on our website but in the mean time we thought this coming attraction would wet your appetite!

The Trollbeads shown here are a part of this new collection and as usual they are all equally beautiful. We are hard at work getting the listings
ready for you!!!

The Unique Beads have become a favorite of many Trollbeads collectors and introducing them has become an exciting event. Enjoy the peek!!! We promise they'll be listed before a week is up.

Go check them out at TrollbeadsGallery.com!

Friday, April 4, 2008

Quick There's More Unique Beads at Trollbeads Gallery!!

On your mark, get set, GO!!!!!!!!!!! The new set of unique beads are being added to our site bit by bit and tonight we just added more ... two of which sold seconds after being added! Lisa ... how DID you do that?

Darcy, thank you so much for your phenomenal imagination and for your tireless efforts in the creating of the wonderful stories that accompany these beautiful beads. (You are the best Troll around.)

Here's to secret Trolls with wings everywhere.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

New Unique Spring Bead Releases at TrollbeadsGallery.com

TrollbeadsGallery.com has over 200 new Unique Beads and can't wait to share them with you! We'll be adding them as we can. We just added quite a few last night. The staff photographer (that would be me) hasn't been able to find enough sun lately to do her thing but with spring here you'll be sure to see more and more Unique Beads listed.
The Unique Beads are referred to as "unique" because they are either test beads the Trollbeads glass artisans have created to find new designs, or they are beads created for the line, but just don't quite fit the requirements of the bead they were attempting to create. In any fashion, they are all engaging and a real treat to see and to have.
The orange one above is like nothing I have never had before, and it almost seems like I could lick the frosting off the bead!! It a really fabulous!!
As you know from past Unique Bead releases at TrollbeadsGallery.com, they go really fast; so be sure to take a peek as soon as you can! The last release numbered in the 90's and we got down to 30 in record time.
Many thanks for your continued business. Please note that TrollbeadsGallery.com is not using the term "OOAK" or "One-of-a-Kind" because Lund Trading/TrollbeadsUS would prefer us to use the terms "limited beads" or Unique Beads when referring to them. Very few of them can actually be called "One-of-a-Kind."
Regards, Louise
PS: I hope to be adding Unique Beads more in upcoming days but we need sunshine to help us with the pictures ... and the appearance of sunshine depends on our New England weather!!

Saturday, March 22, 2008

The TROLLBEADS "Best Sellers" List!

Have you ever wondered what the most popular Trollbeads are? Or which are the biggest sellers???

I know I have!

The below list shows the highest selling available beads!


  • Three siblings
  • Lucky knot
  • Faith, Hope & Charity
  • Dichroic Ice
  • Stripe of Fashion
  • Caribbean
  • Treasures
  • Wine harvest
  • Turquoise Bubbles
  • Turquoise Prism
  • Purple Stripes
  • Turquoise Armadillo
  • Mardi Gras
  • White pearl
  • Ocean

Friday, March 21, 2008

Sharing our Trollbeads Photographs


Greetings! I have recently requested through an earlier blog and now through an email for you to kindly share with me your Trollbeads collection and send photos in any way, shape or form! To kick off the collection I have placed my most recent picture of Asher and Noah while they were patiently waiting in a restaurant last week in Boulder, Colorado. Now I know most people won't be sending photos like this but we had forgotten to bring anything for Noah to teeth on and I looked down at my Trollbeads bracelet and I knew what to do. First I went into the lavatory and ran hot water over it and then I handed it to Noah and I wish I had the camera ready when I did because his eyes lit up and they looked just like Trollbeads! Of course you know this doting grandmother stayed right with him while he was chomping and my daughter in law said to me "You don't have to worry, he'll be fine with that." Seconds later my son piped up and said "She's not worried about Noah, it's her Trollbeads she's watching so closely!"
So send in your photos we'd love to see them.
Warm regards, Louise