PoCo Inspired — Local services in Winnipeg

I’m a regular here, and come with my family often. But after the way an employee spoke to my child (who is only a 2 yr old toddler by the way and learning about the world), it really bothered me and I might have to find somewhere else to shop. The worker spoke to her in a rude + mean tone for touching a wind chime, and scared her. She ran behind me to hide from said worker. I didn’t appreciate it and we always supervise her when we are in store. We come here often and the workers I do know always greet her and don’t ever give me a hard time about her. But alas, I will take my...

What a cute little shop! Tucked away but so worth venturing over to see their wonderful selection. I went with my mother who is a bead artist and she was so excited to see the wide selection as she is very limited where she lives. The staff are friendly and knowledge, many seem to be bead artists as well so they can provide personal experience knowledge as well. There are also classes that are taught in the fall for a variety of different jewellery making techniques - they have an example of the projects displayed in the shop which I found really helpful to know what I...

My favourite bead store!

A nice and welcoming environment with a very good variety of seed beads sorted by brand and size. I’m usually able to find almost everything I need for my projects here.

The best part is the staff. They are very knowledgeable and very helpful. Anytime I’ve had a question, it’s been answered with not only a solution, but also additional tips/information.

As an indigenous person who beads, it’s nice to see a store employing indigenous staff. There are many indigenous beadworkers out there so it’s nice to see the...