May’s Beads

best bead place ever

This is my favorite place to shop for beads. It’s the biggest bead store I’ve ever seen! Huge selection for great prices. The staff, despite a few have broken English, they were very friendly and helpful!

I’ve been going to May’s Beads for over a year now and I’ve had a couple of bad experiences here.
Let me preface this by stating that I have my own jewelry boutique. In one instance, I contacted one of the owners of the store letting them know that I needed a large quantity order of a certain material for a large potential order from a customer of mine.
When I asked if purchasing a large amount of a specific material from them would be possible, one of the owners told me that they were unsure if they wanted to go through with this transaction because, and I quote my customer seemed «untrustworthy.» How unprofessional of them to say this to me about my customer considering I was willing to place such a large order with them.
Bye Felicia.

I don’t like to throw negative reviews around like if they’re free cupcakes. I mean look at my review history. I usually am fair and have mainly good reviews. It’s really hard to tick me off. But Mays… You just made my bad list.
‘Cause baby now we got bad blood… like Tay Swift would say.
Me and my sister stumbled upon this establishment 4 years ago and since then we have been LOYAL customers. Driving up to half an hour for Mays. They have good deals if you buy in bulk… Usually.
They have two locations; Houston and Dallas. The Dallas location also has an Etsy shop where you can order products online. What I have been noticing is that at times they give me one price and when I go back next week they change their pricing. Especially when I buy in bulk. I went in the other day to buy one roll of chain and they tried to charge me $ 250 when I had paid $ 160 for the same roll about a month ago. When I asked the reason, he said that roll was bigger although it was the same price. This is not the first time this happens.
I ended up finding the Dallas location on etsy by accident and decided to message them via etsy asking them for the price of that same chain that the Houston location had charged me $ 250 for. They offered me the roll for $ 150! Ok great! When I let them know I was interested in purchasing it, they referred me to their Houston location store. They advised me to purchase it there… I told them Houston was out of stock and thats why I preferred ordering online. Coincidentally they were out of stock well. I asked if they had the same chain but in a different color and they replied with «Come to the store and find out» … Well I am in Houston not in Dallas so that makes no sense.
All in all, Mays has been very unprofessional. Even in emails they do not communicate properly and make up excuses. They do not treat me with respect. They are handling a business but do not know how run it. Buyer beware on the constantly changing prices!

Amazing selection and pricing! I was not disappointed! They had stuff I didn’t know I wanted :)

After reading reviews on May’s I finally ventured out all the way to Harwin to see what this place was about. I was FLOORED when I saw their selection! When I first walked in I honestly did not know which way to go lol What I liked about May’s is how they have their beads separated into sections, and they do have individual strands of beads price marked so there’s no confusion. On my first visit, I picked up some much needed supplies such as beading wire, jump rings etc but I just had to take advantage of their low prices on beads! I picked some strands of beads for $ 1 each and some for $ 2 and a few for $ 3. Coming here, it really is impossible not to splurge. I spent about $ 42 on the size of a purchase that would have cost me easily $ 80 at an ordinary craft store such as Joann’s or Michael’s.
The people seemed friendly although I wasn’t asked if I needed any help. What was kind of off putting about this place was that as soon as you walked in there’s a sign right at the front that states that ALL purses and/​or bags need to be given up at the front and locked in a locker??? No thank you! Luckily I just came with my card and license in my pocket this time. Also, it’s not hard to tell that they obviously have «secret shoppers» hanging around the place. There were more than a few people (men and women) walking around checking things out but not shopping. I just thought that was weird and gave a weird vibe to this place but I’m rating the selection here not their security lol
Anyway, I was impressed during my first visit, and if you’re into jewelry making without spending such a fortune this place is worth a try.

I’m down with the beadness.
Dude. The first time I walked in here I took a few looks around, bought a few random things, went home, and didn’t bead for A MONTH. A full month, man. It was so intimidating, the possibilities!
Actually, I came in to May’s on accident. I was on my way to Beads Depot in the little shopping center next door. I just assumed they had an ownership change and found myself inside May’s. In retrospect, for a beginning beader I would definitely recommend Beads Depot first. Get your barrings.
I do have one complaint… Unless I just haven’t found them yet (I also haven’t asked…) May’s headpins are kind of cheap… no, wait, they’re really cheap… The ones at Michael’s are expensive, but at least they’re sturdy. And when I say cheap, I do mean in price as well as quality.
To be fair, I have not yet asked the store workers if there are higher quality headpins. That’s not for like of friendliness — these people are very helpful and ready to answer any questions you have.
May’s also has beading classes. I don’t know the details, but ya.
If you’re a beginning beader — go to May’s after you go to Beads Depot if you’re easily overwhelmed like I am.
Oh ya, and the prices are ridiculous. As in ridiculously low.

Oh my goodness. Talk about a jewelry makers paradise! My Mom and sister-​in-​law came across this place while making some bracelets for bridesmaid’s gifts. This place is wall to wall beads, supplies, pendants and any other jewelry making accessory you can think of. The prices are fabulous too! I ended up spending a pretty penny here on supplies for 2 different necklace projects I had been meaning to start. I made necklaces at home all weekend. So glad I’ve found this place!
Note: this is not for the average shopper to walk in and buy ready to wear jewelry. This is strands of beads and supplies. If you are not an experienced jewelry maker you might be confused and/​or overwhelmed.

I absolutely LOVE this store! They have everything you could possibly need for jewelry making. Their prices are reasonable and the staff is absolutely the best. They are always very helpful and will even order something for you if you don’t find exactly what you need.
They have a wide variety of beads including gemstones, glass beads, plastic beads, wood beads and every type of finding you could possibly need or want!
They are very easy to find right on Harwin Dr. and always have plenty of parking.