Choose from 17 silver rings that sport various moods you may be in (or wish for) today, such as Joy, Happiness or Faith. The outside edge of the ring features beautiful colored rhinestones that suit the ring´s emotion. String two or three on either the silver chains or suedette laces, and switch them around to match your mood or outfit. These rings range in price from $9 to $12.
— Tween girls really go for “necklaces and jewelry” that they can design themselves, said Sonija Kalajian, owner of the Toy Shop in Westford, Conn.
— The Bead Shop make-it and share-it jewelry kits are big sellers at all the retailers surveyed.
— “The Heart-to-Heart necklaces are selling like crazy,” affirmed Lisa Orman, publicist for the The Bead Shop.

This bracelet kit in a box sports a pink patent cuff, and 56 letter beads in mix-and-match styles. Change your message daily if you want, to display your name, credo, crush, whatever!

Girls have been clamoring over the Fashion Angels at The Bead Shop (ToyShow), eager for more cool products withthose Fab Four glamour girls stamped all over. The Bead Shop has launched a new line of stationary products, including the Fashion Angels Chronicles & Collectibles, a scrapbook-like book that girls can open with a special key filled with funky notepads, postcards, drawers to store things in, stickers, places for pictures and tons more.

Spread apart the two diagonal halves of the cube and inside you’ll find three levels of containers each stocked with various sizes and shapes of notepads. Of course, some gel pens are included to make the notewriting even cooler. But coolest of all is that the cube doubles as a four-sided picture frame when you slide pics of your BFFs into the clear plastic windows on the outside edges. Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.

Do you have a fav Fashion Angel? Here´s your chance to buy your favorite angel in her own kit. Each kit contains the doll, glitter, ribbons, sequins, glue, puffy stickers and more treasures you can use to design a wardrobe for your new best friend. Full instructions and design tips included.

There are enough pieces for 18 different bracelets, thanks to six containers of glass beads from around the world, magic cord and detailed instructions.
--Instructions for several different beading styles are given, providing children with knowledge they can carry into other projects.
--This is a top seller in the Bead and Jewelry Section on Growing Tree Toys, which recommends this product for its development benefits in logic, spatial skills, and physical abilities.
--It is a winner of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio™ Best Toy Award in 2004.

The Fashion Angels Fashion Design Sketch Book is a portfolio that closes with a snap and is filled with a “croqui” sketch pad, tiny colored pencils and eraser, an assortment of small colored markers, and a Style Guide designed by “the pros.” The sketch pad comes with a preprinted design of a Fashion Angel’s body outline and full-color cartoon face. Kids can then use the markers to clothe the sketch. There’s a column on the right side for kids to add the date, title of the designer, their name, which character they’re deisgning for, which fabrics should be used, specs and notes. The Style Guide flip book gives them ideas for sleeve and neckline styles, various skirt shapes, and other style pointers they can use to make their creations.

Scrap booking for tweens is all about school and best friends. The Too Cool 4 School Scrapbook is the perfect tool to keep track of friends across four years of school. Using the enclosed supplies, each friend is highlighted on an individual information card that includes a picture and an area to add fun facts about that friend. The beautifully designed 3-ring binder also contains school year report cards summarizing the four years covered in this scrapbook. This scrapbook won an iParenting Media Award for 2005.
— Scrapbook kits are among the top-selling craft kits for tweens at Teri’s Toy Box in Seattle, said owner Teri Soelter.
— Scrapbooking is one of the favorite crafts girls like to do together, said Katie Culotta of Victoria’s Toy Station in Baton Rouge, La.
— The Fashion Angel’s Too Cool for School Scrapbook was already sold out at the Learning Express in Las Vegas, said owner Sarah Kim.

They’re plushy with the cutest embroidered faces. They’re poseable with a full body armature. They stand 15" tall and pose from head to toe. Don’t tell anyone, but their 'dos are wigs and are interchangeable with each other. New 'dos sold separately. Last but not least, their wardrobe is to die for and the proof is in the details. They have great jewelry, accessories and shoes (made in a real shoe factory). The Fashion Angels are hip, sweet, intelligent and soulful. Pictured are Lulu, Bebe, Debo and Izzy. This product received a 2007 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Best Toy Award.
—  As of 05/13/2011 this product had 5 out of 5 stars from 2 reviews on Amazon.com. Cons: Wig may lose shape if not placed on the Fashion Angels wig stand.

Give your Fashion Angels Living Dolls a new do. These four interchangeable wigs look great on all four Fashion Angels. Each wig sold separately. Pictured are “Long Curly Blond Wig” (Item #11053), “Short Blue Wig” (Item #11054), “Long Black & Pink Wig” (Item #11055), and “Long Straight Blond Wig” (Item #11056).

Please Note: These are the cutest sticky notes you’ve ever seen! Each set of three unique designs are secured to a magnetic back. You can keep these Fashion Angels handy hanging on your refrigerator, desk, bulletin board, or in your locker. The notes come in four different designs: Lulu Item (#11049), Bebe (Item #11051), Debo (Item #11050), and Izzy (Item #11052).

This color-changing heart-shaped lamp is cooler than you think. It doesn’t get hot and batteries aren't necessary — it’s rechargeable. Girls can remove the heart from the base for a portable mood light. “Groom Your Room” by adding ever-changing colored mood light.

Express yourself in style … The Fashion Angels now have more ways to do so, like the Super Stackable Gel Pens which come with six fluorescent colors that all stack. The MODifiable Markers are cute mini markers with a twist. You can draw one color, then “MODify” with the color-changer marker. The Stylin’ Sticky Notes are the cutest sticky notes you’ve ever seen! Need more? Why not check out the Glamagrams, a fun and glamorous way to keep in touch, each tablet comes with 25 fold & mail Glamagrams, two sheets of stickers and an ultra glam pen!

The kit allows kids to design their own clothing and accessories for four fashionable 15" paper dolls. The kit comes with plenty of differently patterned paper, glitter, ribbons, sequins, cool glues, puff stickers, buttons and more.The dolls are packaged in a huge designer´s portfolio that can be used later to store artwork.

Girls first choose the type and color of the band for their bracelet. Up to 5 letters are included. Letter styles range from clear rhinestone letters in silver tone, clear rhinestone heart in silver tone, red rhinestone heart in silver tone, faux pearl letters in gold tone and faux pearl heart in gold tone.
— “Girls come in and buy a bracelet with their friend’s name on it,” said Daniel Janoska, manager of Talbot’s Toyland in San Mateo, Calif.
— Kids can buy extra letters for $2.49 each.
— The Bead Shop sells some of the most popular craft kits for tweens mentioned by surveyed retailers.

Here´s a chance to learn to make one of the year’s fashion "must haves" ... a poncho. With easy to follow instructions, kids will be able to wear their new poncho in about four hours. Included in the kit are a pair of wooden knitting needles and yarn.
— “Girls like to knit together,” noted Katie Culotta of Victoria’s Toy Station in Baton Rouge, La.
— “We’ve had this kit since March and it’s sold okay, even though it’s been hot outside,” said Pat Schmiesing, owner of The Learning Express in Omaha, Neb.
— This is the #4 best-selling knitting toy for kids on Amazon.com.

What could be more fun for tween girls? Decorating this phone with gems and maribou or rappin´ with their friends? This high fashion phone comes with adorable flower power buttons and super tape ready to decorate. All kids do is attach the multi colored gems, glitter and fabulous fur and they´re ready to glam chat for hours.

A teeny-tiny diary that hooks to a girl’s purse with a ribboned clasp, the mini date book snaps shut with a strap and sparkles with an undercoating of glitter. Inside is a whole school year and summer-vacation’s worth of pages so that tween girls can keep track of their busy schedules. The front cover is decorated with the four Fashion Angels characters. The books come in a variety of colors, including hot pink, turquoise, orange and lime.

Why fumble for your phone like a geek when you can whip out your cell from a stylin´ clip on? These glittery phone socks attach to purses or belt loops so your phone is just a zip away. And while you´re at it, amaze your friends by unzipping the ziplette all the way: you´ll end up with a zipper strip almost 3 feet long and they´ll think you´ve ruined it! But you just have to zip up again and the ziplette coils back into shape, ready to nestle your phone until the next ring. The MSRP $8.00 to $20.00.

The Fashion Angels have now added "Interior Designer" to their job descriptions. The SoHo Loft kit includes a three-panel painted wall screen, a loveseat with a side table, a vanity table with matching stool, a picture frame, a full-size wall mirror, a marabou rug, a glass-beaded chandelier, a pom-pom pillow and a glass-bead curtain. It's a great place to chill after a hard day on the fashion runways.

Wooden shoes take on the colors and pictures of a young artist’s imagination with water-based paints. The paints will wash off to accommodate design changes. Clear nail polish is included to finish the final product.

This is the ultimate in jewelry design because it lets kids create their own unlimited combinations. They can use their own personal style and imagination to make necklaces, bracelets and rings that all have interchangeable magnetic inlays. After wearing them, kids can swap the daisies, hearts, etc from their rings to their necklaces to their bracelets … and change them every day.

This brand new, expanded kit includes a style guide to inspire and educate tween girls about variations in skirt, shirt and trouser shapes. It also includes a wide array of colorful pencils and crayons, croque sheets with the outlines of their “models,” newsprint paper, tracing paper, spec sheets and fabric samples. The whole kit folds into a portable 11” by 15” portfolio, for designing on the go. This product received a 2007 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award. Launch date for the Deluxe kit: 2006.
— Right after Toy Fair, Debbie Scholl, owner of Fundamentally Toys in Houston, was seriously considering this item. “With this whole ‘Project Runway’ getting more popular, girls are looking more into design and creation,” she explained to TDmonthly.
— “The design-your-own-wardrobe [kit] is a very good one,” agreed Barbara Vininsky, owner of Jack & Jill in Montreal, Quebec. She expects it to be a big 2006 hit in her store, which sells trendy toy and clothing items.
— TDmonthly's homeschoolers and their moms also raved about the kit, and were ready to order refills to "keep styling."

Ballerinas and fashionistas alike will want to make these ultra-cool leg warmers. Included is the "Leg Warminator Tool" for quick and easy completion of a first pair of leg warmers. It comes packaged in a vinyl knitting tote for easy storage and display on retailer shelves. This product received a 2007 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Best Toy Award. Launch date: 2006.
— “Leg warmers are coming back,” Susan Sellers, buyer for Tree Top Kids in Washington, D.C., told TDmonthly. “I ordered it for four stores.”
— Fashion Angels (formerly known as The Bead Shop) is very excited about its 2006 wearable line, publicist Lisa Orman told TDmonthly.
— Fashions Angels products are a fave with tweens, retailers have told TDmonthly.

These pens are made of the finest turkey feathers, dyed in the prettiest colors. The pens feature a cool, twisted transparent barrel: the diva’s favorite. Pens are packed in a transparent tub. Fashion Angels recently changed its name from The Bead Shop. (view article 1968)
— “The Bead Shop is fantastic!” raved the Geitzes, owners of Where’d You Get That in Williamstown, Mass. “They really understand what girls want.”
— Arts and craft kits are little girls’ favs, asserted Jordan Walden, manager of Finnegan’s Toys and Gifts in Portland, Ore.
— Other Bead Shop/Fashion Angels items that retailers mentioned as selling well for girls 4 to 8 included knitting and crocheting kits.