People often ask how the shop got its name. My father, Ciro "Jerry" Bellini, passed away several years ago and left me some money. I saved this money, hoping to one day start my own business. He owned a manufacturing business that I would work at occasionally when I was young. We sometimes used beads and rhinestones which I still have and display at the shop. Hence--

          My Father's Beads

Here's Mom in the old MFB shop... look at all those beads!

Until recently, mom did most of the vialing. Thousands and thousands of beads, one vial at a time until she built up a nice callous on her finger...  What a woman! Thanks Mom!

She has since retired to pursue her passion for watercolor painting among other arts.

Here's the new MFB, in historic Coopersburg, PA. We moved here in September of 2000.

Room for LOTS more beads!

Hi my beading friends,

I am Jeri Bellini Bicking, recently married to Brian Bicking, a great guy! We tied the knot in our yard, under the apple trees, in the middle of a blizzard on Valentine's Day. It was terribly romantic and a day I'll never forget!!

I started MFB in a small building on Rt 309, Quakertown, PA. This building is no longer there, it was removed so that developers could put in the new Target. This building was, I'm told, an old chicken coup! Well, it was a great place to start a bead shop, lots of people saw us as they sped past on their way to work. We quickly outgrew it however, and moved to Coopersburg, PA and we are now peddling beads in the old Coopersburg Pharmacy. Much better lighting and more than twice the size of the 309 shop!

You can contact me @ jeri@myfathersbeads.com