Diakonos Designs

10/22/2026

TWIN CITIES BEAD BAZAAR THIS WEEKEND!

Eisenhower Community Center, Hopkins, MN -Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm. Two days. One gym. Every kind of bead. Gemstones, Findings, Glass, Lampwork and More! Make-n-Take projects all weekend. 20 vendors this year including 7 new vendors - anchored by nationally known Ava Motherwell Collection. FREE ADMISSION for the first time, and the show organizers have tripled their advertising - so we are hoping for a well-attended and festive weekend! We will have all our new kits with us plus leather, chain and accessories. Our kit sale will be in effect there as well, and we recently added 2 bins of amazing super sale items up to 70% off! Tell all your friends and we hope to see you this weekend! https://twincitiesbeadbazaar.com/

10/09/2026

Thanks to all the wonderful women (and a few stray men😉) who stopped by last night to sample amazing wines! We appreciate everyone who was a part of the delightful evening!!

10/04/2026

One of our favorite shows and it's a perfect day for roaming the park for art, food, gifts and more 🍁🍂🍃

09/24/2026

STOUGHTON ART WALK THIS SATURDAY 10AM TO 4PM*. PERFECT weather expected! Connie Graham is with us for the 4th year in a row - her artist statement: "I look forward to being at Diakonos Designs for my 4th consecutive ArtWalk Stoughton this weekend! I am a collage artist from Wausau, Wisconsin. My process involves painting layers of paint on paper with reductive techniques to develop texture, and additive effects through printmaking. Each sheet of paper has its own unique combination! Next, I sketch what I plan to collage and cut from those colorful sheets to make compositions in a realistic setting, an abstract or even whimsical way. The collages are pieced together from larger forms, to the final intricate shapes layered on top - until the last details are complete!"
*= Diakonos and Connie will be open until 5pm 😉

09/23/2026

Hope to see ya'll this weekend when Connie will be sharing more of her beautiful work at our shop. Lots and lots of art in town, along with all our usual great shops and eateries😄 It's gonna be a great weekend to Visit Stoughton, WI

09/18/2026

WE ARE ON FOR CHEESE DAYS! While the forecast is for rain - most of the heavy stuff (1.5 inches) will come overnight - with only 2/10ths of an inch coming in the morning and another 2/10th mid afternoon - barely enough to reach for the umbrella. See map - we are in booth 6 of the Makers Market - one full block west of the main square - across from shuttle bus drop zone (by church). Hope to see you there!

08/22/2026

DEMETRA'S METAL HEART SCULPTURES ARE BACK IN STOCK! Stoughton metal artisan Demetra Saloutos makes these amazing heart shaped wall sculptures for us - some we sell just the heart on twine for $29, and some we embellish with clay word beads and 16 guage wire for $45 - 11 different hearts on display - hurry in for best selection!

08/14/2026

Tomorrow 10-5!

04/29/2026

We're excited to be exhibiting this weekend at a new bead show in Fond du Lac! We hope to see our central Wisconsin bead buddies there!

Let the countdown begin! Only ONE MORE WEEK to go before The Fond du Lac Bead Show!!!

Are you ready??? Are you excited??? We sure are, and we can't wait to see you all!!!

Saturday May 2nd, 10am - 4pm at the Radisson Hotel & Conf Center, Fond du Lac WI. Free admission!!! Come one, come all, and shop for gemstone beads and pendants, artisan glass, artisan ceramic, raku and resin, czech glass beads, leather, chain and stitching supplies and kits, and more!

Check our event page and let us know if you're coming! Share it with your friends!

See you there!!!!

04/24/2026

Ed will have all These and More available at noon CDT today. Hope to see you there!