AVP specializes in beads, jewelry supplies, classes, and repairs. Owner Ana Pizarro has spent the past decade in the bead industry, working for many years at Caravan Beads before opening AVP on Elston near Irving Park. Ana is an instructor and published author, and now she’ll be bringing her expertise to Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood with AVP’s new location.

If you make a purchase at AVP Beads, show us your receipt and receive 10% off any item in the Blue Buddha Artisan Market and 20% off all other items in our shop (including classes, tools and supplies). Items must be purchased in-store from our regular shop inventory.
On July 1, to celebrate its Grand Opening, AVP Jewelry and Beads on Granville is offering:
- 10:00am Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with the presence of the 48th Ward Alderman and representatives from the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce.
- 50% off on all semi-precious and glass strands of beads.
- 25% off on everything else! (All day long)
- Win AVP Jewelry’s gift certificates for $20.00 for classes or merchandise. (Drawings every hour)
- The first 150 customers will receive a free earring or bracelet kit with instructions!
- Free demonstrations all day!
- AVP Jewelry’s party will be from 6pm to 9pm.
- More drawings for neighboring businesses’ prizes
- Appetizers and refreshments
those are all really good songs! as for other stuff you want to learn, play some George Gershwin as well. and it really helps to play nice songs from the older movies because people who like jazz style, especially older people, know all that stuff. and hey even stuff that people don't even know, they still love it...actually this is a very nice song I'm listening to right now, it's actually an old Swedish folksong but it's been arranged in a jazz style, the melody is beautiful, you don't even need a singer, it sounds perfect on piano...here click and have a listen: