# Out West Beads

> Out West Beads is a Reno family business that sells beads and beadwork supplies online, continuing the Reno Bead Shop after more than 20 years.

- Trade: Beading Supplies
- Location: Reno, Nevada (serves Reno)
- Website: https://outwestbeads.com/
- 702 Alliance status: Listed: researched from public sources, not yet claimed by the owner
- Profile: https://702alliance.com/members/out-west-beads/

## From a Reno bead shop to an online one

Out West Beads sells beads and beadwork supplies, with a focus on Native American and western-style work. Its website says: “For over 20 years, we operated the Reno Bead Shop in northern Nevada. We are now completely online.” It describes itself as Native American owned and operated by a member of the Walker River Paiute Tribe and his family, and says the family has been beading for over 25 years, with designs published in art books and magazines.

The site does not name its owners. Interweave, the beading and craft publisher, describes beadwork artist Cindy Kinerson as co-owner of the Reno Bead Shop and Out West Beads, and says her designs usually start with a color palette and grow from there. That is how Interweave’s profile describes her; the owners’ own statements about tribal membership and 25 years of beading come from the website alone.

## What the shop stocks

The catalog is organized by material and use. Beads listed include Czech, Toho, Miyuki and Delica seed beads, neon beads, glass and bugle beads, crystal banding and centerpieces, shell and bone beads, metal beads and jingle cones, wood and natural beads, and gemstones including turquoise.

- Stringing materials, supplies and tools.
- Findings and metal charms.
- Sage, also sold on the site.

## Ordering

The shop sells only online and no longer has the Reno storefront, so questions and orders go through the website or the business email on the site. The site also has a page for tribal accounts and tax-exempt purchases; its details were not available to check. No phone number is printed on the site.

## Contact Out West Beads

Reno
[Business website](https://outwestbeads.com/)

Researched October 20, 2026 from the business’s own website and independent evidence. [Source 1](https://outwestbeads.com/) · [Source 2](https://www.interweave.com/article/beading/celebrating-female-beadwork-artists/). Independent researched listing; not an owner interview. For corrections or removal, email [cody@702alliance.com](mailto:cody@702alliance.com).

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From 702 Alliance (https://702alliance.com/members/out-west-beads/), a free directory of independent Las Vegas Valley businesses. Corrections: cody@702alliance.com.