Yes, another bead store has bitten the dust, but all you crafters out there get one more chance to benefit from its demise -- even if the pickin's are a bit slim.

Blue Iris Beads (404 W. Meeker St., Kent; 253-852-8055) is having its "FINAL, FINAL, SALE" from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, with 75 percent off of everything. Cash is requested, so be prepared to pay a 3 percent surcharge if you want to use a debit or credit card.

Here's what's left:

Japanese Delicas
Japanese 15s
Japanese bugle beads
Japanese 10/0 twist beads
Japanese 3mm Cubes, 4-mm cubes, 6/0s and 8/0s (possibly)
Czech seed beads and Czech bugle beads
Gold-filled wire
Artistic wire
Assorted beading supplies
Assorted stringing materials
Base metal findings
Metalized plastic beads
Lucite beads
Books