Our February 3rd meeting will focus on Non-Jewelry Bead Art!  The meeting will feature work by members that is not specifically jewelry. 

A panel of Bead Society members will highlight the creative artwork and projects they have been working on. The Bead Art presentations specifically will be of objects that are not jewelry that encompass beads. So, is it "Bead Art" or "Beaded Art"? I decided I liked "Bead Art" to emphasize the Bead part! Others may disagree. 

Some of our presenters include: 

• Angie Carrington of Carrington Treasures  - Scorpions & Spiders
• Carolyn Goode - Beaded Masks
• Sylvia Humphrey of Chunky By Design - Decorated Bottles
• Michele Manzella of M3 Collections - Wishing Sticks
• Lilly Todaro of Lillian Todaro Collections - Beaded Man
• Mary Yeager of Mary Yeager Design - Beaded Dioramas and Sculptures 

Come feast your eyes on outstanding creative works by Bead Society members! 

Feb 6, 2021 Virtual program meeting will begin at 7 pm, Pacific Time. 
​Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads

Bead Society Business meeting at 6:30 pm.

One of the Wishing Sticks by Michele Manzella of M3 Collections!  

​Learn Beadographer!

Beadographer is a new online app for designing beading designs. Currently it can be used to create brick, loom, peyote, herringbone, and right angle weave designs, with round and cylinder seed beads. You can use it to create beaded tapestries, jewelry, and ornaments.

You can try it out for free at beadographer.com (no login or download required).

Bead Society Holiday Party, Fun & Games

The Bead Society Holiday Party is on December  2nd at 7:00 pm!

While we can't meet in person this year, we are planning a fun holiday party.  Please RSVP because we want to send you some information ahead of time!  Invite your friends! 

We are planning on playing Bead Bingo! Nikki Donahue and Kay Deeney are working on a Bead Identification Game! We have a crossword puzzle for you as well. Maybe some other exciting activities! There will be prizes!

​Do you want to learn how to burn glass using a kiln? Join us at The Bead Society November Meeting to learn about Dichroic Glass from member, Tiki Barbeau. Tiki operates a website, called The New Chic GLASS TIKI Jewelry Collection at www.glasstikijewelry.com . Her tag line is Kiln-Fired Dichroic Glass Wearable Art!

​Wednesday, November 4, 2020 7 pm
​Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads

Dichroic glass is a series of micro-layered metal oxides applied to glass. This process creates a transmitted color and a completely different reflected color. This causes an array of color to be displayed. The colors continue to shift depending on the angle of view. Due to the variation of firing processes, individual results can't be exactly predicted, so each piece of fused dichroic glass is unique. Tiki will show people how to score, break, and design the objects. She’ll demonstrate kiln fusing, cooling and processing.

​It Started With An Ask - How I Negotiated My Way To Kenya
​​At our October 7th Bead Society meeting, our speaker will be Eldonna Lewis Fernandez. In the speaking and training world, Eldonna teaches people how to Think Like A Negotiator. She had no idea that her negotiation strategies would teach her a valuable lesson about asking for exactly what you want. Asking was the springboard to a new life working with women in a slum in Kitale, Kenya. Join us to find out how she got started on this journey and how her background as a retired Air Force veteran, speaker, trainer and Harley rider have shaped the path she's on now.

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 7 pm PDT
 
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Meeting ID: 899 883 2615
Passcode: Beads
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What have you been working on this summer? Any jewelry with specifically Summer themes? We will be doing a show & tell of Summer Jewelry this September at our monthly meeting.  You can highlight acrylics, Lucite, Bakelite & other summer-season oriented beads such as lampwork, mudbeads & powder glass. I'm sure sea- and conch shells fit the theme. Also, consider the colors of some of your pieces--do they reflect summer? ​​
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Bring your items to show and tell!  

Join us Wednesday, September 2nd at 7 pm Pacific Time via Zoom.

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Meeting ID: 899 883 2615
Passcode: Beads

Our Business Meeting will be held at 6:30 pm. 

​​The Wednesday June 3rd meeting focused on eye beads, symbols and jewelry. We had a lively discussion sharing information about Eye Beads of all sorts. We learned about Evil Eyes, bezeled glass eyes, large eyes in bezeled portraits, eye of Horus, and Tiger’s Eye gemstones.

Join us again in July for the theme of Carnelian Beads!