The Holiday Party of the Bead Society was last Saturday at El Cholo Restaurant on Western Avenue in Los Angeles. Twenty people came to celebrate with us.  It was a pleasant event partaking in Mexican food and visiting with Bead Society members and friends. The room was nicely decorated. The staff at the restaurant were very responsive. Tim Meikle brought frog treats for all. And members received little treat bags from the Society.
 
One attendee wrote me later,

I just want to tell you, Thank you very, very, much for your invitation to yesterday's BSLA holiday lunch. 
I enjoyed the afternoon, and all of the "Beaders," (and the food, too.) Earlier you said, "Beads just don't keep a person warm."  Might be, but yesterday, I felt a lot of warmth from all of the BEADERS.

It was great to gather together again. We have only seen many members in person during the Bead Bazaar in September and the Holiday Pop Up in Novermber.  It is just different from meeting via online sessions! 
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See the pictures below from the Holiday party. We wish everyone Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! 
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The November 2nd program meeting of the Bead Society is titled, Picture Books We Know and Love, Bead & Jewelry Books, of Course!
This is a sharing session where members and participants can share their favorite books regarding beads and jewelry. These can be books with wonderful pictures of beads, or books that show interesting techniques, or historical works about cultural aspects of adornment! 
You can hold up the books, or take pictures of pages and share the pictures. The Bead Society has a LibraryThing account if you would like to see a listing of some fascinating books that we have available in our library! 

Wednesday Nov 2nd 7 pm Pacific Time

Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads 
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All are welcome! 
​Business meeting at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address!​

The October 5th Bead Society Program meeting will focus on Bug Jewelry with Angie Carrington of Carrington Treasures. Angie has been creating spiders, scorpions and all sorts of exotic arachnids and nsects for many years, She will share some of her wonderful creatures with us. 

Bring your jewelry that has spiders, cicadas,   butterflies, ladybugs,  and/or beetles to share! All are welcome! 

October 5th, 2022 Wednesday 7 pm Pacific Time
Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615
Passcode: Beads

Business meeting at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address. Come hear the tentative results of our Bead Bazaar and upcoming information about our November Holiday Pop Up! 
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Here is a link to a Slideshow that was used during the Presentation and sharing session! 

The summer is almost over and we are back with our Monthly Meetings! Hope everyone had a healthy and fruitful summer! Our September Meeting is on Corals with Vice President, Lillian Todaro leading with a presentation!

Lillian Todaro will speak about Corals and Coral Jewelry. She will have large pieces to show, charts, and pictures of how Coral has been used in adornment since ancient times. Also, we all want to see your Coral pieces so bring them to share and talk about. 

Wednesday September 7, 2022 7 pm Pacific Time 

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Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615
Passcode: Beads

Business meeting at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address. This is the official first meeting of the year, so it's a great time to join the Bead Society!  See you there! 

​We recently received a message from Ken Rogers:
 
"Every Sunday morning I record a (favorite) TV program, "CBS Sunday Morning".  I just played it back and the program had a segment named, "Women's Work": Art by women, known and unknown. It is about an art exhibit in the Lyndhurst Mansion Museum, Terrytown, N.Y.

The exhibit included pieces going back a few hundred years, along with contemporary women artists.  Beads were/are an important medium of women artists. The program segment included: a beaded toilet & toilet paper; a beaded can of beaded candy; a large "rotting Lemon", etc. If you're interested in "Women's Work" and beads, I suggest you might find this "CBS Sunday Morning" segment online."

The rotting beaded lemon by Kathleen Ryan is particularly impressive! Google led me to a number of her works of rotting fruit. Who whould have thought! 

Thanks, Ken, for alerting us to this interesting video about this exhibit in New York. Check it out! 

The Bead Society June program will focus on ​Found Objects as Alternative Jewelry Components. Think nuts & bolts, gears, carabiners, springs, keys, toys and other unusual objects! It will be a sharing session! Bring some of your unusual bracelets, necklaces, etc. that you have made or discovered with alternate parts. All are welcome!

Wednesday June 1st, 7:00 pm Pacific Time
Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads

The Bead Society Business meeting is at 6:30 pm, Elections will be held. Find out more about our fall Bazaar and Pop-Up plans! Same Zoom info, all are welcome! 

The picture above was located via lilruby on Flickr.  

The May meeting of the Bead Society will focus on Unusual Beads. It will be a sharing session, so bring your unusual beads and the stories that go along with them! 

Wednesday May 4th, 7:00 pm Pacific Time
Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads

Unusual beads can be found in jewelry made of different materials such as bone, wood or feathers.  They can be beads that just have unusual shapes, surprise us! I have been thrilled to find beads that glow in the dark! One artist I encountered makes pendants and objects that glow in black light! What interesting beads do you have? 

Join us in sharing fascinating stories about beads! 

The Bead Society Business meeting is at 6:30 pm, Same Zoom info, all are welcome! 

*Beads in the picture are from top left: Blacklight fish pendant; green glow in the dark stars; glow in the dark beads with lapis beads; candy corn and cat beads; and carved bone with elephants and a dog. 

Join us for the April 6th program meeting of the Bead Society! We will be meeting at 3:30 pm Pacific Time with our special guests from Halstead! 
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Learn all about the common metals used in jewelry making. Halstead Jewelry Supplies in-house Jewelry Instructor, Sylvie Alusitz, will break down the chemical makeup of the most popular metals, including silver, gold, and gold-filled. She will also walk you through their working properties and what to look for when selecting your materials. Beading requires specialized findings, or components, unique to its needs. We'll cover the most commonly used findings and how to incorporate them into your beaded designs. 

Remember, this is not our usual meeting time! Join us at 3:30 pm Pacific Time, April 6th! 

Zoom info:
Wednesday, Apr 6th 3:30 pm Pacific Time
Meeting ID: 899 883 2615
Passcode: Beads
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Bead Society Business meeting will follow the Program, same Zoom info. All are welcome! 
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The Bead Society is hosting another Pop Up Event on April 30, 2022 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Veterans Memorial Complex, Rotunda Room, Culver City.  This Pop Up will highlight finished jewelry and gifts. Local Artists will showcase handcrafted jewelry, mixed media art, wearable art, photography, handmade cards, and  paintings! Come join us and check out the gifts for your mother's day list or treat yourself! Bring your friends! 

The Veterans Memorial Complex is located at 4117 Overland Ave in Culver City, Free admission, and free parking is available in the park lots along Culver Blvd. Some metered street parking is also available. 

Here are some of the artists who will be present on April 30! Come back often, this list of pictures will continue to grow! 

Adorning purses with beads has a long tradition. Lots of beaded purses are available nowadays. Some of the ones in the picture above are commercially made in China. Come to the meeting to see a wide range of beaded purses and purses with beads! Bring your own to share with us! 

Wednesday, Mar 2nd 7 pm Pacific Time
Meeting ID: 899 883 2615
Passcode: Beads
(Beads is case sensitive.)

Bead Society Business meeting at 6:30 pm, same Zoom info, all are welcome!