February Classes Will Make You'Leap' for Joy!

Yes, 2016 is a leap year where we get to add one more day to the calendar! Leap Years are needed to keep our modern day Gregorian Calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the sun. Did you know, it takes the Earth approximately 365.242199 days – or 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds – to circle once around the Sun. However, the Gregorian calendar has only 365 days in a year, so if we didn't add a day on February 29 nearly every 4 years, we would lose almost six hours off our calendar every year. After only 100 years, our calendar would be off by approximately 24 days!

So, what does that have to do with jewellery making? Absolutely nothing - except you have an extra day to work on your project!

We have quite a few NEW class projects during the last half of February including a new knotted project and a new soutache project with Angela Peace. Deborah Beesley brings us a new wire bracelet that showcases stone chips and Pamela Kearns will answer all of your questions about RAW and CRAW at a boot camp! Jen Rosen as a brand new wire wrapping class and Maria Rypan combines seedbeads and the new Honeycomb beads in a new netted collar. Anne Marie Desaulniers brings a new mixed media class. Learn how to use metal clay in Sue Henry's new class and you'll learn how to incorporate Egyptian Spiral Links in Jane Doidge's new project! So, how do you keep your studio tools looking and working great? Kelly Garland will show you! Plus, there are lots of encore classes as well as open sessions for your enjoyment.

Here are the classes scheduled February 16 - 29:

Tuesday, February 16
NEW Knotted Everyday Bracelet
Instructor: Angela Peace
12:30 - 3:30pm

Thursday, February 18
NEW Tangled Chips Bracelet
Instructor: Deborah Beesley
6:00 - 9:00pm

Open Studio: Mixed Media Evening

Facilitator: Anne Marie Desaulniers

6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, February 19
NEW The Art of Jewellery Tool Maintenance
Instructor: Kelly Garland
6:00 - 8:00pm

Saturday, February 20
NEW Right-Angle Weave/Cubic Right-Angle Weave Boot Camp
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
10:00am - 5:00pm

Hot Connections: Bangles

Instructor: Iris Rogers Melamed

10:30 - 4:30pm

Sunday, February 21
NEW Wire Wrapping: Arrowhead Pendant
Instructor: Jen Rosen
12:00 - 3:00pm

Resin: A Mixed-Up Media Approach

Instructor: Anne Marie Desaulniers

11:00am - 5:00pm

Tuesday, February 23
NEW Honeycomb Netted Collar
Instructor: Maria Rypan
2:00 - 5:00pm

Thursday, February 25
Infinitely Herringbone Bracelet
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
6:00 - 9:00pm

NEW Timeless Treasures 1: Epoxy Clay with a Mixed Media Twist

Instructor: Anne Marie Desaulniers

6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, February 26
Open Metal Studio: Metalwork
Facilitator: Cindy Goldrick
5:00 - 8:00pm

NEW Soutache Bead Embroidery: Loops and Layers

Instructor: Angela Peace

5:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday, February 27
Exploring New Enamelling Techniques
Instructor: Cindy Goldrick
10:00am - 1:00pm

Intro to Lampworking, Part B

Instructor: Amy Waldman

10:00 - 2:30pm (continues Sunday, February 28; 11:30am - 4:00pm)

Cellini Spiral Bracelet
Instructor: Bonni Poch
11:00am - 2:00pm

Painting with Fire on Metal: Create a Storybook Pendant

Instructor: Cindy Goldrick

2:00 - 5:00pm

Sunday, February 28
NEW Metal Clay Bird House in Bronze Prometheus Clay
Instructor: Sue Henry
11:30am - 3:30pm

NEW Variations on Egyptian Spiral Bracelet

Instructor: Jane Doidge

12:00 - 3:00pm

Complete information about each class, including course descriptions and applicable fees, is on our website. Click on 'Classes' and follow the links to the February calendar.

Bring your projects and join us at our FREE open beading sessions!

Wednesday, February 17
Wednesday, February 24
Open Bead Night
Facilitators: Bonnie Cottingham, Pamela Kearns or Malliga Nathan
6:00 - 8:00pm

Thursday, February 18

Thursday, February25

Afternoon Bead Tea

Facilitator: Pamela Kearns

1:00 - 3:00pm

We are pleased to offer these FREE sessions; however we request that you use our merchandise in our facility. Thank you.