Planting Spring Seeds of Creativity with more May Classes

This is the time of year when garden centres get busy - rich topsoil, lots of gardening tools and, best of all, plenty of seeds that promise full blooms and delicious vegetables. Classes are like that too! Our instructors plant seeds of know-how with a promise of beautiful jewellery. Yes, we need to cultivate and give ourselves some practice in new techniques but, when you have a wonderful finished piece that you're proud of, you know know the effort was worth it!

May classes continue with Liz Reynolds who will show you how to add colour to metal clay without heat. Cindy Goldrick has a new leather class and Anne Marie Desaulniers will take seedbeaders on a new free-form journey. Marilyn Gardiner brings us a new chainmaille design. Pamela Kearns, who might be pushing the Christmas season a bit, is teaching a new ornament project using triangular peyote.

And, of course, we have lots of encore classes with Kelly Garland, Jenn Jevons, Iris Rogers Melamed and Amy Waldman that you will love.

Here are the classes scheduled April 15 - 30:

Wednesday, May 18
Lampwork: Just a Taste!
Instructor: Deb Muss
6:30 - 8:30pm

Thursday, May 19
Introduction to Art Clay Silver
Instructor: Jenn Jevons
12:00 - 7:00pm

Friday, May 20
NEW Faux-namel on Metal Clay
Instructor: Liz Reynolds
12:00 - 5:00pm
(Class continues on Saturday, May 21; 12:00 - 5:00pm)

Open Metal Studio: Metalwork

Facilitator: Cindy Goldrick

5:00 - 8:00pm

Saturday, May 21
Exploring Formfolding
Instructor: Cindy Goldrick
10:00am - 1:00pm

NEW The Leather Look

Instructor: Cindy Goldrick

2:00 - 5:00pm

Thursday, May 26
Jewellery Making 101
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
5:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, May 27
NEW Funky Freeform Peyote Rings
Instructor: Anne Marie Desaulniers
5:00 - 9:00pm

The Art of Jewellery Maintenance

Instructor: Kelly Garland

6:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday, May 28
NEW Celtic Wings Bracelet
Instructor: Marilyn Gardiner
10:00am - 1:00pm

Intro Weekend to Lampworking

Instructor: Amy Waldman

10:00am - 2:30pm

(Class continues Sunday, May 29; 11:30am - 4:00pm)

Hot Connections 1: Intro to Soldering
Instructor: Iris Rogers Melamed
10:30am - 4:30pm

Sweetpea Necklace or Bracelet

Instructor: Marilyn Gardiner

2:00 - 5:00pm

Sunday, May 29
NEW Caldera Christmas Tree
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
10:00am - 5:00pm

Wire Wrapping: Arrowhead Pendant

Instructor: Jen Rosen

12:00 - 3:00pm

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

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

Wednesday, May 18
Wednesday, May 25
Open Bead Night
Facilitators: Bonnie Cottingham, Pamela Kearns or Malliga Nathan
6:00 - 8:00pm

Thursday, May 19

Thursday, May 26

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.

Start the New Year off right with a class (or two!)

Resolutions! So who makes them - do you? We usually start them of with 'I won't...' or 'I give up...'. How about we start off with 'I will!' "I will learn a new bead stitch!", "I will learn how to use a torch!" or "I will learn how to make glass beads!" I wills are much more fun than I will nots.

For a great beginning to the New Year, come on out and join several instructors at Meet the Teachers Class Kick Off on Saturday, January 9; 10:00am - 3:00pm. You'll see for yourself the beautiful projects that are planned. Of course we'll have draw prizes and refreshments but we'll also have some added bonuses! For each class you register for, you will receive a ballot toward a $25 gift certificate draw. That means, one class registration = one ballot; two class registrations = two ballots, and so on! We'll also have special gifts for the first 10 customers when they check out. Bring a friend - all are welcome!

Here are the classes and open sessions scheduled for January 1 - 15:

Saturday, January 9
FREE Meet the Teachers Class Kick Off
10:00am - 3:00pm

Sunday, January 10
NEW Must Love Donuts 2
Instructor: Angela Peace
11:30am - 4:30pm

Thursday, January 14
NEW Brick Stitch Bails
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
5:00 - 9:00pm

NEW Open Metal Studio: Kiln Enamelling

Facilitator: Christine Woollacott

5:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, January 15
Cavandoli Knotting Jump Start
Instructor: Angela Peace
6:00 -9:00pm

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

 

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

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

Thursday, January 7

Thursday, January 14

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.

May Classes are Blooming!

We've made it through Winter and Spring is bright and exhilarating! Those May flowers are starting to sprout and soon there will be bursts of colour everywhere.

We're blooming at BeadFX too! Our instructors are exploding with new ideas and classes are flowering with new projects. Marilyn Gardiner is back with two new chainmaille weaves and Pamela Kearns has a new embellished right-angle weave cuff to share. Rae Huggins will show you how to use wire to create unique and different bails for your pendants. You can also join Tracey Neidhardt for a new project in vertical netting - a Victorian-style Netted Amulet Bag.

BeadFX will be participating in the Toronto Bead Society's Spring Bead and Jewellery Fair. We'll have lots of seed beads, findings and other goodies at the show for you.

Here is what is scheduled May 1 - 15:

Thursday, May 1
Intro to Bead Embroidery
Instructor: Stephanie Dixon
6:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday, May 3
Toronto Bead Society Spring Bead and Jewellery Fair
Toronto Reference Library
10:00am - 5:00pm
(continues on Sunday May 4; 11:00am - 5:00pm)

Beadstringing 101

Instructor: Nadine Foskin

10:00am - 12:00pm

 

Mold Making for Silver Clay

Instructor: Jenn Jevons

11:30am - 4:00pm

Sunday, May 4
Tuesday, May 6
NEW All in a Wrap - Bracelet
Instructor: Rae Huggins
6:00 - 9:00pm

Thursday, May 8
NEW Netted Amulet Bag
Instructor: Tracey Neidhardt
6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, May 9
NEW Tic Tac Tila Bracelet
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
4:30 - 8:00pm

Saturday, May 10
NEW Cleopatra Reigns
Instructor: Marilyn Gardiner
9:30am - 12:30pm

Intro Weekend to Lampworking with Amy

Instructor: Amy Waldman-Smith

10:00am - 2:30pm

(continues Sunday, May 11; 11:30am - 4:00pm)

Exploring the World of Altered Dominoes
Instructor: Anne Marie Desaulniers
12:00 - 3:00pm

NEW Beaded Flat Mesh Bracelet

Instructor: Marilyn Gardiner

1:30 - 4:30pm

Sunday, May 11 

Beadweaving on a Loom: A Beginner's Guide
Instructor: Kelly Garland
11:30am - 4:30pm

Open Metal Studio: Metal Clay

Facilitator: Jennifer Tough

11:00am - 4:00pm

Tuesday, May 13
NEW We're Making Bails
Instructor: Rae Huggins
6:00 - 9:00pm

Thursday, May 15
Cellini Spiral
Instructor: Stephanie Dixon
6:00 - 9:00pm

For complete information about classes and events, go to our website under 'Classes' and follow the links to the May calendar.

Bring your unfinished projects to our FREE open beading sessions:

Wednesday, May 7
Open Beading Night
Facilitator: Stephanie Dixon
6:00 - 9:00pm

Thursday, May 1

Thursday, May 8

Thursday, May 15

Afternoon Bead Tea

Facilitator: Pamela Kearns

1:00 - 3:00pm

  

We are pleased to have you join us for these free sessions. In return, BeadFX kindly asks that you use our merchandise in our facility. Thank you.

December classes - last chance for a 2013 class!

The holidays are almost upon us and New Year's celebrations are right behind, but 2013 isn't finished yet. There are still great classes to come out to at BeadFX! These classes and open sessions are terrific opportunities to complete a list minute gift for someone special - including you!

These classes and open sessions are scheduled for December 1 - 15:

Sunday, December 1
Tree of Life of Life Pendant (left) 
Instructor: Bonni Poch
11:30am - 2:30pm

The Basics of Enamelling (right) 
Instructor: Cindy Goldrick
12:00 - 3:00pm

Monday, December 2
Pearls, Knots and Chain Necklace
Instructor: Rae Huggins
6:00 - 9:00pm

Tuesday, December 3
3-D Fanwheel Snowflakes
Instructor: Maria Rypan
1:30 - 4:30 pm

Wednesday, December 4
Open Beading Night
Facilitator: Stephanie Dixon
6:00 - 8:00pm

Thursday, December 5
Afternoon Bead Tea
Facilitator: Pamela Kearns
1:00 - 3:00pm

Saturday, December 7
NEW Crossover Bracelet (left)
Instructor: Marilyn Gardiner
9:30am - 12:30pm

Dragonscale Bracelet (right)
Instructor: Marilyn Gardiner
1:30 - 4:30pm

NEW Hot Connections: Connecting Components (a.k.a. Let's Make Holiday Gifts!)
Instructor: Iris Rogers Melamed
10:00am - 5:00pm

Sunday, December 8
Charmed I'm Sure Intro to Silver Clay
Instructor: Heather Bell Denison
10:00am - 5:00pm

Thursday, December 12
Netted Snowflakes
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
6:00 - 9:00pm

Open Metal Studio: Soldering
Facilitator: Iris Rogers Melamed
6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, December 13
NEW Half Hitch Bracelet
Instructor: Angela Peace
12:30 - 3:30pm

Saturday, December 14
Bead Stringing 101
Instructor: Nadine Foskin
10:00am - 12:30pm

Sunday, December 15
Metal Clay Play Day
Facilitator: Jennifer Tough
11:00am - 4:00pm

Complete information about the classes, including class and kit fees and course description, is found on the website. Click the 'Class' link and follow through to the December calendar.