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.

Late-April Classes will Shower you with Creativity

Forget worrying about showers of rain (although we all love May flowers), this April you can count on showers of creative classes!

We have a number of NEW classes during the last half of April including a new Chinese knotting project with Angela Peace. Tuesday Tasters continue with an added evening session; you'll love the little beaded bead! Jen Rosen has a fun new wire bracelet and metalsmith Kelly Garland will share how to do a beautiful flower pendant in sterling silver.

Of course we have lots of encore classes! Iris Rogers Melamed will show how to do cold connections - no torch required! Jenn Jevons has two Art Clay Silver classes and Bonni Poch will take you to the next steps of bead crochet. Seedbeaders will enjoy Pamela Kearns' and Maria Rypan's classes and mixed media enthusiasts will love Anne Marie Desaulniers' project.

Also this month are two shows! Join us at the Knitters Frolic on Saturday, April 30. We'll have everything knitting enthusiasts need to add beads to their knitting creations. We'll also be showing our beads, findings and more at Toronto Bead Society's BEadFABULOUS, also on Saturday, April 30!

Classes scheduled April 16 - 30:

Saturday, April 16
Bead Crochet: The Next Level
Instructor: Bonni Poch
10:00am - 2:00pm

Introduction to Art Clay Silver

Instructor: Jenn Jevons

10:00am - 5:00pm

Sunday, April 17
Mold Making for Art Clay Silver
Instructor: Jenn Jevons
10:00am - 4:00pm

Peyote Stitch Boot Camp

Instructor: Pamela Kearns

10:00am - 5:00pm

Tuesday, April 19
NEW Tuesday Taster: Beadsmith Beaded Bead Earrings
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
2:00 - 3:00pm (daytime)
6:30 - 7:30pm (evening)

Thursday, April 21
NEW Double Happiness Halo Earrings
Instructor: Angela Peace
6:00 - 9:00pm

Open Studio: Mixed Media Evening

Facilitator: Anne Marie Desaulniers

6:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday, April 23
Intro to Lampworking, Part B
Instructor: Amy Waldman
10:00am - 2:30pm
Class continues Sunday, April 24; 11:30am - 4:00pm

Treasure Boxes

Instructor: Anne Marie Desaulniers

10:00am - 5:00pm

NEW Wire Wrapping: Squiggles
Instructor: Jen Rosen
10:30am - 1:00pm

Sunday, April 24
NEW Flower Power Daisy Pendant
Instructor: Kelly Garland
11:30m - 4:30pm

Jewellery Making 101

Instructor: Pamela Kearns

12:00 - 4:00pm

Tuesday, April 26
Loom Series (3 weeks)
Instructor: Maria Rypan
6:00 - 9:00pm
Class continues Tuesday, May 3 and
Tuesday, May 10; 6:00 - 9:00pm each evening

Thursday, April 28
Fiesta Brick Stitch Earrings
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, April 30
Metalsmith Essentials: Cold Connections Part 1 - Rivets
Instructor: Iris Rogers Melamed
Time

Saturday, April 30

Toronto Bead Society BEadFABULOUS

Toronto Reference Library

10:00am - 5:00pm

Toronto Knitters Frolic

Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre

6 Garamond Crescent

9:00am - 4:30pm

For complete information on classes and show, please go to our website. Click on 'Classes' and follow the links to the April class calendar.

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

 Wednesday, April 20
Wednesday, April 27
Open Bead Night
Facilitators: Bonnie Cottingham, Pamela Kearns or Malliga Nathan
6:00 - 8:00pm

Thursday, April 21

Thursday, April 28

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.

Classes Roar in March

Has this winter been like a lion or lamb for you? I guess it depends if you like the cold and snow! For me, it looks nice but never minding driving in it; however it does give me lots of time and encouragement to be indoors to bead.

The latter-half of March brings us some very creative classes! To begin with, we've expanded our Tuesday Taster classes to include an evening session. If you're not aware of the Tuesday Taster classes, they are a quick one hour class for only $15 that includes the kit! It gives you chance a try out a technique and you leave the class with a finished project. The same project will be taught from 2:00 - 3:00pm for those who prefer the day and from 6:30 - 7:30pm for those available in the evening.

Angela Peace has a NEW knotting project for Cavadoli lovers and Pamela Kearns is teaching a chainmaille collar using Regaliz licorice leather. Anne Marie Desaulniers will also be sharing how to use up leftover bits and pieces to make a great necklace. Check out our encore classes too!

Here are the classes scheduled March 16 - 31:

Thursday, March 17
Micro-Macrame Primer: Knotted Rings
Instructor: Angela Peace
6:00 - 9:00pm

Open Studio: Mixed Media Evening

Facilitator: Anne Marie Desaulniers

6:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday, March 19
Jewellery Making 101
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
10:00am -2:00pm

Hot Connections: Connecting Components

Instructor: Iris Rogers Melamed

10:00am - 5:00pm

Sunday, March 20
NEW Harlequin Knots
Instructor: Angela Peace
11:30am - 4:30pm

Tuesday, March 22
Tuesday Taster: Spring Flowers Earrings
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
Daytime: 2:00 - 3:00pm
Evening: 6:30 - 7:30pm

Thursday, March 24
NEW Open Weave Chainmaille on Regaliz Leather Collar
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
5:00 - 9:00pm

Thursday, March 31
Wire Wrapped Pendant
Instructor: Bonni Poch
6:00 - 9:00pm

NEW Rockin' Circles: Stash-busting Wrapped Loop Necklace

Instructor: Anne Marie Desaulniers

6:00 - 9:00pm

 Complete information about all classes and open sessions is on our website. Click on 'Classes' and follow the links to the March calendar.

Bring your projects and join us at our FREE open bead opportunities: 

Wednesday, March 16
Wednesday, March 23
Wednesday, March 30
Open Bead Night
Facilitator: BeadFX staff members Bonnie Cottingham, Pamela Kearns or Malliga Nathan
6:00 - 8:00pm  

Thursday, March 17 
Thursday, March 24
 Thursday, March 31 
Afternoon Bead Tea 
Facilitator: Pamela Kearns
1:00 - 3:00pm

 BeadFX is proud to offer these FREE open sessions; however please use our merchandise in our facility. Thank you.