Summertime and the Living is Creative!

One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by.
~Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

Not only do we have more light to read by, but think of all the other creative things we can do with the longer days! We have lots of new classes in the latter-half of June that you'll love to try. Pamela Kearns has a new way to bust your bead stash by beading round a cord. Iris Rogers Melamed has a new metalsmithing class for metalwork lovers. Wireworkers will enjoy learning a new wire wrapping project with Jen Rosen and Marilyn Gardiner has two new chainmaille projects for you. If you've taken Jewellery Making 101 or know the very basics of jewellery making, then Pamela Kearns will help you add some design options in Jewellery Making 201. Christine Woollacott is teaching granulation - a new and (she says) easy technique you'll be amazed at. Cavandoli students will step their skills with a new pendant design from Angela Peace and seed beader Sureka Sriharan has a new beaded bead design that features SuperDuos. Of course, there are lots of returning and encore classes for your enjoyment too!

I'm trying something new with this posting. Clicking on the title of the class will link you to the specific class page on our website (it will open in a new window) so you can quickly see more about the class. Let me know what you think. Is it helpful? It is a nuisance? Does it make a difference? Thanks!

Please note: our air conditioning is now on and we strongly recommend that you bring a sweater or wrap for classes and open sessions in the classroom.

Here are the classes scheduled June 16 - 30:

Thursday, June 16
NEW That's a Wrap! Beading Around a Core
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
5:00 - 9:00pm

Open Studio: Mixed Media Evening

Facilitator: Anne Marie Desaulniers

6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, June 17
Cavandoli Knotting Jumpstart
Instructor: Angela Peace
6:00 - 9:00pm

Stamp! Stamp! Stamp!

Instructor: Kelly Garland

6:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday, June 18
NEW Metalsmith Essentials: Introduction to Foldforming
Instructor: Iris Rogers Melamed
10:00am - 4:30pm

NEW Wire Wrapping: Waves Ring

Instructor: Jen Rosen

11:00am - 2:00pm

Sunday, May 19
NEW Butterfly Necklace
Instructor: Marilyn Gardiner
9:30am - 4:30pm

Moving Metal: Creating Multi-Dimensional Forms

Instructor: Kelly Garland

11:00am - 5:00pm

NEW Celtic Maze Bracelet
Instructor: Marilyn Gardiner
1:30 - 4:30pm

Thursday, June 23
NEW Jewellery Making 201
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
6:00 - 9:00pm

Open Metal Studio: Hot and Cold Connections

Facilitator: Iris Rogers Melamed

6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, June 24
Open Metal Studio: Metalwork
Facilitator: Cindy Goldrick
5:00 - 8:00pm

Crystal Intelligence 101

Instructor: Sylvia Diveky

6:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday, June 25
Etched Pendant
Instructor: Cindy Goldrick
10:00am - 1:00pm

Introduction to Lampworking, Part B

Instructor: Amy Waldman

10:00am - 2:30pm

(class continues Sunday, June 26; 11:30am - 4:00pm)

Hot Forged Bronze Bracelet
Instructor: Cindy Goldrick
2:00 - 5:00pm

Sunday, June 26
NEW Introduction to Granulation
Instructor: Christine Woollacott
11:00am - 5:00pm

NEW Double Leaf Pendant

Instructor: Angela Peace

11:30am - 4:30pm

Thursday, June 30
NEW Kiss Me Beaded Bead
Instructor: Sureka Sriharan
6:00 - 9:00pm

For complete information on all classes and open sessions, please go to our website. Click on 'Classes' and follow the links to the June class calendar.

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

Wednesday, June 22
Wednesday, June 29
Open Bead Night
Facilitators: Bonnie Cottingham, Pamela Kearns or Malliga Nathan
6:00 - 8:00pm

Thursday, June 16

Thursday, June 23

Thursday, June 30

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.

You'll love our April classes! No Fooling!

You won't be an April Fool with a BeadFX class! Our instructors are knowledgeable and creative and know how to make a class fun and interesting.

We have NEW classes in the first half of April. Lampworkers will love Kim Fields' class where you will be learn how to make sculptural beads. If you've wondered about how to stamp, you'll want to take Kelly Garland's new class. Christine Woollacott is helping you take your kiln enamelling skills further by using Prometheus metal clay as your base in a two-day class. Beaders will enjoy learning from Pauline Peskoff and learn how to use SuperDuos to create a beautiful bracelet and earrings set. Sue Henry brings you a new project using Prometheus Bronze metal clay inspired by the Scottish Highlands!

And in case you didn't get the chance to take the class before, we have lots of encore classes including an intro soldering class with Iris Rogers Melamed. Seedbeaders will be have fun with Anne Marie Desaulniers while learning how to do an intuitive beaded art doll. Pamela Kearns will teach you how to do an elegant and reversible bracelet using the easy-to-do flat spiral stitch. And there are still more classes in other jewellery mediums - lampworking, knotting, soutache, metal, and wirework!

Here are the classes scheduled April 1 - 15:

Friday, April 1
NEW Stamp! Stamp! Stamp!
Instructor: Kelly Garland
6:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday,  April 2
Intro to Lampworking, Part A
Instructor: Amy Waldman
10:00am - 2:30pm
Class continues Sunday, April 3; 11:30am - 4:00pm

Soutache Classic Glam

Instructor: Angela Peace

10:30 - 4:30pm

This is an excellent class to get you ready for a class

 with Amee K. Sweet-McNamara!

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

Sunday, April 3
NEW Enamelling on Prometheus Copper Clay
Instructor: Christine Woollacott
11:00am - 5:00pm
Class continues Sunday, April 10

3-in-1 CRAW Pendant

Instructor: Bonni Poch

12:00 - 3:00pm

Thursday, April 7
Open Metal Studio: Hot and Cold Connections
Facilitator: Iris Rogers Melamed
6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, April 8

NEW Highlander Bonn Bracelet
Instructor: Sue Henry
5:00 - 9:00pm

Wire Weaving Bracelet or Collar

Instructor: Jane Doidge

6:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday, April 9
NEW Sculptural Bird Beads
Instructor: Kim Fields
10:00am - 5:00pm
Class continues Sunday, April 10; 10:00am - 5:00pm

Wire Wrapping: Cubed Bangle

Instructor: Jen Rosen

10:00am - 1:00pm

Nature's Muse: Beaded Art Doll
Instructor: Anne Marie Desaulniers
10:00am -5:00pm

Sunday, April 10
Making Waves with Micro-Knotting
Instructor: Angela Peace
10:30am - 4:30pm

Thursday, April 14
Open Metal Studio: Kiln Enamelling
Facilitator: Christine Woollacott
5:00 - 9:00pm

Reversible Flat Spiral Bracelet with Swarovski Pearls

Instructor: Pamela Kearns

6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, April 15
NEW 'Mary-Anne' Bracelet and Earrings
Instructor: Pauline Peskoff
6:00 - 9:00pm

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

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

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

Thursday, April 7

Thursday, April 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.