Bead Street November Classes

We have another fun-packed month for you - just in time to learn something new for the holidays.  If you see something you like - but can't make that date - drop us a note, or a comment, or even a call.  We add classes regularly based on customer requests.  On any classes that are full, we would be happy to add you to our cancellation/waiting list.


November 6th - Wednesday, 1:00 to 3:00, Just Rollin' Along with CzechMates 2-hole Lentils - FULL

November 9th - Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00, Madeline's Pearl Netted Bracelet

November 13th - Wednesday, 6:30 to 8:00, Tila Flower

November 15th - Friday, 1:00 to 4:00, Coiled Wire Bracelet

November 16th - Saturday  1:00 to 4:00, Charniers  Bangle with CzechMates SuperDuos

November 16th - Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00, Breezeway Bangle - FULL

November 23rd - Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00, Coiled Wire Bracelet

November 23rd - Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00, Irene's Beaded Cross

Sorry no photo yet

November 23rd - Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00, Fabulous Frills with CzechMates Tiles and two-hole Lentils

More information is listed under the CLASSES tab at top of this blog. 

You can call the store 336-9707 to reserve a spot in these classes. We are also in the process of scheduling December. If there is something you'd like to take, send us an email or call the store to request a class.

Bead Street Celebration

This month, starting November 2nd, Bead Street is celebrating 25 years in business and our grand re-opening at 5509 Glenwood, across from the Hawkes Stadium (in between Glenwood Country and Einstein's Oil).

We will have prizes, gifts, sales and refreshments until Thanksgiving.  You can see examples of our new bead classes and see  colorway samples of Nicole's Breezeway Bangle that was published in the October/November issue of Beadwork magazine.

Current hours Wednesday through Friday, 11:30 to 6:00 and Saturday 11:30 to 5:00.  

Since leaves are falling, our first sale starting Saturday November 2, is on our Czech leaves - buy one get one free.  Hope to see you soon.  If you need directions, please call 336-9707.

Nicole's reversible bracelet, beaded
with the new CzechMates two-hole triangle beads.
She used CzechMates two-hole Bricks on this side.

This is the other size showing CzechMates
two-hole Tiles.

Lots of new patterns coming as well as new beads.  Exciting things ahead. Stay tuned.

                                                                              

Another Tila Twin Bracelet Class

There was such overwhelming response and interest in this class - we had a waiting list big enough to fill another class. Here are some beautiful color samples of the students' work and I am waiting 'with bated breath' to see your finished bracelets. Again, even though this is a 'Tila Twin' pattern (thanks to Deborah Roberti), we mostly used CzechMate Tiles and Czech SuperDuo two holed beads.



Thanks to all for being so patient and in some cases, volunteering to reschedule into this one. 



Joy used TQ Pearl coated Twins (TW108N), Picasso Umber CzechMates and Bead Street No. S11223E for her seedbeads.



Chris used Opaque Gold/Rose Topaz  CzechMates, 2 colors of SuperDuos (Bead Street Nos. TW164N and TW157N) and S11205E seedbeads.

 

I think Deb liked this pattern - she has already finished at least two of these.  Here is Opaque Lt Beige Picasso CzechMates and SuperDuos in color TW135N.




Laura used one of the new colors of CzechMates, Bronze Turquoise Picasso, with Pearl TQ Twins (TW108G) and Bead Street No. S11460E for her seedbeads.  One of my favorite colorways.




I think this is Deb's second bracelet. 
Picasso Umber CzechMates, and Super Duos TW151N.





Pauline used Luster OP Green CzechMates,
TW150N SuperDuos and S11916E seedbeads.




Mary used Persian Turquoise Czechmates and SuperDuos TW150N.  Somehow Masoumeh, and Lea got away without me getting a good photo.  Hopefully, they will finish their projects and bring them into Bead Street for 'Show and Tell'.



Beading Projects

We had a fun day Saturday for Penny's Pillow Bracelet class (which I was calling  a 'Puffy Bead' Bracelet).   And if you are thinking the photo below isn't  that project - you are right.  We had a full house and many brought 'Show and Tell' projects they learned in past classes.  Except Joy.  She was the one that brought the tomato in the top right corner. 



Janet has spent a lot of time learning how to bead cabochons.  This is a Tagua nut and a herringbone rope. 

 

In this closeup, you can see the triangle shape of the nut, which makes it somewhat difficult to embellish. 
Janet did a great job with this piece.



This is also Janet's.  She says she is having a lot of fun with crochet.

This is the Deborah Roberti pattern called Tila Twin Bracelet that Sandy Taylor taught in July.  Janet closed the bracelet with an embellished button that she learned in a class taught by Nancy Sathre-Vogel. 



Another beautiful - and colorful - bracelet using the Tila Twin pattern.  Love how Janet finished her loop for the closure.

Penny also brought examples to share. 
I can't remember what she calls this beautiful bracelet.
 Hopefully, I'll find out soon and we can get this class
 scheduled in the fall. 
.



Love the colors she chose.
So much to learn and so little time.
Check back for photos of the Pillow Bracelet class.

 

Tila Twin Bracelet

Claudia has moved from Boise to Montana but thanks to the Internet and her new camera, she's keeping in touch.  Here are photos of a bracelet she started in Sandy Taylor's Tila and Twin Bracelet class. Claudia much prefers the CzechMate Tiles over the Japanese Tilas and she was very vocal about preferring the Czech SuperDuos over the Twins. 



Sandy taught this Deborah Roberti pattern in July. 
 You can reach Deborah at espresso@sonic.net

 


Close up for those of you who want to use these same colors. 
 Jet Bronze Picasso CzechMate Tiles and Opaque Luster Picasso SuperDuos (Bead Street No. TW130N) 

We actually learned this Tile Button in another class, but it works beautifully to finish off this bracelet.
Fabulous work, Claudia.  Thanks for sharing.

Bead Street Class Schedule

We have some new classes for August and the schedule  is posted under the Classes caption in above header.  Because they are new, here are some photos.  A few more classes will be scheduled in the next week or so.  



Penny's Puffy Bead class, scheduled for Saturday, August 4th, has been full for awhile.  We may be able to convince her to do a second class if there is enough interest. 



Another color sample. Beautiful bracelet





Tila Lace Bracelet, Friday night, August 10th





Netted Wire with SuperDuos, Saturday, August 18th.  We had originally scheduled a Netted Cabochon, however, had a number of requests for something smaller.



Beaded Beads with new two-hole SuperDuos (aka Twins).  Larger one scheduled for Friday night, August 3rd and smaller bead scheduled for Friday night, August 17th

 


Tubular Beaded Crochet, Saturday, August 25th




More samples of Tubular Crochet



Inspiration from Bead Street Classes

In the last couple of weeks I have received at least a dozen emails from people in  Italy, Hungary, Germany, London, the Netherlands and Turkey telling me what fabulous beading we are doing in lil' ol Boise, Idaho.  Who knew?  I do know that the Super Duos (aka Twins) and Peanut beads (aka Farfalle or Butterfly beads) have been in Europe for a while.  I also know that the CzechMates (aka Tiles) and Tila beads have not.  So I'm sure that's part of the interest in this blog.

A big, big, thank you to my  Czech glass bead vendor - I get the new beads first and then our instructors create new patterns for our classes.  But then our students take those patterns and tweak them, bling them up and make them their own.  All of that even before the new beads are even introduced at the major bead shows. 

Some of you may not think this is a big deal but  I came to Boise in 1972 before there were any bead stores in Boise, the only art show was 'Art in the park', and long before Boise Town Square Mall.   Since I was a beader - resources and inspiration were lacking in this otherwise wonderful town.  To remember those days and now get emails suggesting we are on the leading edge of jewelry trends - even creating  'the'  trend..... amazing!

So keep up the great work.   I've been telling everyone that their creations are 'fabulous'.  Hopefully they now believe me.  Here is a sampling of students' work.  As a side note, we currently have 30 colors of the Twin beads, and 50 or 60 colors of the Super Duos should be here this next week. We also stock almost 100 colors of the CzechMate Tiles and 60+ colors of the Japanese Miyuki Tilas.

Irene beaded this  ladder stitch bracelet using bugle beads
 in a random pattern.  She also made the flower from polymer clay. 
 I think this was the very first project she did with clay.
You can find a how-to for the 'Chan Luu' style bracelet under Videos.

This is going to be a new class - coming soon. 
 From Penny Dixon - see more of her work on her blog,
http://www.pennydixondesigns.com/



This is from Janet.  She learned this technique in a Russian Spiral bracelet class
and then made this great necklace. I think she found this wonderful ceramic pendant
in Seattle when she was visiting her new grandchild. 
Oops, maybe giving away too much info.
Love how she beaded her own 'bail'. 




Nancy Sathre-Vogel, created this freeform peyote piece a while ago. 
But I just recently learned that the 'fish' are actually
 chopstick holders she found in Thailand.
Nancy and her family are hiking the Rocky Mountains
this summer but we will schedule her freeform
peyote class again in the fall.



Janet learned how to bezel a couple different ways
 in two or three different classes. 
Now she is 'bezeling' a lot of things - here a Tagua nut.



Love how she finished this necklace with her own 'beaded toggle'.



This is just a small portion of  Deb's beautiful, freeform necklace. 
 She learned the technique in Nancy's Freeform Peyote class. 
 Deb also combined 'ruffleing' and netting (she learned in other classes)
and added other stitches she already knew, to make this stunning piece.



A closeup of another section.  We'll have more on this later. 
 I think this necklace deserves a post of its own.

A beautiful peyote and netting ruffled pearl necklace.
 This was done by Boise Bead Society President, Mary Ireland,
in a class she attended at Bead Street.

Joy beaded all of these.  Top one she learned in Bead Street's Tila Band class
from a pattern designed by Adele Kimpell. 
Middle is a pattern Joy purchased from Kassie Inman. 
Bottom from a Tila/Tile Spiral class taught by Sandy Taylor from another Adele pattern.

Right Angle Weave (RAW) with Peanut beads beaded by Virginia. 
This is the 'Gator' pattern designed by Adele Kimpell.
 Virginia created her own version by changing the pattern 
and then adding 6mm pearls down the center.
I like this version alot.

A beautiful embellished peyote bracelet beaded by a gal from Twin Falls.
You can learn basic peyote from one of our Beaded Bead classes.

This bracelet much prettier in person. 
Beaded by Yvona from Nicole's "Ice Ruffle" pattern. 
 We have convinced Yvona to teach this -
 hopefully, sometime this summer.

This is another version of Sandy Taylor's Tila / Tile Herringbone class
 taught using an original pattern from Marcia Balonis. 
The Tiles (aka CzechMates) have been replaced with
Czech glass pearls and seed beads



We teach a number of Beaded Bead classes at Bead Street.
Masoumeh created these bracelets using beads she made in class.



 For more information and other photos, see the link at the top of this blog for a class schedule.  You can also click here for a link to Kassie's site beadingbutterfly.com.  Or here for Adele Kimpell, http://www.beadreamers.net/  and here for Marcia Balonis, http://www.baublesbybalonis.net/ .  We are currently scheduling classes for June and July.   If you would like more info or to request a class, just send us an email.