Bead + Button

Bead & Button – Class 1: Kim St Jean

June 6, 2010

The Bead & Button Show started today with pre-show workshops.  Today I started the week with “The Thinking Man” class taught by Kim St Jean.  Here’s a photo of my finished project: It was a busy day.  Topics covered included:  etching with ferric chloride, riveting, sawing and making a chain with steel wire.  Kim is [...]

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Good Morning Milwaukee

June 6, 2010

I’m here in Milwaukee for the 2010 Bead & Button Show.  I have been coming to this show to take classes and shop since 2003, every year except for 2008 when my daughter graduated from high school.  That year I seriously considered hopping on a plane the day after graduation.  It’s a definite high point [...]

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Bead & Button Show _ Sherry Serafini class & Meet The Teachers

June 3, 2009

My class today was a bead embroidered cuff class with Bead Goddess Sherry Serafini. This is the third class I’ve taken with Sherry over the years.  She is a generous, wonderful teacher and person.  It says a lot about the quality of her teaching that the majority of the students in our class today had [...]

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Bead Dreams 2009 – Polymer Clay category

June 3, 2009

Congratulations Diane Villano for coming in first place in the polymer clay category of the 2009 Bead Dreams competition! This is an especially sweet victory for Diane because her entry “Big Bead – Chinese Cinnabar” has been over 5 years in the making. Second place went to Kathy Shield Dummer for “My Mothership Connection”. Third [...]

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Bead & Button Show – Microfold Texture Class

June 2, 2009

My buddy and annual roommate, Diane Villano arrived this afternoon and I had my first class today.  I’m having a blast already.  The energy and enthusiasm here at the Bead & Button Show is fantastic.  I love talking to other students about what classes they’ve taken so far.  Despite the economy there seem to be plently of [...]

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Blogging Bead & Button

June 1, 2009

I’m here in Milwaukee for the 2009 Bead & Button Show.  I missed last year because it was the same week as E’s graduation from high school, and I am excited to be back.  I am taking classes Tuesday through Thursday and then I’ve got Friday to shop and do a short demo at the [...]

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