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Meeting Schedule for all meetings:
Regular meetings and Board Meetings:
Doors open at 6:30pm. Bring your own bead projects and socialize before the meeting.
An open Board meeting will be held at 7pm prior to the start of each regularly scheduled meeting. Members are invited and encouraged to attend.
Meeting Dates - 2007-2008
September 27,2007
***NOTE: 4th Thursday -
Presentation by Carol Cypher, well known creator of felted fabrics
October 18, 2007
In-meeting program - member Lois Rosenthal will teach us spool knitting with wire.
Contact Lois at losrosn "at" earthlink.net (reformat this as a regular email id - posting Lois' email this way avoids having it picked up by spam-bots!)
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November 15, 2007
For our November meeting we ask that each member bring a finger food (a beverage, dessert, etc.) to share for a pot luck party.
Also bring your beading supplies. We will be beading "Bottles of Hope." Bottles of Hope are small glass medicine vials that are used for chemotherapy.
When beautifully hand-decorated, the bottles are redistributed to cancer patients as symbols of hope - something unpleasant turned pleasant. Decorated bottles will be donated to the Cancer Center of America and other charities. You can learn more at Bottlesofhope.org .
At this meeting several members will teach stitches such as peyote, right angle weave and netting that can be used to cover the bottles.
Note: The larger vials are only 2 inches tall and 1 1/4 inches in diameter -- so choose bead and thread size accordingly.
Your beading supplies should include:
- beads in any combination ( 6's, 8's, 11's, 15's, crystals, pearls, etc.)
- needles
- stitching thread or fireline
- beading surface
- magnifying glasses,light w/extension cord, and any other supplies that you normally use for beading
If anyone would like to volunteer to teach a stitch, please contact
Debbie Spence.
No meeting in December, 2007
January 17, 2008
our speaker will be Sarah Feingold -- a jewelry maker, author, and New York attorney -- will address the Bead Society on the topic of artistic ownership and copyright information.
She will discuss the intellectual property rights that artists have for their creations and give suggestions for protecting these rights. The differences between copyright, patent, trademark, etc. will be explained.
For more information, see Sarah's website, http://www.sarahfeingold.com.
Also, please bring in your completed Bottles of Hope.
February 21, 2008
We are hoping to have Wendy Ellsworth speak at the February meeting and possibly teach one or two workshops on the weekend.
Wendy is known for free-form jewelry, vessels, stick sculptures, and sea forms made of seed beads She is involved with the organization Beads for Education, which assists Maasai and Samburu women in Kenya in gaining economic independence.
March 20, 2008
In-meeting program - member Phyllis Nadle will teach us how to Make Crystal Ring Pendants.
These pendants get their wonderful sparkle from lots of crystals worked into a netting of Delica beads. If you have any questions, please contact Phyllis using this email: beadsnap "at" yahoo.com.
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April 17, 2008
How to create flowers for corsages for the June Sweet Sixteen Anniversary Party
Several members will demonstrate how to create a variety of flowers.
1. Pat Miller - a peyote stitch flower.
2. Debbie Spence - a bead embroidery flower
3. Jeanne Evans - a herringbone flower
4. Lois Rosenthal - a brick stitch flower.
Supplies:
- Assortment of size 11 and 8 seed beads (size 6 if you prefer a larger flower)
- Needles
- Thread that you are comfortable beadweaving with
- Wax if needed (Info: beeswax stiffens beading thread and will help the flowers hold their shape. Thread Heaven does not stiffen the thread.)
- Lighting (extension cords recommended)
Workshops May 3, 2008 - Donna Ryan-Kocun
Leaves I - 10am-1pm Leaves II - 1pm-4pm
NJBS member Donna Kocun-Ryan will be teaching two workshops for us on Saturday, May 3, 2008, at the library in Colts Neck, NJ, located at
126 Winthrop Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722.
There will be no charge for either class, but all participants must purchase a materials kit. The material kit for each class is $35.00. If you sign up for both classes, the cost for both kits is $60.00. Students attending both classes should bring a bag lunch.
Advance registration is required. The fee is non-refundable; however, if you register and cannot attend, you will receive the materials kit you have purchased.
Class size is limited by the number of available kits:
18 students for Leaves I and
12 students for Leaves II.
The kits supply all the necessary materials. The required tool list is:
Crochet hook ( size 1.7mm )
Flexible needles
Round nose pliers
Flush wire cutters
Scissors
Bead mat
Task light and extension cord (optional)
Sign-up process:
1. Please print a sign-up sheet for the class(es) you would like to take. Please print a sign-up sheet for the classes you would like to take. Click here for a sign-up form.
Submit the sign-up sheets to Barbara Feinberg at the BSNJ address:
Barbara Feinberg
Bead Society of New Jersey
PO Box 537
Colts Neck, NJ 07722
Payment is by check only; checks should be made out to the Bead Society of New Jersey.
2. Sign-up sheets MUST be accompanied by full payment for kit fees in order for a student to be registered for the class. No payments will be accepted on the day of the class.
3. Kit fees are non-refundable; however, if you register and cannot attend, you will receive the materials kit(s) you have purchased.
May 15, 2008
plans for this meeting are being scheduled
June 19, 2008
Sweet Sixteen Party!
Nostalgia! Food! Beaded corsages made by members! Vendors!
Our Sweet Sixteen Party is a Members-Only Party to celebrate our sixteen years as a bead society. The party starts at 6:30, dinner at 7:15 pm at our regular meeting place, the Cross of Glory Lutheran Church.
Please click here to download the signup form. Note: All PAID RSVPs must be received by Pat Miller by May 29, 2008.
Important party info:
A special gift will be given to attending members.
To obtain your gift you must either:
- attend the party;
- have someone pick up your gift for you at the party.
Please let Robin Milne know in advance who will pick up your gift for you.
Workshops with Wendy Ellsworth, June 20-22, 2008
All workshops have been cancelled because minimum enrollments were not met.
If you are interested in taking a class with Wendy Ellsworth, please contact her directly; she offers classes in her studio and in other venues around the country.
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