Christi Friesen is coming to town and we have her scheduled to teach 3 classes here at The Bouncing Bead! Woot!!! If you don’t know who Christi Friesen is then just take a look at her website to see more of her fantastic work with polymer clay. CF Originals

The classes are already starting to fill up so sign up quickly and no experience required! Below are pictures with the class info of the workshops we have scheduled with Christi.

Have you ever seen the amazing things you can create using polymer clay but have been to intimidated to start on your own?  Or are you are a seasoned veteran who just likes to have fun and create beautiful things? Then this class is just for you! Janet Pitcher local polymer clay extraordinaire is teaching a wonderful class on September 11th from 1pm – 4pm featuring beautiful flowers in a vintage setting. If you would like to know a little more about Janet just click here to visit her bio on our Teachers page. Janet Pitcher Hurry to sign up as the class fills up quickly! Petal Pushers Filigree Ring

Did you know that here at The Bouncing Bead we have a Bead Party every second Wednesday of the month? Don’t know what that is but you got chills down your spine with just those two magical words put together? Keep reading if you want to know more!

The second Wednesday of every month we have an open beading night for all that want to come. No Charge! You will also receive a 10% discount on regularly priced items you purchase during the bead party. There will be someone on hand to help with questions but there will be no teaching. Take advantage of a great opportunity to get together with friends and other beaders’ to finish up all those projects you know need to be done and share ideas!
The bead party will be held from 5pm – 9pm (if no one shows up by 7:30 we will close at that time)

So here’s a recap of the bead party:
When: The second Wednesday of every month.
Time:   5pm – 9pm (if no one shows up we will close at 7:30pm)

A great opportunity to get together with friends and other beaders to finish up all those projects you know need to be done and share ideas!

Bead trading goes on at these parties!  Bring some to trade with others and see what you can come away with!

(Disclosure:  The Bouncing Bead is NOT involved with the bead trades and may not be held liable for any issues or problems)

Welcome to the week in review for the week of August 9th. We have had to change the schedule around a little due to one of our teachers having a family emergency so take a look and get signed up for some classes.

August 9th 6pm – 8pm Intro to Wire Working FULL

August 9th 6pm – 8pm Copper Patina

August 11th Bead Party 5pm – 9pm

August 12th 6pm – 8pm Basic Knotting FULL

August 14th 9am – 11am Intro to Wire Working

We had a fantastic turnout for our first Blog Giveaway here at The Bouncing Bead with a total of 64 entries! It has been a lot of fun reading how many of you got interested in beading. If you have not read them please go and take a look!

To choose a winner I used a random number generator available online. You just type in the lowest and highest numbers, click generate and it chooses your number for you. For those of you who did not win this time don’t worry we will have more giveaways in the future. I am also getting product listed in our online store and have been able to add a few tools so if you would like to purchase some tools hop on over to the webstore.

Without further ado here is the winning number!

The winning number 16 belongs to Ginny Shaw!

Ginny Shaw Says: July 31st, 2010 at 2:31 am

I started beading about 3 years ago because I wanted to make my own jewelry instead of buying it. I especially love the sparkle and texture of beads. I have recently been dabbling with polymer clay after taking a class at the Bouncing Bead and I love it!

Congratulations Ginny! Please email me within 72 hours to claim your prize michelle@thebouncingbead.com

That is the end of a very successful blog giveaway and thanks for all of you who participated!

It’s that time of year again! The 11th Annual Bead Society Bead Bazaar is this weekend August 7th & 8th.  You may be asking yourself why should I go to this bead show when I already go to others?

I will let the Bead Society tell you in their own words. Taken straight from their website:

Silver clay, vintage, semi-precious, handmade glass beads by local and national artists, Austrian crystals, kits, finished Jewelry, dye artists, felt, and more!

Continuous demos in wire wrapping, polymer clay, and silver art clay!

Don’t miss this opportunity to support the bead and jewelry artists in our community. Come meet some new and fantastic vendors along with all of the great vendors that sell with us every year!

The Bouncing Bead will also be having a table again and we will be unveiling new product with discounted prices only available at the show so make sure you stop by and say “Hi” to Laura. Abigail and I will be dropping by at some point so we might get to see you as well!

For more information visit this page AND get a $1 off admission coupon! Bead Bazaar

For more information on the Bead Society itself click their logo below.

Come support our local bead artisan community!