Just for the holiday season we have added a Simply Solder Ornament Class to the December schedule. Something unique to put on the tree or gift to a friend! Discover the exciting world of Altered Art and Mixed Media! Learn to use a soldering tool, glass, and solder to create a personalized locket style pendant with a favorite photo or piece of art inside. To sign up just click here! Simply Solder Ornament
Ack, Thanksgiving is done and Christmas is just around the corner! The store is really picking up with holiday crafters and spots are filling quickly in the classes. We have a few holiday themed classes coming up that are new and I will post about them as they are ready for sign ups.
We are OPEN the following Sundays in December from 10am – 4pm. December 5th, 12th and 19th.
Here is the upcoming week:
Monday Nov. 29th:
Wire Wrapped Cabochon 6pm – 8pm
Wednesday Dec. 1st:
Saturday Dec. 4th:
Wire Wrapped Cabochon 1pm – 3pm
Freeform Sculptural Peyote w. Jeannette Cook 10am – 5pm
Midnight Bead Madness 5pm – Midnight
Have a fantastic week!
Who needs the mall or gadget stores? Come hang out with us this Friday (yep, the day after Thanksgiving) for some for Coffee, Muffins and Beads!
Coffee will be provided by a new local shop called Marcella June’s Coffee Lounge plus yummy muffins to nibble on. Oh, and beads. Lots of beads. NEW beads for you to fondle plus a great selection of beads at 50% off. Tempted?
We’ll be open during our normal business hours both Friday and Saturday from 10am – 6pm.
Black Friday Only! 50% off Selected beads (both Czech & Semi-Precious)
Not to be combined with any other offer, frequent buyer cards not applicable, while supplies last…you know this. Just gotta say it.
Happy Thanksgiving week! Due to the holiday we will be Open on Wednesday 11am – 3pm and Closed on Thursday. I hope you all have a great turkey day!
Here is a look at the upcoming week:
Monday Nov. 22nd
Wednesday Nov. 24th Open 11am – 3pm
Thursday Nov. 25th Closed
Friday Nov. 26th
Simply Solder 10:30am – 12:30pm
Saturday Nov. 27th
Simply Solder 10:30am – 12:30pm
Have a great week!
I introduced Brooke the other day as our new PMC instructor and now I am introducing you to her first class! Brooke will be teaching a very cute PMC Snowflake and just in time for the holidays. This is a two evening class and it includes all supplies for the cost. What could be better? This is a beginner class so all levels of experience are welcome. Here is a description and a picture of what you will be making. (I have been playing with Picnik can you tell by my picture?! )
Intro to PMC: Snowflake with bail
How can a lump of clay turn into a sparkling shiny piece of fine silver jewelry? That is exactly what we
will show you in this class!
We will use a silicone mold to shape the clay into the snowflake – then explore the art of creating a
strong bail (which is the part that the necklace passes through) that most necklaces will pass through.
We will also finish the piece by polishing, burnishing and applying patina.
Class is split into 2 days so that the 1st night is the construction of the clay, we fire the pieces in the kiln
at the end of that night (when you go home), and spend the 2nd night finishing.
Everyone will go home with a finished snowflake just in time for the freezing cold winter here in
Southern California.
We have a new PMC instructor! I am going to let Brooke tell you about herself and keep your eyes open for her first class which will be soon!
Brooke was born and raised in the rolling hills of Central/Eastern Kentucky, surrounded by the wonders
of nature. Being an only child – but also from a good southern family she was not allowed to be inside
the house when it was a “perfectly fine day outside”, and so found companionship in her many dogs and
the variety of critters that are so plentiful in such pristine open habitats as a holler in Kentucky. Many
days were spent catching tadpoles, crawdads and salamanders around the creek that ran through the
property which has been in her mothers’ family for more than a century. She spent countless hours
scratching and digging in the clay banks around the creek in search of rock treasure. Brooke’s mom is
a professional portrait photographer and her dad spent weekends restoring old cars to mint condition,
lending her to a critical eye for detail (okay maybe a little obsessive compulsive) and composition.
Always in pursuit of the crafty and creative, she happened upon and article about PMC in a beading
magazine in 2006. Intrigued by the idea that a lump of clay with a similar texture to those creek banks
she played on when she was young would become a piece of fine silver jewelry was too strong to pass
up. She bought her first lump of PMC + from the Bouncing Bead in La Mesa in January of 2007 and the
biggest obsession of her life began to take shape. Hundreds of pieces, several classes and a few years
later, she’s ready to start sharing her knowledge and experience with phenomenal medium with anyone
who’s interested.
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