Bracken class schedule, short version

Here's the Sept thru Dec schedule of classes for
And The Bead Goes On in Bracken Village

Click the class name to be taken to a photo and description of the class project.

Choose either 12-3 or 6-9 pm for classes, unless noted.

[[[ updated 9/2 ]]]

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Fri 9/4 - 3 hours - Jelly Roll Cuff
F 9/18 - 3 hours - Tree of Life
F 9/25 - 3 hours - Border Wrap a Stone

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W 10/14 - 4 hours - 4-8pm Toodles Weave Pendant
W 10/28 - 3 hours - Criss Cross Applesauce Bracelet (see below)

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F 11/6 - 3 hours - Hammered Heart Pendant
F 11/13 - 3 hours - Classic Cuff Cubed - NO NIGHT CLASS
F 11/27 - 3 hours - Tree of Life

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F 12/11 - 3 hours - Border Wrap a Stone
W 12/16 - 3 hours - Criss Cross Applesauce Bracelet (see below)
W 12/30 - 3 hours - Wire Wave Bangle

A new class -
Criss Cross Applesauce, the Bracelet
(It's an old rhyme! Don't ask me, ask the silly muse)

Criss cross applesauce, chills up your back! Free flowing and airy, a delightful little bangle for your next outing. An ancient design with a little Sherry's Jewels flair. Learn basic weaving, binding and a versatile clasp.

Some prior wire experience helpful but not necessary.

Jellyroll Cuff - Class

The Jellyroll Cuff Bracelet
Three hours - 12-3 OR 6-9pm

A Coiled and Beaded Cuff Bracelet - Beads and a bit of wire, viola! Your very own wearable art! Change the beads, change the look entirely! Positively stunning with faceted crystal beads!
Learn the rudiments of wire manipulation and weaving.

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Sign up NOW to reserve your seat, space is limited - http://andthebeadgoesonline.com/

Butterfly Kisses Bracelet - Class

Three hours - 12-3 OR 6-9pm

Butterfly wings gently kissing your wrist. Choose your favorite color beads, add some copper wire and learn to bind and spiral wire, forge with a hammer and fashion a clasp.

*Skill Level: Some experience is helpful, determined beginners are welcome

Sign up NOW to reserve your seat, space is limited - http://andthebeadgoesonline.com/

Whoopsie Update for SABOS classes

Last night's sign up was wonderful! Thanks to one and all.
Future students, so nice to meet you!
Not signed up yet? Better hurry, seating is limited.
I'm checking, there was a mix up in the order of classes.
Everything is in it's proper order below. So sorry for the error!


Saturday - May 2 -
11-1pm
Winter Tree of Life

2-4pm
Flutterbye Bracelet and Earring Combinations

Sunday - May 3 -
11-1pm
Toodles Weave Adjustable Ring

2-4 pm
The Cross Pendant

Beginners are Welcome! Supplies included.
Tools available for your use in class, tips on which ones to buy!

Have a question? Want to sign up now and pay later? Email me - sherrys.jewels@gmail.com

Class Friday Dec 26 in Bracken

Join me on Friday to learn the Toodles Weave.

This is the weave which dear Denise Peck, editor of Step by Step Wire Jewelry, asked me to write for the magazine. This weave makes beautiful rings, as you can see above, and bezels for pendants, and bails like my Tree of Life, or use it in smaller bits for interesting detail and texture in the midst of other projects.

Learn the Weave, then go all out and make a bracelet ala Princess Leia Goes to the Beach -

Treat yourself! Come have a play with wire day!
Sign up now, online, at And The Bead Goes On Go to the calendar for December and scroll down.

Choose the daytime class - 12-3 - or the evening class - 6-9
Instruction for the Toodles Weave Adjustable Ring - $45 plus the wire.

Fredericksburg Wire Classes and Magpie Trunk show! (revised 12-9)

Are You any where near Fredericksburg, Texas? Or will you be, on Friday Dec 12? Drop by J's Kreations at 215 W Main and say howdy! Shop a little and take a class. The first class starts at noon.

Szarka will be bringing her magnificent beads (maybe something from the Private Stash?) and other lovelies for a giant trunk show, and I'll be bending wire all day long.

I'll add more details and schedule in a bit, so bookmark this message and check back often, but here are some teasers -

We'll spend the day in one hour classes making links, all sorts of links. In class, we'll turn them into earrings, (Learn to make your own earwires!) and if you work fast, or later at home, you can make more and fashion them into lovely bracelets, anklets and necklaces. And more earrings!

In the evening, we'll play with either a Toodles Ring or Tree of Life, majority chooses, so sign up and have a voice!
[[[Update 12/3 - the Tree is winning! If you want to learn the Toodles Weave Ring, looks like you'll just have to travel to Pearland maybe, that jury is still out, or Bracken in Feb. The Bracken sched for next quarter is shaping up. Have a preference? Holler!]]

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UPDATE 12/9 - The timing of classes -

Starting at 12 - Flutterby/S-links
Next - 1 pm - String of Hearts
Then - 2 pm - Bead Cages and Clover Links
And then - 3 pm - String of Hearts
Finally - 4-6 - Tree of Life
The 1 hour class will be $25.00 includes materials.
The 2 hour class will be $35.00 includes materials.

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The Flutterbye and S-Links

Bead Cages and Clover Links

String of Hearts - How many can we fit into one hour?

Tree of Life

So, mark your calendar and come play with us!

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Rejected classes. Y'all will just have to catch these another time, in Bracken Village perhaps....

Diamond Links and Danish Love Knots

A bonus link, thrown in where ever it will fit - Springs!

Heart Toodles Ring

Class photos finally uploaded

Yippeeee mostly, I have tentative internet connection at home, again. Although some days the flipping thing blinks on and off every few minutes for a few minutes... allllll day long.... grrrrrrrrr
Thanks to god I am a night owl by nature!


The following posts cover all planned classes for the months of Oct thru Dec. Most are on Friday, but because of holidays and and the wonderfully fun Dickens Fest in Bracken Village, a few classes will be held on Wednesdays instead.

You can find the sign up form with Paypal link and other details on the calendar pages at -
And The Bead Goes On
Scroll down the store home page to find a map.

Can't make it on the designated date? Visiting from out of the area? Perhaps we can set up a special class just for you! Email me - sherrys.jewels@ gmail.com
Sorry, no classes on the weekend, I'm committed to my booth.

See you in class!

Spiral Hearts - Earrings and Bangle Bracelet - Oct 10 - Friday - class

Spiral Hearts - Earrings and Bangle Bracelet - Oct 10 - Friday - either - 12-3 -- or -- 6-9

Whimsical Hearts for Love and Spirals for the cycles of Life –
Begin your set today with earrings and a bangle bracelet, then later in this month or in December, add the Adjustable Ring while learning the Toodles Weave.

*Techniques utilized – forge, wind, spiral and hammer wire, proper use of tools, oxidize metal, and make earwires.

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Bunches of wHOOPs Earrings - Oct 17 - Friday - class

Bunches of wHOOPs Earrings - Oct 17 Friday - either - 12-3 -- or -- 6-9

Every well dressed jewelry box Needs a selection of Hoops. Make them Large, Small, and Everywhere In Between.
Watch with exhilaration as round wire spreads and flattens beneath your hammer taking on individual character, then perhaps add lovely texture and beads for color. The photo shows just a few of the possibilities. There are more samples at the store and even more rattling around with the muse. Come and play!

*Techniques utilized – forge, weave and hammer wire, proper use of tools, oxidize metal, and make earwires.

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Intro to Wire - Serpentine Bracelet - Oct 24 - Friday - class

Intro to Wire - Serpentine Bracelet Oct 24 Friday - either - 12-3 -- or -- 6-9

Play with the basics of wire and learn how to handle tools by making various components to assemble a unique bracelet. No jig work, just pliers and your skill.

Learn the straight up noose, serpent link, jump rings, dangle charms, S-hook, hammering and oxidizing. There are at least 6 earring combinations resulting from the skills gleaned in these techniques. Set your creativity free!

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Heart Toodles Ring - Oct 31- Friday - class

Heart Toodles Ring - Oct 31 Friday - Either - 12 - 3 -- Or -- 6 - 9
(repeated in Dec)

Whimsical Hearts for Love and Spirals for the Cycles of Life.
Learn the Toodles Weave with this cute Adjustable Ring, and complete your stylish set begun in the Spiral Hearts Earrings and Bangle Bracelet class.

*Techniques utilized – forge, weave, spiral and hammer wire, proper use of tools, oxidize metal.

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Seeing Stars Earrings - Nov 7 - Friday - class

Seeing Stars Earrings - Nov 7 - Friday - either - 12-3 or 6-9

Bring the galaxy to your jewelry box. Spirals for Life and Stars to wish upon. Weave little bits of color all around the edges or just in strategic places.
Lovely and unusual gifts for the holidays.
Great ornaments, too!

*Techniques utilized – forge, weave and hammer wire, proper use of tools, oxidize metal, and make earwires.

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Tree of Life - Nov 14 - Friday - class

Tree of Life - Nov 14 - Friday - either - 12-3 -- or -- 6-9

Metaphor, mystical, symbolic - found in every ancient culture in one form or another. The roots reaching into the earth, into the underworld, the branches reaching high above, into the heavens.
Design your own special tree. Use tiny stone bits for a leafy tree, or fill the branches with your family birthstones.

*Techniques utilized – forge and hammer wire, proper use of tools, oxidize metal.

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Scallops Bracelet - Nov 26 - Wednesday - class

Thanksgiving weekend! Soooo, wire class will be held on Wednesday!

Scallops Bracelet - Nov 26 - Wednesday - either - 12-3 -- or -- 6-9

A fun little project to kick off the holidays. Suitable for beginners, fun for pros. A quick and much loved gift for the holidays. Lovely little scallops all around your wrist. Make a whole jewelry box full in every color under the sun. Stack them or wear one at a time.

*Techniques utilized – forge and hammer wire, proper use of tools, oxidize metal.

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Christmas Tree Earrings and Pendant - Dec 3 - Wednesday - class

The Dickens Celebration is occupying the weekend, so wire class is going to be held on Wednesday.
Christmas Tree Earrings and Pendant - Dec 3 Wednesday - either - 12-3 -- or -- 6-9

Make your own forest of trees – earrings, pendants or ornaments. A Most Excellent gift!

*Techniques utilized – forge and hammer wire, proper use of tools, oxidize metal, make a necklace from ribbon, complete with clasp and make earwires.

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Angels Watching - Dec 10 - Wednesday - class

The Dickens Celebration is occupying the weekend, so wire class is going to be held on Wednesday.

Angels Watching - Dec 10 - Wednesday - either - 12-3 -- ONLY, the night class has been canceled, so sorry.

Make your own personal guardian angel. She can be a pendant or an ornament. Or make her smaller for earrings. She is a Most Excellent gift! Make her in birthstone colors or holiday themes.

*Techniques utilized – bundle and bind, forge and hammer wire, proper use of tools, oxidize metal, make a necklace from ribbon, complete with clasp and make earwires.

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Doodles Earrings – Two Versions Dec 19 - class

Dec 19 - Friday – either - 12-3 or 6-9

Flirty playful swishy Doodling earrings. Oodles of spirals to frame your lovely smile. Or flashy sparkling simplicity to go with that cute little holiday dress.

*Techniques utilized – forge and hammer wire, proper use of tools, oxidize metal, and make earwires.

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Toodles Heart Adjustable Ring - Dec 26

Dec 26 Friday- 12 noon - 3 --- OR --- 6 - 9

Whimsical Hearts for Love and Spirals for the Cycles of Life.
Learn the Toodles Weave with this cute Adjustable Ring, and complete your stylish set begun in the Spiral Hearts Earrings and Bracelet class.

*Techniques utilized – forge, weave, spiral and hammer wire, proper use of tools, oxidize metal.

*Skill Level: Beginner -- Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

Class Schedule from July thru Sept

*** All classes are 3 hours - 12-3pm - OR - 6-9pm -- EXCEPT Toodles Pendant - 4 hours - 11-3pm OR 6-8/two consecutive Fri nights ***

All projects will be done in copper unless noted in their description or you make prior arrangements.

Classes are held at And The Bead Goes On, in Bracken Village. More details, map, calendar and link to sign up are here .
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July 4 - If the store is open, we'll have a daytime class only - Scallops Bracelet - Beginner
A fun little project for a holiday class. Suitable for beginners, fun for pros. Lovely little scallops all around your wrist.

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7/11 - Intro to Wire/Serpentine Bracelet - bootcamp #1 - Beginner
Learn the basics of wire and how to handle the tools by making various components to assemble a unique bracelet. Learn the straight up noose, serpent link, jump rings, dangle charms, S-hook, hammering and oxidizing. There are at least 6 earring combinations resulting from the skills gleaned in these techniques. Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

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7/18 - Cube Classic Cuff - Beginner
Learn to make the basic cuff bracelet. Suitable for cubes, rounds, large or small beads, or no beads at all. In class we will be using cube beads and heavy wire. Tips, hints and many samples of other possibilities.

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7/25 - Spiral Heart earrings - Beginner
Whimsical hearts in mixed metals. Spiral and curve and hammer, add some sterling for flash. Perhaps add dangling sparklies?

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Aug 1 - Flutterbye and S-Links bracelet - beginner
Learn to make a 16g sterling S-link chain, with the focal center a version of the Twin Spiral, which reminds me of a butterfly, popularized by Sharilyn Miller who learned at the feet of Lynn Merchant, wire goddess.
In class, we'll make various dangly wire charms to decorate your new creation. If you want to do this bracelet in sterling, be sure to specify when you sign up. Otherwise we'll have copper cut and ready for you.

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8/8 - Spiral Rings - Beginner
Make 2 fully adjustable heavy gauge rings! One technique, two different results - one with piles of spirals and the other reminiscent of ancient fork rings, with many more styles possible. Learn to bind wire, make spirals, hammer and oxidize.

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8/15 - Tree of Life - Beginner
Metaphor, mystical, symbolic - found in every ancient culture in one form or another. The roots reaching into the earth, into the underworld, the branches reaching high above, into the heavens. Design your own special tree. Use tiny stone bits for a leafy tree, or fill the branches with your family birthstones.

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8/22 - Jellyroll - bootcamp #2 - Beginner
Coiled and Beaded Cuff Bracelet - 8mm beads and a bit of wire, viola! Your very own wearable art! Change the beads, change the look entirely! Positively stunning with Swarovski crystals!

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8/29 - Intro to Wire/Serpentine Bracelet - bootcamp #1 - Beginner
Photo above
Learn the basics of wire and how to handle the tools by making various components to assemble a unique bracelet. Learn the straight up noose, serpent link, jump rings, dangle charms, S-hook, hammering and oxidizing. There are at least 6 earring combinations resulting from the skills gleaned in these techniques. Never handled wire before? Come join the addiction!

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Sept 5 - This class has been canceled. My store ladies get to go play in Tuscon, so I get a day off, too.
Toodles Ring - Bootcamp #3 - Intermediate -
MUST have taken one (any) of my other classes prior so I know you are wire proficient.
Learn the Toodles Weave, previously published in Step by Step Wire Jewelry, Summer Preview 2007, by creating an adjustable ring with charming dangly beads.

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9/12 - 12-3 (4 hours) OR 6-8pm - Part 1 - Toodles Pendant bootcamp #4 - Advanced -
All students MUST have taken the Toodles Ring or The Tree of Life with the Toodles bail.
Expand the Toodles Weave to capture a cabochon or cameo. Learn to weave fine wire around a heavier frame, a little or a lot, all around or as a highlight. This is the tutorial featured in the Summer *Preview* edition of Step By Step Wire Jewelry magazine 2007, which is out of print. Now available directly from the author, Sherry, and taught exclusively at And the Bead Goes On! in Garden Ridge, Texas.

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9/19 - (12-3pm only) - Hammered Heart - Beginner
Hearts and sparkles, won't you be mine? Hammer some copper, wrap some sterling for detail, make a few jumprings, dangle a whole assortment of sparklies, then turn a bit of wire and some cord into a necklace to show off your lovely new creation. This cute heart makes a great Mother gift - use birthstone colors for all the family!

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9/19 - (6-8pm part 2) - Toodles Pendant part 2- Advanced -
MUST have taken Part one last week

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9/26 - Border wrap - Beginner
A classic, ancient and most versatile setting for jewelry making, with unlimited possibilities from simple to extraordinarily ornate. Learn to measure your stone, choose the appropriate placement for your bundle wires, bind several wires together to form a bezel to frame your stone, then set your muse free to embellish the details.

Tree Of Life Pendant - class

The tree of life - metaphor, symbolic, mystical - found in every ancient culture in one form or another. The roots reaching into the earth, into the underworld, the branches reaching high above, into the heavens.

Join me and design your own special tree. Use tiny stone bits for a green tree, or fill the branches with your family birthstones.

Intermediate class

May 7 - Wed

12 - 3 --- OR --- 6 - 9

More versions of the tree, showing the bail you'll do in class. How will Your tree grow? The possibilities are endless.
The goddess will not be offered in class. She's from Magpie Gemstones, if you'd like to incorporate her into your own project. http://www.magpiegemstones.com
4/27 - update! The goddess tree sold today! Whoohoo!