San Marcos Bead and Wire Faux Society

Well, bad girl, I haven't reminded about the San Marcos Faux Society and it's today already!
Meet at Karen's at 2pm. We're going to play with copper sheet! yipppeeeee
Directions to Karen's place here.

A smattering of new pieces

I took some time to set the muse free. Colorful magnasite or funky jasper paired with Large Loop links and Waves with Turquoise seems to be the theme. Whatcha think?
All the stones are from Magpie Gemstones, of course! Beautiful, as always!

Mick Mouse? beads glow in the dark

Ok peeps, those of you curious about the glow beads, here's a representative sample. Definitely wonky! *grin* e me with questions - sherrys.jewels@gmail.com

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 ]]]

++++++ Sept +++++++

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

++++++++ Oct ++++++++++

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

+++++++++ Nov +++++++++++

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

+++++++++ Dec +++++++++++

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.

Input for the next class schedule - Sept thru Dec

Heyya peeps! I'm on the clock to assemble the class schedule for Sept thru Dec at And the Bead Goes On, in Bracken Village.
Would YOU like to take a Particular class?
Have a particular day in mind?
Leave a comment or Email me - sherrys.jewels@gmail.com

First request is for the Border Wrap class on Sept 25, a Friday. Join us?

Bead Show in Wimberly, Texas

Whoo whooo! There's gonna be a Bead Show in Wimberly! I'm going to take along some tutorials and kits, for Toodles Weave and Tree of Life, and play with some wire. Come on by and say howdy, sit awhile and play, adopt a bead or two.

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Bead Show
Magpie Gemstones Wholesale High Quality Gemstone Beads

Join us for an afternoon of beads, gems, and beautiful jewelry.
There will be jewelry classes available.
A raffle will be held to benefit the Wimberley Bead Society.
Numerous bead vendors and local jewelry artists.

The first hundred people will receive free beads from Szarka at Magpie Gemstones!

See us on August 13th from 10-4pm
at
Touched by Grace Community Church
15401 Ranch Rd. 12
Wimberley, TX 78676

Contact Magpie Gemstones at 512-392-3091

Sponsored by the Wimberley Bead Society

Charoite - Yummie

A delightful little Charoite with lovely chatoyance, wrapped in sterling silver. Both sides being equally lovely, the muse demanded that it be reversible. Aproximately 1 inch tall, plus the bail.
Charoite is found in Siberia, near the Chara River.

OMGoodness!

Oooo, purty! While taking photos for some tuts I'm attempting, I threw the love knot bracelet in front of the camera and messed with zoom. Y'all might not think this photo is anything special, but it impresses me all to pieces. 'Specially compared to the non-zoom shots taken at the same time. Geez, gotta mess with zoom some more!

The knots are different gauges of wire, to demonstrate how each one looks. The turquoise disk and copper spacers and bead caps are from Magpiegemstones, of course.

Bead Jamboree San Antonio - June 2009

June 19^th 20^th 21^st San Antonio, TX
Live Oak Civic Center
8101 Pat Booker Road
San Antonio, TX 78233

SABOS generated quite a lot of student interest in more classes here. I'm collecting an interest list - what would YOU like to learn in June???

Viking Knit? Toodles Weaving? Tree of Life? Basic wire 101, of course!

OOOOhhhh, wait until you see what the muse has dreamed up for classes! Gotta come see me to find out! *singing - Temptaaationnnnn*

Kits and tutorials and bead stringing for the newbie.

REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR GLASSES!!!

Wire ends are tiny and hard to see when they are fuzzy!

Leave a comment or Email me - sherrys.jewels@gmail.com

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Show Hours

Friday & Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 11am-4pm.

Public Welcome, Free Admission, Free Parking

Retail & Wholesale

A drawing will be held each day of the shows for a $100.00 dollar shopping spree.

You do not have to be present to win.

Featuring precious and semi-precious stones

(Check out Magpie Gemstones - OMGolly!)

hand made glass beads, lampwork to die for!

silver and gold beads, and lots of other metal choices

sterling silver findings and beading supplies

For class information, contact Sherry, either by leaving a comment here or thru email - sherrys.jewels@gmail.com

Whooowhoo, we had a ball! SMBWFS

Well, all the dear ladies attending the inaugural meeting of the San Marcos Bead and Wire Faux Society had a Very Good Time! What? You couldn't make it? So sorry! Perhaps next month?

**(Edited to add - we are no longer meeting at Tantra, we needed a cooler spot. See link below for up-to-date info) Tantra Coffee House serves great coffee, the desserts were oh so tempting, the company was divine! We passed around gorgeous jewelry - OMG, gorgeous! We traded stories and tips and gossip and made plans for More Fun!

It was so very great to finally meet dear sisters in the flesh, whom we've long known only in cyberland.

Please! Do join us next month if you're in the area! We're going to bring hammers and blocks and big wire and make clasps and findings. ooooooooooooo aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh! First Thursday, be there or be square!

**Edited to add - We now have a yahoo group dedicated to the Faux Society. Join us to keep up to date -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/San_Marcos_Bead_and_Wire_Faux_Society

Introducing San Marcos Bead and Wire Faux Society

Are you close to San Marcos Texas on the *third* Thursday of every month?
Or willing to travel to be there?
Do you love beads and or wire jewelry?
If you're interested, come play with us addicts around 2pm.

Why faux, you wonder? We are going to be Very Informal. No dues, no rules, no expectations, just plain fun.

All friendly jewelry artists are Welcome!
Tell a friend!

**Edited to add - We now have a yahoo group dedicated to the Faux Society. Join us to keep up to date -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/San_Marcos_Bead_and_Wire_Faux_Society

Wire classes at the SABOS Spring Bead show in Live Oak

Hey y'all! Not much time left and only a few spots available for wire classes at the SABOS Spring Bead show in Live Oak. May 2 and 3, Saturday and Sunday. More details and photos of projects here - (click me)

Paypal available for signup, send to sherrys.jewels@gmail.com


http://sherrysjewels.blogspot.com/2009/02/sabos-spring-bazaar-classes.html

The San Antonio Bead and Ornament Society

Spiral OR Fork Style Adjustable Ring - Class in Bracken Village

***April 1 Wed ***
and again
***August 12 Wed ***
Two hours - 12-2 OR 6-8pm

Make an adjustable ring! Choose one of 2 fully adjustable designs! One technique, two different results - one with piles of spirals and the other reminiscent of ancient fork rings, with many more styles possible.

*Techniques utilized - bind several wires, make spirals, forge and hammer, proper use of tools, oxidize metal.

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

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

Border Wrap a Square Stone - Class

Three hour class

The border wrap is a classic, ancient and most versatile setting for jewelry making, with unlimited possibilities from simple to extraordinarily ornate.
Learn the concept with a Square so you can easily adapt the wrap to your favorite shaped project.

*Techniques utilized - Learn to measure your stone, choose the appropriate placement for your binding wires, bind multiple wires together to form a bezel to frame your stone, then set your muse free to embellish the details.

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

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

String of Hearts Bracelet - Class in Bracken Village

***April 17 Fri ***
Two hours - 12-2pm
*Update - the April 17 - Friday evening class has been canceled, so sorry!*

and again

***July 29 Wed ***
Two hours - 12-2 OR 6-8pm

Whimsical hearts for Love and spirals for the Cycles of Life. This adorable bracelet brings a flurry of compliments whenever it goes out visiting. Many charming earring possibilities here! How many hearts can YOU create in 2 hours?

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

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

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

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/

Love Knot Bracelet - Class in Bracken Village

***April 29 Wed ***
and again
***July 10 Fri ***
Two hours - 12-2 OR 6-8pm

Love Knot - the stylized symbol of the constancy of two lovers. An intriguing, never ending path. Learn the secret of the puzzle. Practice the straight up loop while forming links, make the clasp and jumprings.

*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/

Wire Wave Bangle - Class

Two hour class

Ride the wave! This basic frame is ripe with possibility. Large or small, simple or complex, you choose your style and let the muse fly. Learn to shape rolling waves, hammer and forge, then weave in your favorite beads.

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

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

Tree of Life - Class

Three hour class

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. Learn the Toodles Weave for the bail, direct from the author.

Design your own special tree. Use tiny stone bits for a leafy tree, or fill the branches with your family birthstones.

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

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

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