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New Class! Framed Jewels Bracelet
$78.00Date and Time: 12/13/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using a pattern by Leslie A. Pope, use 2-hole cabs, GemDuos, and Toho round seed beads to make a wide beaded bracelet with loads of personality. High contrasting colors really show off the pattern.
Blown Boro Ornaments
$128.00Date and Time: 12/14/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Tyson Whitehill
Prerequisites: Intro to Borrow Hollow Glass on Nov. 22 or equivalent skills.
For those with basic hollow glass skills, this class hones your skills with blowing boro hollow tube glass with decorative elements. The result is a blown glass sphere with a bail for hanging. Get ready to go into the studio to make friends and family holiday ornaments, yard art, or very large earrings!
Must be at least 15 years old to participate.
Baroque Cabochon Bracelet through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 12/18/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using 2-hole cabochon beads and SuperDuos, learn to create an oval component. The components include Toho round seed beads and Czech fire polish beads. Create the next component off of the previous one to get to your desired length for this beautiful, beaded bracelet.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$35 instructor fee to Kirkwood/$38 materials fee to Beadology Iowa
New Class! Kashmir Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 12/20/2025 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Bezel a round Czech glass bead with Toho seed beads for the center of this fast-moving earring. Then create picots, stitch in Superdous and fire polish beads to make this lovely pair of beaded earrings. Pattern design by Nela Kábelová.
Felting with Charlie: Bead Making
$68.00Date and Time: 12/20/2025 from 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Charlie Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This is a great introduction to needle felting. Take wool, a needle, and a bit of sweat equity and make a felted bead. Learn how to make a hole in your felted wool, how to add color, and how to increase the density of your bead.
Spinner Ring
$88.00Date and Time: 12/21/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic soldering skills.
Use your soldering skills to make a ring band. Then make a smaller ring that will spin freely around the band. A fascinating piece of jewelry to help you through the stress of the day. Click for more information and a video!
Customer Choice
Date and Time: 12/27/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity:
Instructor: Karen Kubby, Charlie Jakowchuk, and Emma Folsom
Prerequisites:
Pick your staff person, pick your time, and pick the skill you want to learn or refresh. Brainstorm with our expert staff on how to begin or finish a project. Get some one-on-one time for anything we know how to do. Sessions are $35 per person, are 45 minutes long, and begin on the hour. Materials are extra or bring your own.
You’ll need to call 319 338-1566 or come in to register for a time slot or slots.
Class Cancellation Policy
Class fees are due at time of registration. Cancellations must be made at least 5 days in advance of class in order to receive store credit. There are no cash refunds for cancellations issued by the student.
If Beadology Iowa cancels a class, the student can choose to transfer registration to another class, receive store credit, or receive a cash refund.
With a completed class, participants will receive a single-use card good for double rewards points on an entire purchase within 10 days of the class.
New Class! Friday Night Out: Round Link Drop Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 12/12/2025 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using square wire, create a link. Then use round wire to make a hinge. Add a drop and you have an earring with an abundance of movement that is great to look at and fun to wear. This looks way more complicated to construct than it is.