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Filigree Wire Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 09/19/2023 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: Any wireworking experience.
Practice your wire work skills with this fun and fast filigree earrings class. Use copper wire to secure 4mm beads in just the right places.
New Class! Filled CRAW Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 06/17/2023 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed Right Angle Weave skills. Call for a private tutorial.
This technique is not found in any book or magazine. Create CRAW units with Toho 11/0 seed beads and “fill” each cube with a contrasting color. This is a quick and easy method of adding depth to your beadwork. Learn to stack units and create an “arrow” on the bottom of these earrings.
Tassel Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 02/19/2022 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use or get herringbone stitch skills to make a lovely pair of tassel earring. You’ll stitch a beaded bead and stack large beads to stabilize your beaded bead on a headpin. Make a wrapped loop and add an ear wire and you are ready to wear!
Avant Garde Cascade Earrings
$180.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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These earrings are Swarovski “fur”. They are nothing but crystals and sterling. Our staff create lovely and slow color gradations from the larger bottom piece and slowly move towards the cube on top. Lever back ear wires make are a great finishing touch to these amazing earrings. Add 15% for custom orders which must be placed over the phone or in person.
Brick Stitch Earrings with Fringe
$58.00Date and Time: 02/03/2018 from -
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Brick stitch is a fun stitch for making shapes and patterns. Make a triangle, then learn tips and tricks for adding fringe that flows well, yet is not too loose.
Carrier Bead Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 08/11/2018 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Flat peyote stitch skills
Use peyote stitch to cover the new 2-hole carrier beads with a simple pattern with Delica beads. Embellish them with Swarovski crystals using basic wirework skills for a dynamic pair of earrings.
Cupped Copper Earrings
$60.00Date and Time: 02/17/2024 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Participants will learn to stamp and dap copper disks into earrings of their design. Some may choose to keep their copper bright or oxidize it for a different look. Beads will be added to the center and/or the bottom. This is an active, fun, and loud class.
DIY Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 01/24/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use Toho seed beads in brick stitch with a rubber ring to make a fun pair of light earrings. In this project, the high contrast thread and the ring are part of the design.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at: www.kirkwood.edu and go to Continuing Education and then search for Beadology Iowa under the instructor search. On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants. Instructor: Karen Kubby.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
Emerald Beetle Wing Earrings
$38.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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These earrings are made using wings with the Emerald Beetle, Sternaceras Echisinata, from Thailand. Our supply comes from a rainforest sustainability program. When the beetles are done copulating, the males die and litter the forest floor. 20% are collected for export. The remainder are allowed to decompose and replenish the forest floor.
These earrings are all natural, lightweight, and make a lovely sound as they hit each other as you move.
Sterling silver ear wires.
Gyrls Night Out: NEW CLASS!! Snowflake Earrings
$58.00Date and Time: 11/18/2016 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using Czech pressed glass mini feathers, Super Duos, new Toho demi beads, and Toho seed beads, make quick and lovely snowflake earrings. Great gift item for friends and family.
Gyrls Night Out: Flip It! Earrings
$60.00Date and Time: 10/12/2018 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Many want to flip the House of Representatives to Democratic Control. We want you to learn to use brick stitch, Toho seed beads, and a rubber ring to make a pair of earrings that use two high contrast colors that are “flipped” on each half of the earring. Optional dutch treat cocktails and snacks after class.
Make 3 Pairs of Earrings: Intro to Wirework through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 05/09/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This is a great introduction to wirework. Two skills are learned and practiced—making a closed wrapped loop and making this loop into another closed loop. This set of skills allows you to make secure earrings, pendants, and chains. You will make earrings from Czech pressed glass, stone, fresh water pearls, and Swarovski crystals. No previous experience is necessary.
This class serves as the pre-requisite for many Beadology Iowa classes.
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 and $35 materials fee at Beadology Iowa.
Mirage Bead Earrings
$28.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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Polymer mirage bead will change colors with your mood. These beads are topped with Swarovski crystals and copper with a copper ear wire.
Twined Wire Crescent Earrings or Pendant
$168.00Date and Time: 04/23/2023 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This project involves twining with fine wire, and learning to blend color and shape the two separate pieces so that they form this one beautiful pendant. Or keep them separate for a pair of earrings. As an added embellishment, attach beads for a touch of elegance. Project designed and taught by Marilyn Moore.
New Class! Gyrls Night Out: Stardust Earrings
$58.00Date and Time: 04/14/2017 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Use Swarovski crystals and Toho round seed beads to create this lovely earring design by Isabella Lam, featured in her new book Beautiful Beadweaving. Learn a new way to bezel a rivoli. Then use a modified netting technique to add even more bling to this earring. A fast and fun class. Optional dutch treat snacks and cocktails downtown after class.
New Class! CRAW Bell Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 07/08/2023 from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic CRAW skills.
Hone your cubed right angle weave skills by changing directions, adding units, and making connections. These bell earrings are fast (for CRAW!) and have lots of negative space.