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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
$38.00 – $54.00Date 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. The crystal options are both Swarovski crystals.
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: 11/13/2023 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 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.
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!! Swarovski Wire Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 12/10/2016 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to use jewelry making tools and wire wrapping techniques to make earrings that dangle and sparkle. Use Swarovski crystals in birth stone colors to make lovely holiday gifts. After class, take these techniques and explore your own designs.
Peyote Marquise Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 02/23/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Peyote stitch basics.
Make one of a pair of three-dimensional oval-shaped earrings using peyote stitch and Delica seed beads. Embellish the edges with magatamas. This wonderful shape can also be used for a beaded pendant, chains or links.
Lapis, Glass, and Chrysocolla Earrings
$30.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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A stack of a lapis round, a rounded clear glass cube, and a hexagon rondel of chrysocolla make up these fun, nearly neutral earrings, great for denim. All sterling silver findings that hang about 1″. Made by Alyssa Jakowchuk.