Swarovski
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De Medici Heirloom Pendant
$88.00Date and Time: 07/31/2021 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote stitch skills. Call for a private class or tutorial.
Using instructions from beadwork designer Gianna Zimmerman-Lammering, make a beautiful pendant. The centerpiece is a Rivoli that is highly embellished with seed beads and Swarovski crystals. Then add an innovative herringbone technique that ends with a Swarovski dangle. Participants must download and print the instructions ($5.09) and bring them to class. Beadology Iowa will offer a supplement to enhance the instructions.
Herringbone Flower Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 06/18/2022 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic herringbone skills. Call for a private tutorial.
Use your herringbone skills to make flowers that can also be used as cones. You will learn to increase and add different sizes and shaped beads to your tubular herringbone. Add Czech pressed glass and Swarovski crystals in the middle of your flowers to make a lovely pair of beaded earrings.
Solar Quartz & Swarovski Necklace and Earrings
$108.00 – $198.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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Clover Earrings Kit
$24.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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This is a great project to expand your herringbone stitch skills. The kit includes bronze Toho round seed beads, cream Swarovski pearls in 2 sizes, and gold filled ear wires. You will make a band that will fit around the pearl, then create one clover leaf and connect it, then the second. The last step is to add your pearls and ear wires.
Swarovski Cuff
$275.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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6mm clear Swarovski crystals are woven into these cuffs. One is embellished with 4mm onyx, the other with Swarovski pearls. The clasps are sterling silver tube clasps. This bracelets are 6.5″. Designed and made by Karen Kubby.
Herringbone & Swarovski Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 09/10/2021 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a herringbone graduated tube using 3 sizes of Toho round seed beads. Add Swarovski crystals and the herringbone tube on a headpin and make a wrapped loop.
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.
Herringbone & Swarovski Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 08/10/2021 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a herringbone graduated tube using 3 sizes of Toho round seed beads. Add Swarovski crystals and the herringbone tube on a headpin and make a wrapped loop.
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.
Crystal Cluster Earrings–only 2 seats left!
$88.00Date and Time: 01/22/2022 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. See Make 3 Pairs of Earrings on Jan. 15 or call for a private tutorial.
This class will perfect your wire wrapping skills. Make wrapped loops of Swarovski crystals, pearls, and precious metal beads. Then stack them to make a wild and sparkly cluster. A long ear wire will show off your work.
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.
Bead Bezel a Swarovski Crystal
$68.00Date and Time: 09/09/2017 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Tubular Peyote Stitch--see Peyote Techniques on September 2.
Learn to use peyote stitch to bezel a rivoli, a round Swarovski crystal with a point on the back. Once your beaded bezel is complete, you can embellish it, add a peyote bail, and you have a sparkly pendant that can be added to chain, leather, or a beaded lariat.
Take both Peyote Stitch Techniques and/or Bezel a Rivoli Crystal and/or Beaded Toggle and get double rewards points on all classes.
CRAW Starburst Pendant
$72.00Date and Time: 08/24/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed Right-Angle Weave.
Use Cubed Right Angle Weave (CRAW) and Toho seed beads to create a curved armature as the base of the pendant. Then embellish with layers of Swarovski crystals. This project can easily be made bigger for a larger pendant and done twice to create a pair of earrings.
Delicate Dangle Earrings
$60.00Date and Time: 01/26/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop--see Make 3 Pairs of Earrings on Jan. 19.
Use your wrapped loop skills to create graduated delicate dangles that are strung between seed beads on a wire loop to create a beautiful pair of earrings. Add a Swarovski crystal on the top and you are ready to wear.
Embellished Crystal Beaded Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 09/14/2019 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Tubular peyote stitch.
Bezel a Swarovski Rivoli with Toho seed beads. Learn new and innovative embellishment techniques using Swarovski pearls. Even the back of these earrings looks great.
Emerald Beetle Wing Earrings
$34.00 – $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.
Floral Embellished Dutch Spiral Bracelet–this class is full, please call to get on the waiting list.
Date and Time: 07/03/2021 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No previous experience is necessary.
Dutch spiral is a variation of tubular peyote stitch. Add drops and multiple beads per stitch to add color and texture to create an undulating tube of beads for use as a bracelet or lariat. Embellish with lucite flowers, Czech pressed glass flowers, and/or Swarovski crystals.
Registration is $68 and includes all materials and instruction.
When we have 2 people on the waiting list, we will schedule another session of this class.
Asymmetrical Swarovski and Lampwork Necklace
$318.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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Swarovski crystals sparkle on this asymmetrical piece dripping with lampwork drops, coming together with a chain and saucer toggle. Measures 22″.