Swarovski
Tulip Bracelet
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 04/06/2019 from 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This simple and lovely design from Isabella Lam’s book Beadwoven Glamour Crystal-Embellished Jewelry is a fast and fun project. The book outlines the project as a necklace—we have adapted it into a bracelet. Participants will use Gem Duos, Super Duos, Swarovski crystals, Czech fire polished beads and Toho seed beads.
Delicate Dangle Earrings
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/26/2019 from 10am to 1pm
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.
Gyrls Night Out: Snake Weave Bracelet
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/20/2018 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zannetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Students will use three base wires and one weaving wire to create the snake weave pattern. Embellish with Swarovski crystals into the pattern. They will finish off the ends will loops and make their own S hook clasp.
New Class! Baroque Cascade Earrings
$98.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/10/2018 from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This class will hone your wrapped loop skills. Use a spectrum of colors to connect Swarovski crystals to chain to create a set of cascading earrings. Emphasis will be placed on good wire work skills. One earring will be made in class. Kit materials will allow you to make the second on your own. These earrings retail for $150.
Pre-requisite: making a wrapped loop.
See Intro to Wirework classes on Jan. 15 & Feb. 3.
Wire Wrapped Earrings
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 05/18/2019 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Take sterling wire, Swarovski crystals, and a hammered silver ring to make a pair of earrings. Learn wire wrapping techniques to create this contemporary style of earring. Fast and fun.
CRAW Starburst Pendant
$72.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 08/24/2019 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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.
Gyrls Night Out: Bezel a Rivoli with 2-hole Beads
$58.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 09/15/2017 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Learn to use 2-hole Superduos and Toho seed beads with netting stitch to bezel around a Swarovski rivoli. This is a fun and fast technique to capture a focal bead to create a pendant or earrings.
Bead Bezel a Swarovski Crystal
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 09/09/2017 from 10AM - 1PM
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.
Gyrls Night Out: Cluster Dangle Earrings
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 05/10/2019 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop.
Use your wrapped loop skills to make a pair of earrings that dangle and sparkle. Use colorful USA woman-made furnace glass, Italian glass swirls, and Swarovski crystals to make these earrings. Optional dutch-treat snacks somewhere downtown after class.