Spring Bead Retreat March 26-29
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February Meeting
February 3rd, Monday, at 6:30 p.m. UMBS Monthly Meeting and Program
Glass Beadmaking & How to Use Them with Julie Nordine – Credit River Art Glass
Lampworking is an ancient process which originally used wax or oil lamps to melt glass... hence the name LAMPWORK. Today’s bead artist has replaced the oil lamp with a fuel & oxygen torch and each bead is created from the inside out, by first carefully heating the colored glass rods to temperatures up to 1700 degrees Fahrenheit. Molten glass is then wrapped around a steel rod called a mandrel, color by color, layer by layer, beads are formed, decorated and finished in the flame, then placed in a high temperature digitally controlled kiln to anneal and cool slowly for many hours to ensure strength and longevity.
An Overview of glass beadmaking (lampwork) & different ideas for using beads in finished Jewelry & functional items. Including a fun Make & Take project.
March Meeting
March 2nd, Monday, at 6:30 p.m. UMBS Monthly Meeting and Program
Textiles and Beads with Suz Klumb – Glass Garden Beads
Suz Klumb is the owner of Glass Garden Beads, a bead kit company and a walk-in retail shop in historic downtown Faribault, MN. Suz is a textile designer by trade and will show examples of textile projects that incorporate bead embroidery techniques and embroidery embellishment styles.
Owl Themed Jewelry Competition
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At the November 4, 2019 UMBS Board meeting, the Board of UMBS authorized Margo Yee to chair a beading competition which will benefit the International Owl Center (IOC) and UMBS. The juried show will be displayed at IOC, located in Houston MN, from August 4-August 18, 2020. As this is the first time UMBS has done a competition for the IOC, we wanted to give you plenty of time to make a special owl piece and hope you will start beading it now! Each artist will submit up to 5 photos of their work for jurying. The entry fee is $25. We are hoping for really great entries for the beading competition!
About the International Owl Center (IOC) The IOC is really growing. We currently own 3 of the 5 properties for our future site and will purchase #4 in January. One of the houses is being demolished in the coming week. An aviary on the border of the park in Houston is planned. Their share of the money after prizes are awarded from the fees charged to enter the competition will go toward running the IOC and its future growth.
Publicity Photos Needed Photos of original owl themed jewelry you’ve already made is needed for publicity for the beading competition. Please send photos (TIF or JPEG) to Margo Yee (dsimargoyee@gmail.com). Please include a description of your work with the photos. If your photos are used for publicity, you will be given credit for your photographs on publicity materials & websites (both ICO and UMBS).
Volunteers Thank you to UMBS members Andrea Ganrude, Julie Fletcher and Jenney Doherty, and UMBS Board Member Roberta Sorenson for volunteering to serve on the Owl Competitions Committee of UMBS. If you’re also able to serve, please contact Margo Yee: (dsimargoyee@hotmail.com). Thank you to UMBS Board member Doris Coghill, who graciously offered to handle return shipping and packaging for pieces that are juried into the show!
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30th Anniversary Party
Sunday October 6th
Mad Hatters Tea Party
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Many thanks to Larry Ernster for being our official photographer
Thanks to these vendors for door prizes
1) Doris Coghill 2) Red Panda Beads 3) Adele Kimple 4) Fusion Beads 5) Softflex
6) Veberod Gem Gallery 7) Rio Grande 8) Lotus Beads 9) Artbeads 10) Mobile Boutique
11) Clay Squared 12) Starman Beads 13) Taylors Falls Bead Store 14) Kathy Jo Rodester
15) Karla Larson 16) Roxanne Weeks Estate 17) Lisa Krupp-Dooley 18) Bobbie Wikre - Beadville
19) Jeff Barber 20) Maggie Thompson
New Fund Raising opportunity - and all you have to do is shop!
Support UMBS Every time you buy something from Amazon
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organization you select.
UMBS has registered so all you have to do is shop! It is important to remember that you cannot go to Amazon.com as you have in the past – you must go to smile.amazon.com to do your shopping.
How does AmazonSmile work?
When first visiting AmazonSmile, you will be prompted to select a charitable organization.
For eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the customer’s selected charitable organization.
So next time you shop, please support UMBS
Support UMBS Every time you buy something from Amazon
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organization you select.
UMBS has registered so all you have to do is shop! It is important to remember that you cannot go to Amazon.com as you have in the past – you must go to smile.amazon.com to do your shopping.
How does AmazonSmile work?
When first visiting AmazonSmile, you will be prompted to select a charitable organization.
For eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the customer’s selected charitable organization.
So next time you shop, please support UMBS
We have just added a a few new links to our "Links" page (under the Beady Items section)
Seed bead guide and info
Story of Beadwork Magazine
If you haven't visited that page recently check it out to see all the great info available
Seed bead guide and info
Story of Beadwork Magazine
If you haven't visited that page recently check it out to see all the great info available
Great way for UMBS to earn income for our Education Fund!!!
And it's FREE for the user!
Have you checked out GOODSEARCH.COM?
Goodsearch.com is an internet search engine, similar to Google. There is one BIG difference. Goodsearch donates one cent, to the group of your choice, for every search! No strings attached.
I know that doesn’t sound like much, but I’ve raised over $15 for UMBS (and I don’t always remember to use it).
UMBS is a registered group on Goodsearch. When you go to the Goodsearch.com website you can register and designate UMBS as your designated organization and start the donations with your first search.
All profits from Goodsearch are put in the Education Fund of UMBS.
If each of our members joined Goodsearch – even part of the time – think about the money we can raise for classes, workshops, etc.!
GIVE IT A TRY!
by Nancy Miller
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Note: We have a new link on the website called, "Product Reviews". You can get to the reviews page by clicking on "Product Reviews" on the "LINKS" page or by clicking here.
"The Traveller" by Maggie T Designs (our very own member!) |
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Be sure to check out the links tab on our website and click on the Member Pages link. You'll find website business links of current UMBS members for events and class information.