About the website:​

• Class information has been updated for the Spring Bead Retreat. See the Bead Retreat page.
• Check out our Sponsorship page.  Thank you to Bobby Bead for supporting us (Bobbybead.com)
• Check out our Member Spotlight page featuring Julie Fletcher. 
• ​Meeting information is available on the Calendar page. 
• ​This page will now include notices and general information.
• The MEMBERS ONLY and BLOG pages are for members only and require a password.  Become a member for only $35 per year!  ​​​​​
• Consider volunteering for the Upper Midwest Bead Society.  There are lots of committee positions available.  UMBS is only as good as we make it as volunteers.  Contact any board member to volunteer.

 RAID YOUR STASH!

We all have bead supplies that were purchased with good intentions, but were never used. Please take a look at your stash and consider donating items (that you will likely never use) to UMBS. We are looking for: Books, Kits, Beads, Leather, Wire, Tools, Stringing Material, Findings, anything to can be used for beading. Please donate any items you want to donate.  We are also looking for items that might coordinate together, such as by color-way, by genre, or type.   Example:  focal bead, seed beads, Czech glass, Rivoli, chain, and such that might go together. We will use the donations to create kits of coordinating colors/textures to make beaded jewelry. 

UMBS will use the donated items as follows:

• Annual Fundraiser
• Door Prizes at Bead Retreats
• Door Prizes and Goody Bags at the 35th Anniversary Party (Fall ’24)
• Sell at the Twin Cities Bead Bazaar​

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To donate items:

• Bring to a monthly meeting at the Carondelet Center
• Bring to the Spring or Fall Bead Retreat
• Bring to a UMBS Board Member
• Mail to:

         Doris Coghill
         15950 Lundstead Road
         Carver MN 55315

Thank you!

​UMBS 35th Anniversary Party
Date/Time: 10/13/24 11am-3pm
Location: Midland Hills Golf Course, 2001 Fulham St, Roseville, MN 55113 
Theme: Queen for a Day
Speaker:  Tamara Honaman/Bead Industry Future (via Zoom). Note that the party will not be available by Zoom.  We will record the speaker to be viewed after the party.

• Invitations will be sent out by 8/26/24.  The invitations will go to all current members and prior members from the past few years.  The responses must be returned by 9/27/24.  Lunch options include gluten-free and vegetarian options.  The cost is $35.
• Schedule:
  • 11am Social Hour
  • 12pm Lunch
  • 1:30pm Speaker – Tamara Honaman (via Zoom) “Bead Industry Future”
  • 2:15pm Raffle, door prizes, crown/sash contest
• Hannah Rosner will be teaching a beaded shoulder sash at the 8/10/24 Let’s Bead Live.  We encourage members to wear their shoulder sashes to the party.
• Diane Fitzgerald donated a beautiful necklace that will be raffled at the party. Tickets will be sold at the party for $5 each, 5/$20.  The necklace is valued at $200.

• All attendees will receive a gift bag of beading supplies. The gift bags will not all contain the same items, trading is encouraged.
• Door prizes will be awarded at the party.

Many thanks to the 35th Anniversary Committee who made the arrangements for the party:  Doris Coghill, Kris Best, Nanita Nordan, Karla Larson, Paulette Mazurek and Roberta Sorensen.

      HOW TO FIND OUR UPCOMING EVENTS​

• Saturday Let's Bead Live! events stream live through the Public Upper Midwest Bead Society Facebook Page.
• Monthly Member Meetings stream live through Zoom at 6:30pm CST. 
• These meetings/links are subsequently uploaded to the Upper Midwest Bead Society Members Only Facebook Page. 
• Zoom links for both events are emailed to our current members.
• The Let's Bead Live! videos are uploaded to our public YouTube Channel.  The link is below.
• The Member Meetings are uploaded to our private YouTube Channel.  The link is listed on the members' only Blog page.
• FYI Our meetings/events will continue to be on Zoom even after we get back together in-person

Honoring our current sponsor - bobbybead.com
UMBS members get a 20% discount at Bobby Bead.

Our Public You Tube channel is now up & running!  We've got the Beading Basics Live and Let's Bead Live Zoom videos uploaded and ready for viewing!!  Click on the button and take a look....

YOUTUBE PUBLIC CHANNEL