About the website:
- Plan now to attend the Lets Bead Live! No Really attend in person if you can. We will be test driving a new location for our in person meetings starting this month with Doris Coghill's Twisted Spiral. The location is in Edina at The Edina Senior Center. 5280 Grandview Square, Edina MN. 55436. Exit Hiway 100 to Vernon Ave. More location Information to follow. Zoom will still be available for those who cannot attend in person
- 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:
To donate items:
15950 Lundstead Road
Carver MN 55315
Thank you!
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
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:
15950 Lundstead Road
Carver MN 55315
Thank you!
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.
UMBS members get a 20% discount at Bobby Bead.