Meetings
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Member Meetings Note: The Holiday Party is the last in-person meeting until April 2026 at the Edina Senior Center. January, February, and March will be available via Zoom. January 5, 2026, 6:30 pm
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Let's Make Toho Peace Rings Together Bead & Chat Zoom only.
Let's Bead Live Zoom and Facebook resumes March 2026 March 21, 2026
UMBS Bead Retreats Spring Retreat: 3/18-22/2026 Fall Retreat: 9/9-13/2026 |
Let's Make Peace Rings Together Bead & Chat Zoom
11am to 1pm
ZoomLink
Join us via Zoom and have some fun beading with members to create Peace Rings for the Peace Chain. This is a impromptu get together to have some fun beading for the peace chain project. In Lu of our official Lets Bead Live since we are taking a winter break. Come have some fun and bead peace rings. Bring your latte and breakfast rolls or lunch and munch in-between stitches.
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January 5, 2026, 6:30 pm
More Buttons W/Vicki MacTavish,
President of the National Button Society
zoom only
Join Upper Midwest Bead Society for our FIRST 2026 Member's Only meeting - @ 6:30pm CST featuring Vicki Condie MacTavish, President of the National Button Society
We are meeting on Zoom. Chat begins between 6-6:15pm Central with the official meeting beginning at 6:30pm Central. We will be meeting via Zoom this winter and will begin in person again in the springtime.
About The National Button Society:
The National Button Society (NBS) is committed to the education, preservation and exhibition of buttons. NBS originally started just so people could get together and share their love of their buttons. Now they strive to preserve button histories as beautiful pieces of artwork.
Join us via zoom on Monday 6:15pm to chat with members before the meeting, then we will start meeting at 6:30pm CST. Zoom link will be emailed out to all current members.
We are meeting on Zoom. Chat begins between 6-6:15pm Central with the official meeting beginning at 6:30pm Central. We will be meeting via Zoom this winter and will begin in person again in the springtime.
About The National Button Society:
The National Button Society (NBS) is committed to the education, preservation and exhibition of buttons. NBS originally started just so people could get together and share their love of their buttons. Now they strive to preserve button histories as beautiful pieces of artwork.
Join us via zoom on Monday 6:15pm to chat with members before the meeting, then we will start meeting at 6:30pm CST. Zoom link will be emailed out to all current members.
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Twin Cities Bead Bazaar
October 25-26, 2025 twincitiesbeadbazaar.com/ Be sure to visit the UMBS make-and-take tables. |
The Milwaukee Bead Show
Sunday October 5, 2025 10am-4pm Milwaukee Bead Show The Milwaukee Bead Show Facebook Page |
Edina Senior Center
5280 Grandview Square
Edina MN 55436
Exit Hwy 100 at Vernon Avenue
Parking Info: The Edina Senior Center is the lower level of a 2-story facility. The upper level is the Edina Library. Park in either the upper or lower lot and still access the Senior Center. If you park in the lower lot, that’ll bring you directly into our Center. If you park in the upper lot, you’ll need to go through the main entrance of the library towards the double doors on the other end of the hallway and head down the stairs or take the elevator on the left side of the double doors.
5280 Grandview Square
Edina MN 55436
Exit Hwy 100 at Vernon Avenue
Parking Info: The Edina Senior Center is the lower level of a 2-story facility. The upper level is the Edina Library. Park in either the upper or lower lot and still access the Senior Center. If you park in the lower lot, that’ll bring you directly into our Center. If you park in the upper lot, you’ll need to go through the main entrance of the library towards the double doors on the other end of the hallway and head down the stairs or take the elevator on the left side of the double doors.
Other Bead Events
Meet the NEW OWNER of Glass Garden Beads, "Candace Ballstadt". The shop will remain in the same location. 318 Central Ave N, in Historic Downtown Faribault. The NEW NAME will be very similar but broadening to meet the shops offering. GLASS GARDEN BEADS COLLECTIVE. March 1st will be the official date. We are working hard to get everything transitioned.
Suz Klumb & Candace Ballstadt
Glass Garden Beads, LLC
Glass Garden Beads & Brigg Evans Textile Design
318 Central Ave. N.B2
Faribault, MN 55021
507-330-1367
www.glassgardenbeadkits.com
[email protected]
Suz Klumb & Candace Ballstadt
Glass Garden Beads, LLC
Glass Garden Beads & Brigg Evans Textile Design
318 Central Ave. N.B2
Faribault, MN 55021
507-330-1367
www.glassgardenbeadkits.com
[email protected]
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Museum of Beadwork - Our Fourth Annual Beadwork Challenge: Microbes & Mushrooms
Open for submission until May 1st, 2026.
How it works: Each year we ask artists to contribute a beaded item of a specific theme. We install these collected items in an exhibition highlighting the power of people coming together for the purpose of community and creation. The exhibition is then on display for roughly a year. Once finished, the individual items are used in fundraising efforts for the Museum supporting the staff, development, and programs of this community-based institution. Click the link to learn more
How it works: Each year we ask artists to contribute a beaded item of a specific theme. We install these collected items in an exhibition highlighting the power of people coming together for the purpose of community and creation. The exhibition is then on display for roughly a year. Once finished, the individual items are used in fundraising efforts for the Museum supporting the staff, development, and programs of this community-based institution. Click the link to learn more
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White Bear Center for the Arts
White Bear Center for the Arts is hosting open fiber arts sessions. Beaders are welcome. We will be meeting 2nd and the 4th Wednesday of the month at 4pm t0 6 pm. No rsvp needed just warm willing bodies!
Come out and meet new people and share your beading passion.
Come out and meet new people and share your beading passion.
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