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This is the information from our last Demo & Do event in August 2021. Demo & Do has been replaced by the monthly Let's Bead Live sessions.

Demo & Do
Summer Camp Program from 2021


MEET THE DEMO & DO TEACHERS!!!

Monday August 2nd from 4:30-5:30pm CST everyone will have a chance to virtually meet our Demo & Do Teachers through our Public Facebook Page.  Don't miss this opportunity to not only meet the teachers but see the class samples as well!  This is your Virtual chance to not only meet everyone but ask questions as well.  Tune in LIVE!

CLASS LIST

So you can see all the specifics here's the list of classes & teachers in alphabetical order.  When you've made your choices use the PayPal Button below each class to complete payment for the UMBS class fees. 
​After that you'll be directed to a page listing each teacher's contact information to complete your registration.

Alexandra Sydorenko
Basket Full of Flowers Brooch/Pendant
Date:  August 25, 2021   
​1-5pm CST
Format:  Zoom Class

Technique:  Bead Embroidery
Skill Level:  All
Class Prerequisite:  none
Teacher Fee:  $35
​Kit Fee:  $65/kit + shipping ($4.50 or $5 for multiple kits)

Class Limit:  20 students
​Registration Deadline:  8/11/21
During the class students will learn gold work basics:  how to do felt padding, how to do embroidery with pearls, sequins and seed beads.  They will also learn how to attach a brooch/pendant base onto the back side of your jewelry as well as how to finish edges.
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Alexandra was born and raised in Ukraine.  When she was 6 yrs old she saw a magnificent beaded herdan made by her great-grandmother Anastasia.  She instantly fell in love with this beaded treasure and decided to learn how to make this kind of jewelry herself.  Fifteen years ago she began combining beads, leather and semi-precious gemstones.  Over the years she has won both national and international awards for her pieces and has been published in Ukraine, US, British and German magazines.  Alexandra teaches beading classes at US bead shops, bead shows and on Zoom nationally and internationally.
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Becky Pancake
Pearl Knotting

Date:  August 12, 2021   
​11am-12pm CST
Format:  Zoom Class

Technique:  Traditional knotting between beads
Skill Level:  All
Class Prerequisite:  Get Supplies & Awl
Teacher Fee:  none
​Kit Free:  none

Class Limit:  10 students
​Registration Deadline:  8/10/21
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I have crafted things all of my life. Grandma taught me to knit, crochet and embroider as a child. In the 70s macrame and latch hook were my creative outlets. Needlepoint and counted cross stitch followed along with hardanger embroidery. I became enamored with dolls and studied and created 1800s ladies' costumes for several years. Doing the beading on the costumes led me to beadwork. I started beading in about 2000. In beading I have found my true passion. I can create anything I can imagine with beads. I enjoy doing challenges and I participate in lots of them. I like to challenge myself to use unusual items. I do stringing, stitching, wire work and more. I truly enjoy sharing my knowledge with others. I teach beadwork to friends and family and I have found this to be very rewarding. Bead embroidery is my favorite technique.
I am a past President and current board member of the Upper Midwest 
Bead Society.

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Doris Coghill
Stacked Tila Necklace 

Date:  August 10, 2021  1-4pm CST
Format:  Zoom Class

Technique:  Modified Square Stitch with 2 hole Tila Beads
Skill Level:  All Levels
Class Prerequisite:  Get Supplies or Kit
Teacher Fee:  $20/student
​Kit Fee:  $45 members/$50 non-members + postage
​Class Limit:  15 students
Registration Deadline: 8/3/21
 This necklace is made up of stacks of Tila and Half Tila two-hole beads that are sewn together with a modified square stitch that allows the necklace to curve to fit your neck.  Both the top and bottom sets of beads are then embellished.
Two colorways available:  Grey or Green
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Doris left the corporate world in 2000 to pursue beads full time.  She's been a designer & teacher as well as a representative for a bead company.  She has led tours to the Czech Republic, The Tucson Bead Show and Providence, RI.  In addition, her designs have been published in numerous bead magazines and in various books.  She has a website www.beadsbydee.com
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Gail McMillan
Superduo Chakra Wrap Bracelet
Date:  August 24, 2021  11am-12pm CST
Format:  Zoom

Technique:  Beadweaving with Leather
Skill Level:  Beginner
Class Prerequisite:  Get Supplies or kit
Teacher Fee:  none
Kit Fee:  $20 (includes postage)
Class Limit:  15 students
Registration Deadline:  8/17/21

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Gail has been beading for over 11 years and continues to learn new things nearly every day!  She loves the help and direction of her beading family, both through weekly bead club meetings and UMBS.  She has sold her jewelry at the Excelsior and Minnetonka Farmers markets, private home shows, church sales and the Carver Art Wander (which will resume the last weekend of September).  Her beading obsession began with trying to utilize sea shells from a Florida vacation.  Little did she know her obsession would continue to GROW!  As our dear friend Adele said "Carpe Beadum"!  Seize the Bead!
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Hannah Rosner
​3D Embroidered Cellphone or Scissor Case

Date:  August 19, 2021  4pm-8pm  CST
Format:  Zoom

Technique:  Bead Embroidery
Skill Level:  Intermediate/Advanced Level
Prerequisite:  Have the Pattern Cut Out
Teacher Fee:  $30
Kit Fee:  none
Class Limit:  15 students
Registration Deadline:  8/12/21
​Supplies Available at Bobby Bead


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Hannah Rosner has a MFA in scenic and costume design from The Ohio State University.  But her true love is beading and beadmaking.  With over twenty years experience combined with twenty-five years as a working artist, she still looks forward to teaching both fine arts and craftsmanship skills every day.  She taught college level multimedia and design at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Illinois Institute of Art. 
She has taught beadwork and fine arts at bead conferences, societies and bead stores across the country.  She has also taken part in numerous Toho Bead Challenges and has been selected again to take part in this year's Challenge.  She was a Starman Beads Trendsetter from 2014-20.  She won first place in the Advanced Sculptural division of the Treasures of Toho contest 2012 and third place for her bead embroidered neck piece at the Vegas Glass Craft Expo 2011.  She was a semi-finalist in three Bead Dreams Contests and took part in three Battles of the Beadsmith.  In her spare time she does scenic designs for the Grants Pass Performing Arts Center.

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​Jan Carlson
Russian Leaf Earrings

Date:  August 19, 2021  11am-12pm CST
Format:  Zoom Class

Technique:  Peyote Stitch
Skill Level:  Beginner/Intermediate (be
   familiar with Peyote Stitch)
Class Prerequisite:  Get Supplies
Teacher Fee:  none
Kit Fee:  none
Class Limit:  10 students
​Registration Deadline:  8/12/21
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​Jan Carlson is a retired project manager who took up beading to exercise the creative side of her brain (as opposed to her logical work) and started her business, Jan’s Strands, LLC.  Her beading techniques include bead needlework and kumihimo, and is just starting to work in beadweaving and free-form peyote.
Jan uses multiple techniques to make earrings, bracelets and necklaces and uses patterns and ideas from various designers to inspire her work.  She enjoys making a design her own by selecting pleasing color combinations.  Jan is a board member of the Upper Midwest Bead Society.  Her membership in this group has resulted in many new friends, learning new techniques and continual inspiration from the creations of other members.  Jan volunteers and sells her jewelry at the Art Shoppe in the Midtown Global Market. 
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Lisa Krupp-Dooley
Prismatic Pendant  (Lisa will be teaching this class on 2 different dates)

Date: August 11, 2021   1-4pm CST  First Class
      & August 12, 2021   6-9pm CST  Second Class
Format:  Zoom Class

Technique:  Beadweaving
Use Czechmate 2-hole beads to bezel a beautiful crystal pendant
​Skill Level:  Intermediate
Teacher Fee:  $10/student
Kit Fee:  $39.99 (includes postage)
​Class Limit:  10 students
Registration Deadline: 8/4/21
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​Lisa Krupp-Dooley is a self-taught bead weaving artist. Her beading career started in 2016, when she started creating and developing her own patterns and entered her first necklace design into the Potomac Design Challenge.
Since then her design "Ava's Planet Beaded Bead" has been published in Maggie Thompson's Interweave eBook in 2017.  In 2020 Beadwork magazine published her "Pearly Peaks Bracelet" design which can be found here:
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https://www.interweave.com/product/pearly-peaks-bracelet-pattern-download/
 She also had Beadsmith (a wholesale bead company) use her design, Sawtooth Bracelet, as an exclusive project for bead stores. To see more of her designs, please visit her Etsy shop  www.lisasbeaddesigns.etsy.com 
August 11 Class Price
August 12 Class Price

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Maggie Thompson
Peanut Party Kumi Bracelet

Date:  August 14, 2021  1-4pm CST
Format:  Zoom & In-Person Class
     @ Dakota Stones

​​   (must be vaccinated to attend in-person class)
Technique:  Kumihimo - 8 cord spiral with peanut beads &      #8 seed beads
Skill Level:  Beginner
Teacher Fee:  none
​Kit Fee:  $35 (includes postage)  student provides basic          kumi equipment
​Class Limit:  10
Registration Deadline:  8/7/21

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​Maggie Thompson is a self-taught jewelry designer who began designing with seed beads as a hobby 30 years ago.  Eleven years ago she turned this passion into a business, Maggie T Designs.  Her Etsy shop www.maggietdesigns.com features her many designs sold as both kits and tutorials. She is also the inventor of “The Traveller”,  a portable kumi stand -- available for sale in her shop.
She’s written 3 ebooks and a webinar for Interweave Press/Golden Peak Media showcasing her specialty of Japanese Kumihimo braiding.  Beadwork Magazine has also sold several of her kits and featured her designs through the Interweave website.
Maggie is President of the Upper Midwest Bead Society in the Twin Cities, MN – an organization founded by Diane Fitzgerald in 1987.​

​Maggie Thompson
Basic Kumihimo 8 Cord Spiral
  & 7 Cord Fill the Gap Braids

Date:  August 17, 2021  11am-12pm CST
Format:  Zoom

Technique:  Kumihimo
Skill Level:  Beginner
Teacher Fee:  none
Kit Fee:  none
​Class Limit:  10
Registration Deadline:  8/15/21
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Maggie Thompson
Rocky Road Kumi Bracelet

Date:  August 18, 2021  1-4pm CST
Format:  Zoom & In-Person Class @ Dakota Stones

​​(must be vaccinated to attend in-person class)
Technique:  Kumihimo-8 cord spiral with minos, super unos & #8 seed beads
Skill Level:  Beginner
Teacher Fee:  none
​Kit Fee:  $35 (includes postage) student provides basic kumi equipment
​Class Limit: 10
​Registration Deadline:  8/11/21

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Nanita Nordan
Cellini Spiral

Date:  August 18, 2021
11:30 am – 12:30 pm CST  (Registration deadline 8/15/21)
Format:  Zoom

Technique:  Peyote spiral
Skill Level:  Beginner
Teacher Fee:  none
Kit Fee:  none
Class Prerequisite:  Get Supplies
Class Limit:  10+ students

 
This demonstration will begin with a basic peyote spiral and then start the Cellini spiral showing tips learned by the instructor. 
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​Roberta Sorenson
Polymer Clay

Date:  August 3, 2021  3-4:30pm  CST (Regis. deadline 8/1/21) Cameos
        & August 17, 2021 3-4:30pm CST  (Regis. deadline 8/10/21) Cabochon
Format:  Zoom

Technique:  Polymer Clay (cameos) & simple Clay Cane (cabochons)
Skill Level:  Beginner
Teacher Fee:  none
Kit Fee:  none
Class Prerequisite:  Get Supplies
Class Limit:  15 students


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August 3 Class Price
August 17 Class Price

Tia Pearson
Aqua Perfection Hoop Earrings

Date: August 18, 2021   5-7pm CST
Format:  Zoom
Technique:  Mixed Media Earrings

Skill Level:  Beginner
Teacher Fee:  none
Kit Fee:  $35 (includes postage)
Class Limit:  15
Registration Deadline: 8/9/21
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I needed to find a new profession in 2014 due to health reasons.   So while I was out of work recovering from surgery I did a ton of research with an emphasis on looking for ways to use  beer and soda cans that were going to waste.  I fell in love with Tim Holtz and alcohol ink. So I watched every alcohol ink demo I could to get the basics and then started experimenting.  It has taken my mom and I six years to perfect our process.  We now combine her kumihimo talents with my mixed media skills to make jewelry, home decor, wedding accessories and much more.  I like to say we are a couple of local girls trying to make the world a better place and add a little sparkle where we can. 
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